Saturday, March 18, 2023
This April will usher in a new and timely production at the Hayes Theatre Company: Metropolis. Based on the 1925
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 03:37PMSaturday, March 4, 2023
In medieval Europe, the morality play was the go-to form of entertainment. These allegorical stories would, through their characters, personify
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 05:42AMSaturday, February 11, 2023
In the immediate aftermath of the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September last year, support for Australia to become
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 04:24PMSunday, January 29, 2023
Over the past couple of years, audience behaviour in Australia has undergone a seismic shift. Post-pandemic, ticket sales have become
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 03:36PMSaturday, January 14, 2023
Being a woman under the reign of James I (James VI of Scotland) would have been no fun. The obsession
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 07:26PMFriday, December 30, 2022
As the old year segues into the new, many will be only too happy to kick 2022 into touch. Turmoil
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 04:29PMSunday, December 18, 2022
The Canadian musical Come from Away calls to mind an ancient proverb: ‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend’.
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 08:58PMSunday, December 4, 2022
Maccius Plautus, a Roman comedic playwright who incorporated song-like chanting into his plays, is believed to have introduced the world
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 03:49AMSunday, November 20, 2022
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, currently playing at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre, is an ever-popular musical revival. And the source
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 10:59PMSaturday, November 5, 2022
Milestone birthdays often give rise to existential crises. In 1990, Jonathan Larson was staring down the barrel of his thirtieth
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 03:28PMTuesday, October 25, 2022
Few festive stories summon the spirit of the season as much as the Dickensian classic, A Christmas Carol. Following the
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 03:57PMSaturday, October 8, 2022
Theatregoers in Melbourne will, this November, have the rare opportunity to witness the award-winning stage version of Titanic – the
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 06:30PMSaturday, September 10, 2022
Robert de Niro, in his role as Al Capone in the 1987 blockbuster The Untouchables, said: “We laugh because it’s
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 08:37PMSaturday, August 27, 2022
Along with the rest of the world, Aussie audiences continue to turn up in their droves to experience Six, the
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 04:29PMSunday, August 14, 2022
John Osborne’s acclaimed 1950s drama Look Back in Anger premiered in London in 1956, and finished its run by the
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 04:18AMSaturday, July 30, 2022
The eve of any new year throbs with hope, anticipation and optimism. This is especially true of the dawn of
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 03:58AMSaturday, July 16, 2022
If a Grand Canyon of a tale, with a taut plot, a distillation of sex, politics, corruption & betrayal, plus
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 10:59PMSunday, July 3, 2022
In 2011 Bonnie and Clyde opened on Broadway. The response was lackluster, and the run ended after only two months.
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 01:12AMSaturday, June 18, 2022
Once upon a time, in a land far away (Greece, if you must know) there lived a young slave girl
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 12:36AMSaturday, June 4, 2022
John Donne, sixteenth-century poet and cleric, knew a thing or two. If his name doesn’t ring a bell, perhaps his
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 01:49AMSaturday, May 21, 2022
Mary Poppins is sometimes hailed as the ultimate feel-good story. It’s easy to see why. A magical, ‘practically perfect’ female
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 07:41PMSaturday, May 14, 2022
For anyone not familiar with Canadian musician Alanis Morissette, cast your eye over the cover of the November 1995 edition
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 04:47PMSunday, May 1, 2022
Almost twenty-two years ago to the day – 25 May 1990 – Frank Wildhorn’s musical version of The Strange Case
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 05:16PM 
