Thursday, June 13, 2013
The Adelaide Cabaret Festival this year is rich and diverse with events. Jazz, rock’n’roll, musicals, song cycles, cabaret and divas as far as they eye can see. Joining them, is Aussie m…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:00AMSunday, June 9, 2013
The Maids is a weird play. Heartily intellectual (well, Andrew Upton), blissfully stylish (well — Alice Babidge!) and wickedly hilarious. But it never quite finds its feet. Written in 1947…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:36PMSaturday, June 8, 2013
Reviving Jesus Christ Superstar on so grand a scale as the 2012/13 arena tour may not seem like a risky move. All the same, it is. It’s not all that long ago that yet another revival of th…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:50AMTuesday, June 4, 2013
At present the nation is glued to The Voice in a style of televised addiction that makes teenagers dizzy and musicians bitter. But while those young musicians go on the tube to make their wa…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:44AMThursday, May 30, 2013
While there are many Aussie music theatre stars presently wowing the crowds in the West End — few have made the same splash as Trevor Ashley did this May. The man dubbed “the busiest man…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:00PMWednesday, May 29, 2013
Ever sing while you’re cooking? Turns out it’s a practice indulged in by the best of them as Sydney-siders are about to see in high style. The Grande Dame of Australian Music Theatre Ton…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:30PMFriday, May 24, 2013
Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence are quintessential figures of 20th century theatre. Coward - the image of English gentry - acted, wrote, directed and composed; while Lawrence acted, san…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:24PMWednesday, May 22, 2013
Recently Aussie Theatre’s David Allen caught up with producer Michelle Guthrie about her Sydney based company Neglected Musicals. Talking to Michelle Guthrie I know right off the bat I’m…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:00PMMonday, May 20, 2013
David Allen catches up with Richard Piper from King Kong’s principal cast… Richard Piper has had a long and impressive career on the stage. Having Trained at London’s celebrated Centra…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:40PMIt was confirmed today that the devilishly cheeky and deliciously fun Broadway musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels will open at Sydney’s Theatre Royal this year. Nominated for 11 Tony awards…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:04AMThursday, May 16, 2013
Rhonda Burchmore sounds like velvet on satin. She drapes her voice with a languorous ease that is infectious and intoxicating and by the time she’s done with you, there’s nothing left fo…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:00PMMonday, May 13, 2013
I’m running late. This is common enough practice for me. But today it’s a stressful situation because I have a phone interview with Queenie van de Zandt this afternoon that has been quit…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:00PMSunday, May 12, 2013
The producers behind the present Australian production of The Addams Family the musical have told their cast that the show will not be touring to any other Australian cities, according to th…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:53PMSaturday, May 11, 2013
Richard III (or almost) is a play for which little hyperbole is needed. When a play gives itself such a weak mandate — why mince words? Almost, establishes itself in the first act in dyst…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:22AMThursday, May 9, 2013
Disney first turned their empire onto the music theatre stage in 1994 with the Beauty and the Beast. Less than two decades later, following six smash-hit Broadway musicals and a host of inte…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:19AMSaturday, May 4, 2013
The name Amity Dry is probably best know to most people from her stint on the hit TV show The Block — or possibly as a result of her three, hit pop albums. Amity is a dynamic personality�…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:10AMWednesday, May 1, 2013
Have you ever had one of those phone conversations where you’ve strung it out because the person you’re talking to is just THAT fascinating? Well, that’s what I’m presently doing. I�…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:45PMMonday, April 29, 2013
In January of 1999 I didn’t know who Chrissy Amphlett was. Like almost everyone else I had heard ‘I Touch Myself’ and ‘Pleasure and Pain’ on the radio but I didn’t associate the…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:00PMTuesday, April 23, 2013
David Allen spoke with King Kong’s choreographer ‘Cha Cha’ O’Connell about the brand new epic theatrical event and more… Choreographer to the stars John “Cha Cha” O’Conell ne…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:00PMMonday, April 22, 2013
I’ve lived in Sydney for six years and been to Wollongong twice. The third trip occurred over the weekend to see Marina Prior live in concert and I am beyond thrilled to say that it was wo…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:00AMSaturday, April 20, 2013
It’s hard to know where to begin when talking about Marina Prior. Her career in the Australian music theatre industry began thirty years ago and her impact on that industry has been powerf…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:19AMSaturday, April 13, 2013
The Political Hearts of Children is an interesting play to find yourself observing. It exists largely in a children’s imagination, replete with heightened imagery and emotions. At first i…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:29PMWell, it seems this year that The Voice Australia has birthed yet another superstar – Jan van de Stool. Known throughout Woy Woy community for her work as a musical therapist, she has gain…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:41PMSaturday, April 6, 2013
The line up for 2013 Adelaide Cabaret Festival was officially launched last night and David Allen gives us his picks for the festival. You wish to go to the festival? Well! Adelaide Cabaret …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:35PMWednesday, April 3, 2013
The Off-Broadway hit FREUD'S LAST SESSION is coming to Sydney this August starring Henri Szeps and Douglas Hansell.
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:24PMTuesday, April 2, 2013
The off-Broadway hit Freud’s Last Session is coming to Sydney this August starring Henri Szeps and Douglas Hansell. In 2003, Dr Armand M. Nicholl published a work of non-fiction: The Que…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:00PMFriday, March 22, 2013
My experiences so far as a theatre-goer have developed for me something of an understanding of what makes a performer great. They have to have phenomenal timing, devastating instincts, but m…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:15AMThursday, March 21, 2013
David Allen talks to Rick Elice — writer of The Addams Family about the new Australian cast, a possible cast recording and the updated show about to open in Sydney tomorrow! When it comes …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:41PMTuesday, March 19, 2013
Getting ready to interview playwright Alfred Uhry, I’m actually having to remind myself that I do this all the time. I’m terribly nervous! Driving Miss Daisy is a part of the American …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:00PMSunday, March 17, 2013
“So when did you first start performing?” I’m sitting opposite Shauna Jensen in a café in Potts Point. The owner has served us personally (he’s a fan) and we’ve been moved to the …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:00PMWednesday, February 20, 2013
After months of online buzz and rumours, it was finally announced this morning by live music producer and recording magnate Michael Gudinski that he has acquired the Australian rights to the…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:00PM 
