Thursday, August 25, 2022
It’s here and for the first time ever The Phantom of The Opera, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical, is actually
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 02:24AMMonday, November 29, 2021
The Sydney Theatre Royal is now officially (re) Open! For two years now, theatres around the world have gone dark,
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:47AMTuesday, June 8, 2021
After some ‘minor’ setbacks in the heady days of the year of Our Lord Twenty-hundred and Early Covid, the Broadway
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:57AMMonday, March 15, 2021
Opera, as a whole, does one thing very well: putting on large and lavish shows. As you stroll down towards
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:21PMThursday, September 17, 2020
Covid 19 has shut down the theatre… all theatre… there’s none left, it’s all gone… done… finished… Or is it?
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:24AMSunday, June 21, 2020
As I sit comfortably on my rear end, patiently waiting for the world to drag its sorry self back to
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:30AMSaturday, June 20, 2020
Back in 2007 Kevin Rudd was prime minister, I wore boot cut jeans, and Paul McDermott’s variety program The Sideshow was
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:30PMFriday, March 13, 2020
I don’t like jumping on band wagons, you tend to upset the musicians, especially anyone with an instrument that requires
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:00PMSaturday, February 29, 2020
Have you ever baked chocolate chip biscuits? You slide the backing tray out of the oven, place it reverently on
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:45PMThe Opera Centre is usually a reverent place. A place of culture, of classic music, of grand performers waltzing from
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:44AMTuesday, February 18, 2020
I have something to admit. I, the writer of these features and photographer of these photographs… am in love with
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:06PMTuesday, January 14, 2020
Usually when I go along to media calls, the thing that I am photographing is theatre. As an actor, I
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:54PMThursday, January 9, 2020
SIX, the West End musical based on the wives of King Henry VIII, has finally landed in Australia and is
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:20AMFriday, January 3, 2020
Shrek is finally here, wading through the misty (or should I say smokey) swamps of Sydney and into the Lyric theatre. The company is currently in full swing with previews, until their open…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:00PMMonday, December 2, 2019
It’s not often that you find yourself between the sails of the Opera House with gymnasts, tumblers, roller skaters, a woman in metallic shorts with a two-foot-long pink wig, and a Boy With…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:09PMThursday, November 28, 2019
Shrek has emerged from his swamp and is coming to Australia. The much loved digital animation turned stage musical, starring Ben Mingay, Lucy Durack, Todd McKenny and Nat Jobe is due to op…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:35AMSunday, October 20, 2019
Billy is back! Its been 10 years since the original Australian production of Billy Elliot the musical graced our stages, and now four more boys are taking on the iconic role. David Hoole…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:44AMSunday, August 25, 2019
Chicago, the multi award winning musical, is now giving the old razzel dazzle at Sydney’s Capitol theatre. Photographer David Hooley went along to their media call to get a glimpse of the …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:49AMFriday, March 29, 2019
The iconic hit musical Saturday Night Fever will premiere at the Sydney Lyric Theatre from 27 March 2019 for an exclusive Australian season. With an all star cast including Marcia Hines, Eu…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:28AMTuesday, January 29, 2019
It’s not often that a rehearsal room has a stage. And an audience bank. And theatrical lighting. But as I walk into the Giant Dwarf Theatre in Redfern, that is exactly what the company…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:45PMThursday, January 10, 2019
Willy Wonka has thrown open the gates of his magical chocolate factory but unlike the book, everyone is invited. The classic Roald Dahl book, turned movie, turned musical is now running in S…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:12PMThursday, November 8, 2018
Frequent photographic contributor to AussieTheatre, David Hooley, is also an actor and about to take to the stage at Hayes Theatre Co in Aspects of Love. Combining his talents, he has put …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:30AMThursday, August 30, 2018
For large scale main stage productions, a dress rehearsal is just another day at the office. You’ve already spent between two and (in the case of productions with children like Billy Ell…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:29PMWednesday, August 15, 2018
EVITA, the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical, is coming to the Sydney Opera House in September. Producer John Frost opened up the rehearsal room doors to give us a sneak peek of what …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:11AMThursday, July 26, 2018
“It’s 1954. Everyone likes Ike, nobody likes communism and Wade “Cry-Baby” Walker is the coolest boy in Baltimore.” With their first preview now in the bag; D…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:57AMWednesday, June 6, 2018
After their successful season at the Hayes Theatre last year, Assassins has moved into The Playhouse at the Sydney Opera House. Just a day before their first preview, Aussietheatre attended …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:23AMFriday, March 16, 2018
On the day of their first preview, AussieTheatre joined the cast of In The Heights at the Hayes Theatre Co to bring you a first glimpse of this exciting musical. The cast performed three son…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:55AMTuesday, February 6, 2018
I sat down with Shaun Rennie, the director of The View UpStairs, to find out a little bit more about our intrepid leader and his ideas on the subject matter that we are all tackling together…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:15AMFriday, January 26, 2018
So I’m doing a show! Its loud, its fun and it’s as gay as Christmas… at Aunty Jeff’s… who’s dressed as Mrs Claus… and Ru Paul is popping over for an egg nog at 8. The View UpSt…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:39PM 
