Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Returning to the Opera House for the first time in 8 years, the Australian Dance Awards were held at the Joan Sutherland Theatre over the weekend, honouring the country’s finest dancer…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:52PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 9, 2014
AussieTheatre can confirm that a cast album of Nick Enright and Max Lambert’s Australian musical Miracle City will be recorded during its run at the Hayes Theatre Co in Potts Poi…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:20PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 4, 2014
She is widely known in the Music Theatre community as a hard working, unassuming, powerhouse performer who regularly smashes out Defying Gravity to packed houses in theatres across Aus…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:09PM[SHARE]Ben Pfeiffer knows the Australian arts industry from all angles. Working as an actor, director and the founder/Artistic Director of The Artisan Collective, he is constantly immersed in the w…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:37PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 23, 2014
Just when you thought the Australian cast of Once couldn’t be any more amazing, they go and do this. Between shows. On a Wednesday. No biggie. Just a group of amazing performers backst…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:32PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 15, 2014
The Australian premiere concert production of Matthew Lee Robinson’s Happy People is currently in an intensive rehearsal period in Melbourne ahead of a limited four show season at C…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:29PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Who doesn’t love the Demon Barber of Fleet Street? Australia has enjoyed a lot of Sondheim on our professional and independent stages over the last few years. A Funny Thing Happened on…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:26PM[SHARE]Opera Australia has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Australia-India Council (AIC) to send Shane Warne The Musical to India. Written by Eddie Perfect, who worked with Opera Austra…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:44AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Australian music theatre performer Jemma Rix is celebrating an incredible milestone this evening as she performs the coveted role of Elphaba in Wicked for the 1000th time. That’s a …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:59AM[SHARE]The West Australian reported today that WA Opera’s production of Bizet’s Opera Carmen will be dropped from the 2015 season lineup due to concerns that the production does not ali…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:56AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 2, 2014
The acclaimed new Australian production of Les Miserables will play at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Melbourne until December 20 before storming barricades in Perth and Sydney early next ye…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:22AM[SHARE]Friday, September 26, 2014
Music Theatre is thriving in Australia at the moment. From the major commercial productions to independent and boutique seasons, it’s an exciting time to be involved in the music theat…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:41AM[SHARE]Sunday, September 21, 2014
Melbourne’s newest professional theatre company The Collective are making waves in the independent music theatre scene this week, with the opening of their debut production Parade, by …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:14PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 18, 2014
It was confirmed today that the ‘immersive theatrical event’ Here Lies Love will open in Sydney next year as the centrepiece of Vivid Sydney 2015. With auditions commencing next …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:58PM[SHARE]Monday, September 15, 2014
Producer John Frost has confirmed that Mark Vincent, winner of Australia’s Got Talent 2009 when he was just 16 years old, will make his musical theatre debut as Billy in Dirty Dancing�…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:08PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Opera Australia and John Frost's production of The King and I is set to open at the Sydney Opera House this week after successful seasons in Brisbane and Melbourne. The national …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:45PM[SHARE]Matthew Lee Robinson returns to his home state of QLD to present a special workshop and showcase series in Brisbane this month and there are limited places available! Attention all Brisbane�…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:55AM[SHARE]Tony Award winning musical Once is heading to Melbourne’s Princess Theatre very soon, featuring an exceptionally talented cast of actor/singer/musicians. Starring Tom Parsons as Guy an…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:14AM[SHARE]Friday, September 5, 2014
The Australian entertainment industry is in shock this weekend with the news of entertainment manager Mark Byrne’s passing at just 45 years of age. According to the Daily Mail…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:50PM[SHARE]Sunday, August 31, 2014
It’s a three-time Tony Award winner, it’s one of the most beloved musicals of all-time, and it’s making its way back to Australia as a co-production between Opera Australia…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:24PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 30, 2014
It was confirmed this morning that John Frosts’ production of Dirty Dancing will make its way to both Melbourne and Brisbane next year after its opening season at Sydney’s Lyric …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:07PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Opera Australia and John Frost’s production of The King and I won the coveted Best Musical gong at the 2014 Helpmann Awards, and AussieTheatre are thrilled to be giving away a DOUBLE P…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:44AM[SHARE]Monday, August 18, 2014
The 14th Annual Helpmann Award have wrapped up at the Capitol Theatre Sydney. The incredible Cassie Tongue was on site at the Helpmann Awards, live tweeting and instagramming the ENTIRE nigh…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:17AM[SHARE]The Production Company’s second offering for 2014 is Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern’s seminal musical Show Boat, starring Chrissy O’Neill, Gareth Keegan and Alinta…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 14, 2014
Craig McLachlan will return to the role of Frank N Furter in Rocky Horror for a limited season in Sydney in 2015. Despite only being scheduled to play Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Melbou…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:13PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 13, 2014
I used to watch Aladdin on repeat when I was a child and the VHS tape we owned was nearly worn out by the time the movie was released on DVD. My younger brother and I knew the movie backward…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:49PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 12, 2014
After two rounds of vocal auditions and a high energy dance call, six finalists for the 2014 Rob Guest Endowment Award were chosen by a panel of judges, which included Todd McKenney, Stua…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:39AM[SHARE]Monday, August 11, 2014
Opera Australia have launched their 2015 season today and in amongst the plethora of shows to be presented is a saucy little gem called Anything Goes. Set aboard a cruise liner en route from…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:30AM[SHARE]Friday, August 8, 2014
Twisted Broadway celebrated its 5th birthday in Melbourne earlier this week with a sold out concert at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Playhouse. The zany fundraiser for Oz Showbiz Cares/Equit…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:08AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 7, 2014
Hayes Theatre Co and Wooden Horse Productions have announced their exciting cast for LOVEBiTES, set to commence previews on Wednesday September 10 at Sydney’s most exciting ne…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:02AM[SHARE]Monday, July 28, 2014
Opera Australia and John Frost's production of The King and I is currently playing in Melbourne at the stunning Princess Theatre and this national tour marks the professional music theatre d…
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