Sunday, January 12, 2014
The Australian musical theatre is extraordinarily generous, and the cast of King Kong is no exception. Cast member Josh Robson has organised a charity concert featuring his fellow castmembe…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:15PMDarlinghurst Theatre Company and director Stephen Colyer have been doing a bang-up job of marrying the company with Sydney’s annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Following 2012′s …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:00PMOedipus Schmoedipus – a mashup of pontifications on and moments of death in the ‘great white’ canon of classical theatre – is less a meditation on death, dying, and its representatio…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:15PMTuesday, January 7, 2014
The Rocky Horror Show is set to begin performances in Brisbane this week and excitement is reaching a fever pitch – so what better way to get in on the action than to take a sneak peek…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:16PMMonday, January 6, 2014
Michael Gow – perhaps best known for his 1986 play Away, an English-class syllabus staple – is set to come back to the Australian stage with his first new play since 2007′…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:43PMSunday, December 15, 2013
The first five minutes of The Lion King are an experience of utter joy. The familiar opening call, in Zulu, breaks out into the theatre and from there we are transported into the pure magic …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:47PMSunday, December 8, 2013
Darlinghurst Theatre Company and the Enright family hosted a special event at the new Eternity Playhouse last week. In honour of the late Nick Enright, over the next three years, the Enrig…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:13PMFriday, November 22, 2013
The much lauded Rob Guest Endowment annual concert will take place next Monday November 25, where six finalists — emerging stars of Australian musical theatre — will take the stage to sh…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:27PMTuesday, November 19, 2013
Atomic, the new musical currently playing at NIDA’s Parade Theatre, is all about Dr. Leo Szilard, who invited and patented the nuclear chain reaction, and worked on the Manhattan Project �…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:58PMMonday, November 18, 2013
The much lauded Rob Guest Endowment annual concert will take place on Monday 25 November 25, where six finalists — emerging stars of Australian musical theatre — will take the stage to s…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:00PMSunday, November 17, 2013
Carrie’s life as a musical is notorious, legendary, intriguing. A resounding flop when it originally hit Broadway in 1988, it closed after only 16 previews and five performances. For the p…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:27AMThe Darlinghurst Theatre Company has moved into its new home, a new theatre for Sydney. The Eternity Playhouse is a 126 year old heritage listed building, and it is stunning; one walks in an…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:40AMMonday, November 11, 2013
What if the lady in the song knew that all that glitters wasn’t gold? Wild Delilah just might be the one who really knows how it all goes down. Coke and Sympathy is a rock and roll cab…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:30PMSunday, November 10, 2013
The National Institute of Dramatic Art will present a season of plays by NIDA’s graduating directors: six plays in two programs. It’s a showcase of the 2013 graduating students f…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:35PMThe much lauded Rob Guest Endowment annual concert will take place on Monday 25 November 25, where six finalists — emerging stars of Australian musical theatre — will take the stage to s…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:06AMTuesday, November 5, 2013
Rock Surfers Theatre Company and Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder (CJZ) are proud to announce the inaugural CJZ/Rock Surfers New Writing Commission. In its first year the commission, worth $12,500,…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:30PMMonday, November 4, 2013
The much lauded Rob Guest Endowment annual concert will take place on Monday 25 November 25, where six finalists — emerging stars of Australian musical theatre — will take the stage to s…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:37PMTuesday, October 29, 2013
The much lauded Rob Guest Endowment annual concert will take place on Monday 25 November 25, where six finalists — emerging stars of Australian musical theatre — will take the stage to s…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:00PMMonday, October 28, 2013
The much lauded Rob Guest Endowment annual concert will take place on Monday 25 November 25, where six finalists — emerging stars of Australian musical theatre — will take the stage to s…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:00AMFriday, October 25, 2013
The award-winning team of James Millar (writer, actor, singer) and Peter Rutherford (composer) of The Hatpin and Lovebites have been awarded the opportunity to workshop their new musical.…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:00PMThursday, October 24, 2013
Has a musical ever been so necessary in Sydney as Dirty Rotten Scoundrels? A palate cleanser after several loud and ultimately disappointing ventures in musical theatre have come to town, th…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:06PMIn November, Belvoir brings a piece of theatre history to the stage with The Cake Man, the first full-length play staged by the National Black Theatre in Redfern. The Cake Man, by Robert J.…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:11AMTuesday, October 22, 2013
Circus Oz is heading back into the Circus Oz Big Top at Sydney’s Tumbalong Park in Darling Harbour with their latest critically acclaimed show, Cranked Up, from 1 – 27 January 2014. Cr…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:00PMMonday, October 21, 2013
Grease is a frothy, popular musical that has achieved legendary status through an iconic movie release. It is beloved, and it makes it audiences happy. Staging it, however, can be notoriousl…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:36PMFriday, October 18, 2013
That’s right. Trevor Ashley has found a minute in between conquering the international stage to bring his show Star Struck back to Sydney’s Star event centre for one more night &…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:41PMSaturday, October 12, 2013
Lisa McCune and Teddy Tahu Rhodes will star in the Opera Australia/Gordon Frost Organisation revival of the Tony-award winning Australian production of The King and I, which will play across…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:09PMFriday, October 11, 2013
The team at Glen Street Theatre have announced their plans for 2014 and the upcoming season will be especially exciting, as the theatre will re-open for business following extensive renovati…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:45PMBack to Back Theatre’s Super Discount has arrived at the Wharf as part of the tail-end of Sydney Theatre Company’s 2013, and it is well-worth the wait. Continuing the tradition of stella…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:13PMIn November Dreamingful Productions are excited to announce the world premiere season of ATOMIC, a brand new musical written by Danny Ginges,with music by Philip Foxman, at the Parade The…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:00PMTuesday, October 8, 2013
Australian company CinemaLive will distribute the acclaimed West End production of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along to cinema screens across Australia and New Zealand from Nov…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:54PMRomeo and Juliet endures as one of William Shakespeare’s greatest works. It has been adapted, examined, pulled apart, and put back together. It’s been given the big-screen treatment more…
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