Alan Cumming has the ineffable quality of a star. There’s that flashing smile, sliding from cheeky to rueful within seconds. There’s the twinkled eyes, the hair, the pixie-ish demeanour.…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:04AMWelcome to the first weekend of 2016! What we need now, as we slip back into some semblance of routine, is a little bit of beauty. A little bit of magic. A little bit of music. So we’r…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:31PMLo-fi indie company Squabbalogic are kicking off their 2016 season by digging beneath the shiny exterior of a musical theatre classic to find the grit that use to lie at its heart. The Orig…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:30AMBeneath a giant tree, branches reaching out across the sky, sit two teenagers: bookish Charlie (Tom Conroy) and outcast-troublemaker Jasper Jones (Guy Simon). They have never hung out before…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:02AMTheatre critic and AussieTheatre Deputy Editor Cassie Tongue sees hundreds of shows a year. In this piece, she writes about the moments that give theatre its magic: the ephemeral, tantalisi…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:14AMIt’s that time of year again! Nominations were announced today for the Sydney Theatre Awards for 2015, which will be presented at a gala ceremony on Monday January 18, 2016 at 6pm at t…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:36PMThe Sound of Music, that grand sentimental fare best known as a film from 1965, has come to Sydney’s Capitol Theatre just in time for all that holiday-inspired nostalgia and family bonding…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:26PMSydney has a new space for making theatre, and it’s right in the heart of iconic Kings Cross. Located on the second floor of the Kings Cross Hotel, The Kings Cross Theatre (KXT) is cu…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:21PMMitchell Butel’s production of Violet, a musical currently playing the Hayes Theatre in Sydney, is on its way to Melbourne! Blue Saint Productions today announced that the tuner will …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:55PMMy Fair Lady, based on George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion, opened on Broadway in 1956. 60 years later, the production will be lovingly and meticulously recreated to resemble that i…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:17AMTom Sharah is a force. From a theatre family and with music in his blood, he won the Sydney Cabaret Showcase in 2009 and hasn’t stopped since. You might have caught his cabarets ItR…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:31PMThe Rob Guest Endowment annual gala concert is just days away and it’s going to be a night to remember in the Aussie Musical Theatre calendar. The big event is all set for Monday N…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:22PMLike the proverbial cockroach in an apocalypse, CATS The Musical endures, dominating stages worldwide with barely a break. Unlike the cockroach, however, the show is eagerly embraced and ado…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:30PMThe Rob Guest Endowment annual gala concert is just one week away and it’s shaping up to be an incredible night of entertainment. The big event will take place on Monday November 9, …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:21PMJulian Kuo studied at AIM and has joined with other alumni to create their own work in a field that has far too few opportunities. EXCLAIM is a company that puts on very short seasons of sho…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:34PMThe Rob Guest Endowment annual gala concert is fast approaching! The big event will take place on Monday November 9, where six finalists — emerging stars of Australian musical theatre — …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:00PMHilary Cole is the next musical theatre superstar. Based in Sydney, she’s risen with fast audience, industry, and critical acclaim to star in Carrie, The Drowsy Chaperone, Miracle Cit…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:30PMThe Rob Guest Endowment annual gala concert will take place on Monday November 9, where six finalists — emerging stars of Australian musical theatre — will take the stage at Sydney’s L…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:55PMIt’s getting warmer, the days are longer, it’s not quite summer yet but “Summertime” still seems appropriate for this Sunday afternoon. Settle in and listen to Kirby …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:42PMDisney’s Aladdin, a new musical comedy based on the classic Academy Award-winning animated film, will open in Sydney at the Capitol Theatre in August 2016. Tickets will go on sale in March…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:31PMA Steady Rain is a gritty show in that you feel the dirt caught in your teeth as you watch it unfold; it’s not exactly a pleasant experience, but it grabs, and holds, your attention. Keith…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:49PMThe 2015 Rob Guest Endowment Grand Final Concert is a celebration of the best of the talents on our musical theatre stages. From our emerging stars, the finalists who sing for the grand priz…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:50PMAdelaide readers, if one of your favourite things is musical theatre, you’re in luck. Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Ian, John Frost and the Really Useful Group announced yesterday that T…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:26PMThe Lion King has been a smash hit production with Australian audiences. It did extremely well in its first run, and now it’s in its second, comfortably touring around Australia and s…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:31PMIt’s a miracle! Today the Royal Shakespeare Company, Louise Withers, Michel Coppel and Michael Watt announced that Matilda the Musical will move down to Melbourne’s Princess The…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:00PMThe Rob Guest Endowment annual gala concert will take place on Monday November 9, where six finalists — emerging stars of Australian musical theatre — will take the stage at Sydney’s L…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:22PMThe Rob Guest Endowment annual gala concert will take place on Monday November 9, where six finalists — emerging stars of Australian musical theatre — will take the stage at Sydney’…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:17AMIt’s one of those enduring standards, the kind of song an artist can build a complex narrative from just with their phrasing. It’s “Meadowlark,” and this afternoon is…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:35PMHigh Society is not a high point in programming at Sydney’s Hayes Theatre. Cole Porter is a witty, lively, sensitive and influential writer, and his songs are highly universal but not,…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:46AMIt’s a love song to life, love, and being outside the ordinary, a cult musical that left an indelible mark on the musical theater landscape. It’s Rent, and it’s coming to …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:18PMShaun Rennie is directing a new production of Rent at Sydney’s increasingly influential Hayes Theatre from 8 October – 1 November, and it’s shaping up to be a really inter…
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