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Saturday, December 13, 2014

REVIEW: Freud’s Last Session by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

Based on the magical “What If”, Freud’s Last Session is a thought provoking two-hander play that poses the question, “What if Sigmund Freud met C. S. Lewis?” Wouldn’t you love to…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:55PM
Thursday, December 11, 2014

The Pirates are Aboard for QPAC’s 30th Birthday by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

Ahoy, avast ye land lubbers and arrrrrrrr! The Pirates are back! In 1985, the Queensland Performing Arts Centre was opened with an incredibly successful season of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Th…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:15PM
Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Review: Ben From Brisbane – A Quiet Night In. by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

Australia fell in love with ‘Ben From Brisbane’ during his time on Big Brother in 2013. Since leaving as one of the show’s favourite housemates, the quirky tea drinking, antique lovin…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:11AM
Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Digital Natives #NoFilter Student Showcase by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

The Australian School of Performing Arts, Film and Television (ASPA-FTV) will hold their showcase Digital Natives #NoFilter at the Cremorne Theatre at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:33AM
Saturday, December 6, 2014

Gasp! by Queensland Theatre Company by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

Remember when the advertising industry first introduced bottled water? Many thought it was a ridiculous idea that would never take off and I for one, refused to buy it on political/ethical g…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:00AM
Friday, December 5, 2014

The Devil Wears Leigh Buchanan by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

Stories, songs, secrets, sparkle and a sprinkling of sex. And that’s just a hint of what to expect in Leigh Buchanan’s cabaret The Devil Wears Leigh Buchanan, playing as part of Wonderl…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:00AM
Saturday, November 29, 2014

Review: Naomi Price rides her Wrecking Ball into QLD’s Top 50 Best & Brightest. by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

Nominated this week in the Courier Mail’s Qweekend magazine in the Top 50 Best & Brightest in Queensland for 2014, Naomi Price has a lot to sing about. The cabaret star earlier this ye…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:32AM
Thursday, November 27, 2014

Brisbane’s First Autism Friendly Performance of The Lion King by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

The Lion King is the first major musical to hold an autism friendly performance in Australia. Having already held successful performances in New York, London, Edinburgh, Houston & Pittsb…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:47PM
Sunday, November 23, 2014

Or Forever Hold Your Peace (The Story of Iphigenia) – La Boite by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

La Boite’s latest indie production is as complex and perplexing as its two-option title, Or Forever Hold Your Peace (The Story of Iphigenia), but that’s a good thing. Inspired by Charles…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:08AM
Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Dangerfield Park at La Boite Indie by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

Sven Swenson’s second La Boite Indie production for the season, Dangerfield Park (the companion piece to Angel Gear) is a masterpiece of witty repartee with deep and important reflections …

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:25PM
Thursday, November 6, 2014

The Great Debate – Freud versus Lewis in a battle of egos and ideas by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

What happened when C.S. Lewis met Sigmund Freud? Playwright Mark St. Germain answers this provoking question in his award winning play, Freud’s Last Session which opens at QPAC’s Cremor…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:00PM
Monday, November 3, 2014

Reasons to Be Pretty by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

Tell me I’m pretty and no goldfish will get hurt. In Underground Productions’ most accessible work yet, Neil LaBute’s Reasons to Be Pretty explores society’s obsession with beau…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:46PM

He Dreamed a Train Premieres at Brisbane Powerhouse by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

Good old fashioned story-telling, where everything old is new again. New work by intergenerational theatre company, Force of Circumstance (FOC), He Dreamed a Train is an unassuming gem in th…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:48AM

A Dream Play – Arise Theatre by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

In a bold foray into Brisbane’s theatre scene, Arise Theatre Company will present Stindberg’s Expressionist work, A Dream Play as their debut production at the MetroArts Theatre, from No…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:33AM

A Dream Play – Arise Theatre by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

In a bold foray into Brisbane’s theatre scene, Arise Theatre Company will present Stindberg’s Expressionist work, A Dream Play as their debut production at the MetroArts Theatre, from No…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:33AM
Friday, October 31, 2014

Bombshells – New Show at Sanctuary Cove by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

Bombshells Unite! Celebrating the iconic Hollywood Bombshells, Katherine Rodrigues is launching her new stage show The Bombshells, at the Village Theatre in Sanctuary Cove this Saturday nig…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:35PM
Sunday, October 26, 2014

Wuthering Heights Stage Adaptation Premieres at QPAC by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

Love is a dirty word. Shake & stir theatre is undoubtedly Brisbane’s (nay Australia’s) best literary stage adaptors, and they continue to carry the mantle in their new adaptation of …

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:16PM

Purple Pear Productions Presents World Premiere of Shrinks by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

Presenting the world premiere of award winning Playwright Timothy Daly; Shrinks is a riff on happiness, psychotherapy, and over-analysing ones life to death. Married psychotherapists Dr Viv…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:26PM
Sunday, October 12, 2014

Ben From Brisbane launches new show after Big Brother re-entry by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

Back by popular social media demand, Big Brother 2013 housemate, affectionately known as ‘Ben From Brisbane’, will return to the Big Brother house for a 4-day stint as a celebrity guest …

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:45PM
Saturday, October 11, 2014

A Doll’s House by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

In a bold new recreation of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play A Doll’s House, director Steven Mitchell Wright and writer Lally Katz, present a play that is both challenging and refreshing to o…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:23PM
Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Black Diggers – Queensland Premiere by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

“All faces looked brown in that mud” In an important event of national significance, it is appropriate that the 100-year anniversary since the beginning of World War One be observed thro…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:00AM

The Lion King Premieres in Brisbane to a Standing Ovation by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

Hakuna matata. QPAC presented the Queensland premiere of Disney’s award-winning musical spectacular The Lion King at the Lyric Theatre last week, to a well-deserved unanimous standing ov…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:43AM
Saturday, October 4, 2014

Monty Python’s Spamalot by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

Last night Harvest Rain opened their flyby season of Monty Python’s spoof musical Spamalot to an obvious fan crowd, complete with standing ovation. Based on the 1975 cult film Monty Python…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:36PM
Saturday, September 27, 2014

The Button Event – A true theatrical experience by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

In an auto-biographical theatrical event, Todd MacDonald shares the deeply moving story about a father’s journey through the serious medical diagnosis of Lola, one of his twin daughters. D…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:39PM
Friday, September 26, 2014

The Lion King premieres in Brisbane tonight by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

Opening tonight in Brisbane, The Lion King remains one of the most popular stage musicals in the world, from its beginnings as a Disney animated feature in 1994. Since then, the stage prod…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:30AM
Monday, September 1, 2014

Brisbane Festival 2014 by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

Familiar pink bunnies of the gargantuan variety have been spotted about town heralding the onset of Brisbane Festival’s fifth season like a pair of eager groundhogs promising an end to the…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:30PM
Sunday, August 31, 2014

BLONDE by Bombshell launches at Sanctuary Cove by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

In a taste tester performance of the Bombshell Entertainment brand, Katherine Rodrigues, launched her Marilyn Monroe inspired show at The Village Theatre, Sanctuary Cove earlier this month. …

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:08AM
Friday, August 29, 2014

The Storm Has Hit by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

The Storm Has Hit A shipwreck on a mysterious island, love, power, politics and a little bit of revenge and magic- Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble do justice to Shakespeare’s last full pla…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:42AM
Monday, August 25, 2014

Brisbane Arts Theatre premiere’s The Addams Family, the Musical. by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

After The Addams Family premiered in Sydney in 2013, Brisbane Arts Theatre have managed to score the rights to The Addams Family musical as the first community theatre group to premiere the…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:37PM
Saturday, August 23, 2014

Finding The Silence by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

Following up after their successful production of Knee Deep, Casus Circus in conjunction with the Judith Wright Centre’s Fresh Ground initiative has developed a new work Finding the Silenc…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:13AM
Friday, August 22, 2014

Short+Sweet Festival – Brisbane + Gold Coast. by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

The Short+Sweet Festival is back in Brisbane and just keeps getting larger each year. And with the addition of the Short+Sweet up-late cabaret strand, there is a little something for everyon…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:16PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards