Wednesday, 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…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:30PMThe 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 07:30PMSunday, August 31, 2014
Sugarland, written by Rachel Coopes and Wayne Blair, born out of multiple residencies in the remote Northern Territory town of Katherine, is an exercise in capturing what life is like for yo…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:56AMSaturday, August 30, 2014
What happens to us when our immediate family dies? Are the ties that bind us to the earth irrevocably cut? Do we float anchorless, aimless, without that recognition of blood? Can we still be…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:16PMWednesday, August 27, 2014
Light the Night will celebrate 10 years with one final benefit concert at the City Rectial Hall Angel Place on Monday October 27. Light the Night is inspired by Matthew Rennie, a brave man w…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:02AMThursday, August 21, 2014
One of our very own green girls, Pippa Grandison stole our hearts as Elphaba in Wicked during the first Australian run. Now exploring an entirely new avenue – a Michael Gow play produc…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:15PMTuesday, August 19, 2014
Keira Daley is a popular performer and writer from Sydney’s independent scene. She’s performed in [title of show] and A New Brain, and her cabaret show LadyNerd has toured Austra…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:29PMSaturday, August 16, 2014
A young peasant girl receives visions from an angel instructing her to support a French victory over the English and end a 100-year war. She insists on a private meeting with the future king…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:13AMFriday, August 15, 2014
Joanna Weinberg is best known to Australian audiences for her cabaret-turned-blockbuster-Hollywood-movie Goddess. She turned ‘that kernel of an idea you’ve been mulling over for the past…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:20PMThe professional dance industry’s pre-eminent annual awards program, the Australian Dance Awards, recognise and honour dance artists, educators and administrators. The Awards are judged by…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:47PMTuesday, August 12, 2014
It’s a brand new musical! Loosely based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet and E.M Foster’s novel Maurice, the world premiere of Beyond Desire will play at the Hayes Theatre in November. With…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:02PMWednesday, August 6, 2014
Ed Grey has made a bit of a splash in the musical theatre world. Recipient of the Production Company Artist Development Award at last year’s Rob Guest Endowment gala event, Ed has bee…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:41AMTuesday, August 5, 2014
One of the great things the Hayes Theatre is able to do, as a new home for independent musical theatre and cabaret, is give precious performance space to some of the artists Sydney already h…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:25PMIt’s almost time for the Helpmanns! The night of nights for Australia’s performers is only two weeks away, and yesterday Live Performance Australia came out with their latest ann…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:59PMThursday, July 31, 2014
Robert Kemp is a multi-award winning stage designer who has worked on productions with Opera Australia, Bell Shakespeare, Belvoir, Queensland Theatre Company, the State Theatre Company of So…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:45PMWednesday, July 30, 2014
LOVEBiTES, created by the minds behind hit Australian musical The Hatpin (James Millar and Peter Rutherford) has found a new home on Australian stages at Sydney’s Hayes Theatre. From W…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:27AMTuesday, July 29, 2014
Looking for something new to read? Want to hear some exciting Australian voices tell exciting Australian stories? Over the past few years, Australia has produced five vastly different and in…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:00PMSunday, July 27, 2014
Walking into this production is like nothing else. The audience (much smaller than usual, only 360 people can fit) sits on the stage, on temporary seating, which is either fine or not comfor…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:50PMAfter auditioning over 200 applicants in the initial round, 30 young performers have been selected to progress as semi-finalists for the 2014 Rob Guest Endowment Award. Now in its 6th …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:22PMTuesday, July 22, 2014
Are you ready for a night full of remarkably talented performers and a look back on 70 years of Sydney entertainment? You should check out Cause Celeb – An Indoor Picnic and Cabaret on…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:30PMSunday, July 20, 2014
Packemin’ Productions’ Beauty and the Beast is a colourful, didactic story that will charm first-time theatre-goers. It’s the kind of work that kick-starts the dreams of ‘that’ kid…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:45PMFriday, July 18, 2014
2014 JC Williamson award recipient and big-time theatre producer John Frost will be a keynote speaker at the Association of Community Theatre’s Stagecraft conference. Frost will talk a…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:30PMThursday, July 17, 2014
Amanda McBroom has long been regarded one of American’s foremost cabaret stars.She hasn’t been to Australia in over a decade, but on Saturday 19th July, she will perform at the C…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:56PMHayes Theatre Co, in its role as a new home in Sydney for Australian musical theatre and cabaret performances, is making good on its promise by hosting a cabaret festival. Featured as part o…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:33AMWednesday, July 16, 2014
The Effect is only Lucy Prebble’s third play (fourth, if you count a short, prize-winning play she wrote at university). Best known for the fast-paced study of scandal in ENRON, her latest…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:42AMMiracle City - a musical by the greatly talented and greatly missed Nick Enright – has something of a mythological feel to it. Only staged once, developmentally, at Sydney Theatre Com…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:02AMMonday, July 14, 2014
It’s time! At bright and bustling centres across Australia, theatre crowds gathered tonight to hear the announcement of the prestigious Helpmann Award nominees for 2014. Check out the …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:35AMWednesday, July 9, 2014
Hayes Theatre Co is the hottest thing in Sydney musical theatre. Less than a year into operations, they have two sellout shows under their belt, as well as a debut of a new Australian work, …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:59AMSunday, July 6, 2014
If you’re going to spend an hour or so with someone, there aren’t many better choices than Tom Sharah. With a strong sense of ease on stage that borders on casual and conversational – …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:26PMSport for Jove has been taking Sydney by storm with its almost uncanny ability to breathe new life into Shakespeare’s classics. For the first time, helmed by Adam Cook, the company is …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:30PMSaturday, July 5, 2014
Something is happening in Sydney musical theatre. 2014 is a moment, a movement, for the genre: Hayes Theatre Co dipped a toe in a pool of still water and rippling outward are its effects; wi…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:14PM 
