Sunday, February 2, 2020
Hot on the heels of her two sell-out performances in 2019, the dazzling Dolly Diamond is returning to the grandeur of the Hawthorn Arts Centre for a gala performance with The Jack Earle Big …
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 11:51PMAmazing Grace, New York New York was a majestic, glittering jewel of a show. As the set list played itself through a range of Broadway classics, each number was accompanied by a marvellous s…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 10:25PMRookwood General Cemetery’s popular outdoor art exhibition, HIDDEN Rookwood Sculptures, will be back in 2020, bigger than ever with a new First Nations Artist Award offered in acknowledgem…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 09:31PMAs St Kilda Festival prepares to celebrate its 40th year as Australia’s largest free music festival, it is thrilled to announce a very special anniversary guest when Icehouse Plays Flowers…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 08:49PMThe hilarious New York and Las Vegas hit Friends! The Musical Parody is pivoting its way to Australia, playing across the country from August 2020. Join your six favourite friends at their f…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 06:24PMSaturday, February 1, 2020
Producers Rodney Rigby and Junkyard Dog Productions have announced that the worldwide smash hit and Tony and Olivier award-winning musical Come From Away will open at Sydney’s State Theatr…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 06:00PMWho is Jacinta Larcombe? An analytical kooky vessel experiencing the extremities of life. What would you do differently from what you do now? I think the only things I would do differently i…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 12:44AMBernadette Robinson is a unique talent. She has the uncanny ability to reproduce, exactly, the voices of famous singers. Plenty of other impressionists can do this, but what separates Robins…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 12:38AMFriday, January 31, 2020
A revenge story and a cautionary tale about good gay guys gone bad, New Theatre presents the Australian premiere of Angry Fags by Topher Payne as part of the 2020 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mard…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 11:17PMYoung, horny and available. Gavin Roach in association with Beyond the Yard presents the Australian premiere of Sink by UK Playwright Tobias Graham at The Blue Room Theatre as part of the 2…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 09:44PMTo celebrate the 250th anniversary of his birth, Melbourne Opera will present Ludwig van Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio, at the Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne from 5 February 2020. Inspired…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 07:48PMTo celebrate the Year of the Rat and launch the spectacular Lunar Lanterns exhibition, nine giant golden robotic rats on a rotating tower of industrial cogs have been lit up at Circular Quay…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 06:36PMAn all-star variety show of epic proportions, the Midsumma Extravaganza returns for the third year to Hamer Hall – Arts Centre Melbourne with a kaleidoscope of glittering LGBTIQ+ artists …
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 03:58AMThursday, January 30, 2020
From the iconic Australian gum to the introduced jacaranda, the trees that characterise the landscape around us have often witnessed more history than we could ever imagine. A ‘one-day-onl…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 09:04PMWhen your immediate post-show notes resemble an Alan Ginsberg beat poem you know you’ve seen a show: I saw the best minds of my generation transformed into seagulls, starving, hilarious, p…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 08:37PMWho is Nigel Huckle? Nigel Huckle is a persistent and ambitious performer with a streak of realistic optimism. He is the son of a Sri Lankan-Australian, and is an American immigrant himself,…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 07:56PMThe Board of Festivals Adelaide have announced the appointment of Justyna Jochym to the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO), following the departure of outgoing CEO Christie Anthoney, who …
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 07:43PMIn yet another spectacular triumph, global hit Come From Away has smashed the highest weekly gross income for the week ending 19 January, surpassing the weekly box office records of all othe…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 07:25PMCo:3 (Koh three) is an ambitious Australian arts company taking the next stage in its development as a legacy organisation. In 2020 Co:3 Australia enters a new two-year cycle of programming …
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 06:46PMVictorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced S.Shakthidharan and associate writer Eamon Flack as the major prize-winners at the 2020 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards for their play, C…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 04:00AMWho is Joel Beasley? Sometimes I’m moody. Sometimes I’m intrigued by the person dancing on the corner of the street. Sometimes I’m competitive in charades (who isn’t?). Sometimes I…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 03:31AMThe remarkable true story of a young trans man having to make a life-changing choice, Gavin Roach presents the Australian premiere of ADAM by Frances Poet at Gasworks Arts Park as part of …
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 02:33AMWednesday, January 29, 2020
Following on from the highly successful 2019 season, which was nominated for a total of 28 Green Room Awards, the 2020 Darebin Arts Speakeasy season features a program of premieres and perfo…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 11:56PMBrutal. Uncompromising. Magnificent. Complex. Unforgettable. Wild, Fearless Chests is a timely debut short story collection that breaks open the idea of women from a powerful new Australian …
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 10:18PMMozart described this opera as a ‘playful drama’. David McVicar’s epic production, stylishly realised by Matthew Barclay, incorporates moments of comedy, high drama, even playfulness, …
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 09:12PMQueensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) and Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra have announced a special concert, to celebrate the 90th birthday of the legendary Stephen Sondheim presented on h…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 07:09PMTuesday, January 28, 2020
A revitalising smoking ceremony has marked the turning of the first sod of construction to realise Bundanon Trust’s Masterplan to safely house and display its collection and expand its edu…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 09:11PMWho is Mandy Beaumont? I’m a writer of fiction, a researcher in Feminist fiction, an avid and very opinionated reader, a staunch believer in equality and fairness. I’m also the woman who…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 03:54AMLeading local, national and international writers will come together for this year’s Adelaide Writers’ Week to explore the singular truth of Being Human. Across six days from Saturday 29…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 03:28AMRust is an immersive theatre show that takes place among the rooms and grounds of the Alliance Française de Melbourne. Once the story establishes itself, as various characters head off to d…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 02:43AMPlaying for over 30 years, the Australian Shakespeare Company returns to the Royal Botanical Gardens with their superb family classic, The Wind in the Willows. Have seen this group over a fe…
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