Sunday, March 24, 2013
The Addams Family debuted on Broadway in 2010 to mixed reviews. Re-written for its US national tour in 2011, the show has been about many things. It is still about many things. Family. Love.…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:46PMThursday, March 21, 2013
Little Mercy is a high camp, queer-glam confection of horror movie tropes and cleverly drawn characters. A real treat of an import from Melbourne’s Sisters Grimm, Sydney should check out…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:35AMWednesday, March 13, 2013
Joanna Murry-Smith is set to return to Sydney Theatre Company this season with a brand new play directed by Andrew Upton. Commissioned by STC, Fury runs from their Wharf 1 theatre space. The…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:42AMTuesday, March 12, 2013
Mae West is a lingering icon of a very different time who was well ahead of her time. Remembered for her sex appeal, her early, no-holds-barred feminism, and her bawdy double-entendres, West…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:57PMSaturday, March 2, 2013
There are a few different kinds of standing ovations. There’s the perfunctory opening night ovation. The rolling ovation, that picks up momentum and vigour as it spreads across the audienc…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:46PMThursday, February 28, 2013
The newly-founded St George Theatre Company is launching with a bang. Having incorporated the historic Rockdale Musical Society into its ranks, it will present an all-time favourite musical …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:08PMWednesday, February 20, 2013
Torch Song Trilogy is a play that matters to the canon of modern gay theatre. From 1982, it was a groundbreaking piece from Harvey Fierstein that won two Tony Awards (for Fierstein’s actin…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:17AMTuesday, February 19, 2013
When single tickets went on sale for the second half of Sydney Theatre Company’s 2013 season went on sale on Monday last week, people were expecting a busy day at the box office. What they…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:00PMMonday, February 18, 2013
Alan Bennett’s The History Boys is a masterclass in clever and referential writing. With one of the best scripts in contemporary theatre, lively and packed with emotion and humor, it is ha…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:43AMSunday, February 10, 2013
An eight year old girl named Mackenzie was living for Packemin’s production of Wizard of Oz. She hung over the balcony of the dress circle to get closer to the action. She laughed at the f…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:07PMFrom 9am this morning, Sydney Theatre Company is opening up sales for the second half of its anticipated 2013 season, featuring celebrated Australian talent such as Cate Blanchett, Isabelle …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:20PMFriday, February 8, 2013
Packemin Productions continues to bring musical theatre to western Sydney, with their next venture, The Wizard of Oz, opening at Riverside Theatres this week. Following the success of 2012�…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:42AMTuesday, February 5, 2013
Sydney Dance Company is excited this week to announce a competition for enthusiastic males to perform a fun cameo role in their production of Fanatic by Larissa McGowan. A hit from the Sprin…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:00PMWednesday, January 30, 2013
Matthew Whittet’s School Dance is an Adelaide import, but you’re going to feel as though it was mined right out of the absorbed memory of the walls of whichever specific auditorium, gy…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:40PMTuesday, January 29, 2013
It has been announced that Australian performer Jamie Ward will take over the role of Marius in Les Miserables at London’s Queen’s Theatre in the West End. This is Jamie’s West End sta…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:20PMSunday, January 20, 2013
The Secret River is a play that will settle into the Australian theatrical canon and remain there for a very long time. Sprawling, profound, and often unsettling, it does as Hamlet insists t…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:50AM 
