Sunday, October 12, 2014
Light the Night, a concert that raises much need funds for The Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation, will be hosted by international musical therapist and hilarious YouTube sensation, Jan…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:30PMThursday, October 9, 2014
In what feels like the end of the era, John Bell has announced today that he will leave the Bell Shakespeare Company in 2015, when he will hand the company over to Artistic Director Peter Ev…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:17PMMonday, October 6, 2014
Squabbalogic, the independent musical theatre company that kicked off Sydney’s tiny revolution into becoming a place for high-quality boutique musical theatre, has re-located itself to the…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:49AMSunday, September 28, 2014
Monique is one busy artist. An actor/choreographer, she’s been in hits like A Chorus Line and The Drowsy Chaperone, and she’s always a pleasure to watch on stage. We invited Moni…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:30PMCasting was announced this morning for the new tour the home-grown musical hit Dirty Dancing, and the leads are two emerging musical theatre stars in their first major leading roles: Kirby …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:01PMZoe Trilsbach is an actor and one of the founding members of Workhorse Theatre Co. Last year, their production of The Motherf**ker With the Hat played to critical acclaim in the tiny TAP Gal…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:15AMSaturday, September 27, 2014
They’re back! Independent musical theatre darlings Squabbalogic have announced their 2014/2015 season, and it all kicks off next week at the Reginald theatre in the Seymour Centre, whe…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:30PMIt’s cast announcement time! Hayes Theatre Co has been on a roll in its inaugural year as a dedicated home for musicals and cabaret, and if this Blood Brothers announcement is anythin…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:54PMThursday, September 25, 2014
It has captured the attention of theatre-goers the world over, and no matter what you think about it or its worth, it is undeniable now: Wicked is one of the most important musicals of the p…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:33PMThe Rob Guest Endowment annual concert will take place on Monday October 13, where six finalists — emerging stars of Australian musical theatre — will take the stage to show their skills…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:30PMThere’s something about Eamon Flack’s directorial take on The Glass Menagerie, playing at Belvoir St. You don’t just watch it, you sink into it. The play wraps invisible tendrils aroun…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:01AMWednesday, September 24, 2014
The Great Big Bag of Being, tucked quietly into the Sydney Fringe Festival program, is a lo-fi piece of children’s theatre, an unassuming stage presence at the New Theatre, and a lovely li…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:30AMThe Rob Guest Endowment annual concert will take place on Monday October 13, where six finalists — emerging stars of Australian musical theatre — will take the stage to show their skills…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:02AMEurope, Michael Gow’s 1987 play about Australia’s defensive stubbornness about its national youth, as represented in the body of a guy called Douglas (Andrew Henry) is currently being re…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:37AMThursday, September 18, 2014
1,000 songs in one hour is a big promise to make to an audience, but The Shuffle Show (A Medley of Medleys) has come up with a clear conceit to deliver on the show description, and it starts…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:45AMChildren of the Sun was written in 1862 and yet, somehow, it manages to feel completely of this moment. The heart of it beats steadily, curiously, towards something that’s so relevant now:…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:58AMHayes Theatre Co continues to demonstrate its importance in the musical theatre ecosystem by staging LOVEBiTES, a song cycle by James Millar and Peter Rutherford. It’s a first for the Haye…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:37AMFriday, September 12, 2014
One of the most exciting things to happen in Sydney theatre lately has been the unveiling of the Eternity Playhouse in Darlinghurst – the renovated Baptist Tabernacle that has been tra…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:30PMWhere to begin with Opera Australia’s The King and I? After stints in Brisbane and Melbourne it has landed in Sydney, all glorious sets and crushing disappointment. The thought that c…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:58AMThursday, September 11, 2014
The Rob Guest Endowment annual concert will take place on Monday October 13, where six finalists — emerging stars of Australian musical theatre — will take the stage to show their skills…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:30PMTuesday, September 9, 2014
It’s coming to Melbourne! Carrie the Musical is making its debut at Chapel off Chapel from September 25. We talked to Terence O’Connell, the show’s director, in anticipatio…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:35PMMonday, September 8, 2014
It’s coming to Melbourne! Carrie the Musical is making its debut at Chapel off Chapel from September 25. Chelsea Gibb as Margaret White leads a company of 20 of Melbourne’s most dyna…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:30PMSaturday, September 6, 2014
Before there was Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark, there was It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… it’s Superman, and Neglected Musicals is bringing it back for one day only …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:00PMAdèle Parkinson is one to watch. From Legally Blonde to Horrible Histories with a stint in the critically-acclaimed Squabbalogic production of Carrie in between, she’s a veritable for…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:48PMFriday, September 5, 2014
I know, I get it. You just saw Les Miserables in Melbourne and you’re in love with, well, everyone. Don’t worry! You can grab these three albums by the cast members and bask in …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:30PMThe Rob Guest Endowment annual concert will take place on Monday October 13, where six finalists — emerging stars of Australian musical theatre — will take the stage to show their skills…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:30PMA sketch show for the Sydney Fringe: The Recidivists is ready to blow some minds. Sydney performers Rob Johnson and Harry Milas (who comprise the performance team Mantaur) have announced a b…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:00AMThursday, September 4, 2014
During the Sydney Fringe Festival this year, a new company will be staging a quiet revolution via three plays in rep. Lepidoptera: An Exploration of Youth is the name of the triptych put to…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:00AMArtistic Director Lee Lewis this week announced her second season for Griffin Theatre Company. In its Main and Independent seasons, comprised entirely of Australian work, Griffin will presen…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:00AMThe Sydney Fringe festival will run from 1 to 30 September, a celebration of art, theatre, cabaret, music, comedy and more. Below we have chosen some of the theatre, music theatre and cabare…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:00AMWednesday, September 3, 2014
Brainstorm Productions – one of Australia’s largest educational theatre production companies – has partnered with R U OK? to help more school students start regular, meaningful convers…
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