Friday, May 10, 2013
South Australian born tenor and musical theatre performer Daniel Koek has been living and working overseas for the better part of a decade. Audiences in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane will r…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:50PMWednesday, May 8, 2013
AussieTheatre and Broadway Unplugged are thrilled to announce Charlotte Kerr as the winner of our inaugural Project X competition! Six vocalists took to the stage on Monday 29 April at The V…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:00PMFriday, May 3, 2013
Hot Shoe Shuffle opens this weekend in Brisbane, just in time for us to feature the final Tap Brother from this 21st Anniversary revival cast! We chat with Morgan Junor-Larwood (playing the …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:00AMThursday, May 2, 2013
In March 2012 The Really Useful Group released the amateur production rights to one of the world’s most well known and loved musicals, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera. Mel…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:45PMTuesday, April 30, 2013
With the 2013 Anywhere Theatre Festival season fast approaching, a handful of Brisbane’s independent theatre artists are swapping theatre stages for warehouses, restaurants or, in Claire P…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:00PMSaturday, April 27, 2013
Several months ago, the cast and crew of Mary Poppins Australia created a music video to celebrate 800 performances and the closing of a successful Australasian tour. Shot on a Sony Cybersho…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:00PMFriday, April 26, 2013
Do you want to be part of the Hot Shoe Shuffle opening night celebrations in Brisbane? We are looking for people to come along to the Opening Night performance of the show in Brisbane on S…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:25AMWednesday, April 24, 2013
We caught up with Zoe Caldwell, Associate Producer of Action To The Word’s A Clockwork Orange, which opens in Sydney tonight. After graduating from Charles Sturt University in 2002, Zoe C…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:00AMTuesday, April 23, 2013
On Monday 29 April, six Sydney performers will take to the stage for the chance to become the inaugural Project X winner as part of Broadway Unplugged’s April event. Project X — a joint …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:39PMExperience theatre the old fashioned way… What better company to showcase Sydney’s The Rocks’ association with arts and theatre than Bell Shakespeare? With their offices situated right…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:07AMSaturday, April 20, 2013
A climbing number of entries are received each year for the Sydney Theatre Company’s annual Patrick White Playwrights’ Award, with a staggering 158 submissions taken for the coveted 2012…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:12AMTuesday, April 16, 2013
According to BroadwayWorld.com Australia’s Anthony Warlow will be starring in a staged reading of a new musical in New York City next month. Robin Hood — The Final Adventure is a brand n…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:04PMDue to the success of our Melbourne A Clockwork Orange Giveaway, AussieTheatre has secured 4 DOUBLE PASSES for the show’s seasons in Sydney, Perth, Canberra and Brisbane for our readers! M…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:45AMSunday, April 14, 2013
With just three weeks until opening in Brisbane, we chat with 17 year old Mason Schaube about his musical theatre debut in the 21 Anniversary production of Hot Shoe Shuffle. Hot Shoe Shuffl…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:30PMCan you believe it’s only 2 months until Global Creatures’ epic musical King Kong debuts in Melbourne at The Regent Theatre on Collins Street? Set to open on June 15, this musical theatr…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:00PMWednesday, April 10, 2013
Written by Tim Stackpool The Australian theatre and entertainment industry is lamenting the passing of Don Reid, actor, director, playwright, mentor and friend. More recently known for penni…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:20AMAustralian actor and playwright Don Reid passed away yesterday, leaving the arts community in shock. It is understood that Reid, a founding member of the Ensemble Theatre (Australia’s long…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:13AMWe chat with actor Tod Strike about his role in the new production of Assassins, which will commence performances tonight at fortyfivedownstairs in Melbourne. Tod Strike was most recently se…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:44AMGuest reviewer David Wicks shares his thoughts on The Ensemble Theatre’s Frankenstein. I’m probably the wrong person to review Sydney’s Ensemble Theatre’s new production – FRANKENS…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:20AMSunday, April 7, 2013
Opera Australia’s critically acclaimed production of South Pacific is heading to Perth this November, with Teddy Tahu Rhodes and Lisa McCune leading company in the roles of Emile De Becque…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:10PMWatch This’ brand new production of Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins commences at fortyfivedownstairs this Wednesday night starring Nadine Garner and Nick Simpson-Deeks. Erin James spoke wi…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:00PMSaturday, April 6, 2013
It was confirmed today that New Zealand born actor Jay Laga’aia will join the cast of Wicked for the Auckland season this September in the role of The Wizard of Oz. Well known for his por…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:23PMThursday, April 4, 2013
This was a little too good NOT to share — we at the AussieTheatre office laughed (to the point of tears) watching this hilarious spoof trailer of Les Miserables. Hope you enjoy the music…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:00PMMark it in your diaries, theatre goers — the 2013 Helpmann Awards Date has been announced! It was confirmed today by Live Performance Australia (LPA) that the 2013 Helpmann Award Ceremony …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:55PMAustralian actor Matt McFarlane has enjoyed what many would call a ‘dream run’ since graduating from WAAPA’s Music Theatre degree in 2007. From music theatre to television, children’…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:00PMWednesday, April 3, 2013
A dream team has been assembled for the re-imagined Shane Warne The Musical, set to play at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival and at Melbourne’s Hamer Hall in June this year. Written by Eddie…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:37PMMonday, April 1, 2013
Our regular Melbourne International Comedy Festival correspondent, Danny McGinlay, gives us his top 5 picks for the 2013 MICF . Melbourne International Comedy Festival is here again my frie…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:00PMWednesday, March 27, 2013
On Tuesday 26 March, the Australia Council’s Acting CEO Libby Christie held a live chat session where participants could discuss Creative Australia — the National Cultural Policy — as …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:18PMTuesday, March 26, 2013
AussieTheatre’s David Allen chats with Lucy Maunder (Rizzo) and Gretel Scarlett (Sandy) at the official Sydney launch of Grease about their starring roles in this iconic musical. Grease i…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:00PMThe cast and crew of War Horse will celebrate 100 performances in Australia this evening in Sydney. War Horse the internationally acclaimed play by Nick Stafford, presented by The Nationa…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:51PMMonday, March 25, 2013
The search has commenced to replace Rob Mills as Warner Huntington III in Legally Blonde The Musical, following news that he will be stepping into the role of Danny in GFO’s upcoming prod…
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