Thursday, May 16, 2013
Legendary star of stage and screen Julie Andrews has touched down in Australia ahead of the national tour of� An Evening with Julie Andrews. AussieTheatre welcomed the icon to Sydney at a pr…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:05PMWednesday, May 15, 2013
If there’s one thing that’s never really been in fashion in Australian theatre, it’s optimism. Our dominant style of gritty realism doesn’t often allow for fairytale love stories and…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:07PMSunday, May 12, 2013
For several years now, the Old Fitz has been one of Sydney’s quirkiest and most exciting theatrical spaces. At the back of Woolloomooloo’s Old Fitzroy Hotel, after a few drinks or a hear…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:17PMFriday, May 3, 2013
What is a diva? A supremely talented super woman? A difficult, tantrum-throwing, chart-topping singer? The female version of a hustler? Well, as Trevor Ashley proves in his return season of …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:59PMSunday, April 14, 2013
‘Mania’ is not a word that’s easy to pin down to a simple definition. Depending on the circumstances it could mean ‘madness’ or ‘overenthusiasm’ or even a violent excess of exc…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:10AMFriday, April 12, 2013
AussieTheatre’s Ben Neutze spoke to Erika Heynatz about her musical theatre debut in the fabulous Legally Blonde – the Musical If there’s one woman who understands the message of Legal…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:06AMSaturday, March 23, 2013
Opera Australia Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini must have a pact with the weather gods. Showers and thunderstorms were forecast for the opening night of the second annual Handa Opera on S…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:43PMWednesday, March 13, 2013
AussieTheatre spoke with Owain Arthur, the Welsh actor starring in international hit One Man, Two Guvnors. It’s a rare thing for a play to capture the hearts and minds of audiences around …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:09PMSunday, March 10, 2013
AussieTheatre’s Ben Neutze spoke to original Tivoli chorus girl Vicki Charleston, currently appearing with the Tivoli Lovelies in Sundowner at Glen Street Theatre. They spoke about the sho…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:30PMFriday, March 8, 2013
Have you seen our video interview with the fabulous Mitchell Butel? AussieTheatre’s Ben Neutze chats with the star about his role in Opera Australia’s Orpheus in the Underworld, current…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:00PMEarlier this week, AussieTheatre went inside the Grease audition room to find out more about the search for Australia’s newest T-Birds and Pink Ladies. Over 500 young performers in Melbour…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:15AMSunday, March 3, 2013
Opera Australia’s Orpheus in the Underworld proves that sometimes the best laughs are the cheapest. When Todd McKenney strikes John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever pose as Pluto,…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:04PMSaturday, February 23, 2013
Opera Australia has announced the appointment of Craig Hassall as Chief Executive Officer following the departure of Adrian Collette AM last year after 16 years in the top job. Hassall has b…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:30PMWednesday, February 20, 2013
This week marks the start of rehearsals for Carmen - Opera Australia’s second annual Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour. Directed by Gale Edwards, the ambitious production will feature a host …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:00PMSunday, February 17, 2013
Giuseppe Verdi’s final opera, the raucous Falstaff ends with the words, “The whole world is a jest. Man was born a great jester, but the best laugh of all is the last one.” Directors a…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:00PMSunday, February 10, 2013
There is layer upon layer of meaning in Nicholas Kazan’s Blood Moon, a brisk and brutal play covering power relationships, changing perspectives on gender and the virtues of innocence. But…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:41PMWednesday, February 6, 2013
Throughout February and March, Opera Australia is presenting a special series of concerts featuring the greatest hits from the operatic stage and some of Australia’s finest singers. Do you…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:00PMMonday, February 4, 2013
Giuseppe Verdi had a tough time when mounting the opera that eventually became Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball). After basing the opera on the assassination of real-life King Gustav II…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:10PM 
