Wednesday, July 16, 2014
It was a cold winter’s day but inside the Irish Times pub in the heart of Melbourne things were cosy and warm. The local media were gathered, Guinness in hand, to hear John Frost annou…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:00AMSunday, June 15, 2014
Winter is Cabaret time and where best to catch up with talent, established and new, than at the 2014 Melbourne Cabaret Festival which opens on 19 June. With thirty hand-picked shows on offer…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:42AMThursday, May 29, 2014
Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2014, Australia’s multi-award winning dance theatre company Bangarra Dance Theatre is about to premiere its latest work Patyegarang. This powerful new w…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:36PMThursday, May 8, 2014
If you’re a Triple J listener like me then you’ll no doubt recognise the name, if not the voice – Tom Ballard. It’s a little bizarre watching him to be honest; it’s kind of lik…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:38AMAfter a highly successful opening year in 2013, the Perth International Jazz Festival returns this year with even more to offer. Aussie Theatre’s Bianca Stewart caught up with the Arti…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:02AMThursday, May 1, 2014
The work of a receptionist is surely an unlikely premise for a musical. However, in the talented hands of writer-performer Bethany Simons and composer Peter de Jager, the woman (usually the …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:53PMSaturday, March 22, 2014
It was a beautiful, balmy, Melbourne autumn evening and what a setting – the stunning grounds of the heritage listed Cranlana, the Myer family home in the heart of Melbourne’s To…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:10PMSunday, March 9, 2014
Recently appointed resident choreographer for The Australian Ballet Tim Harbour discusses his latest endeavors with the Company and the exciting 2014 program that blends classical favorites …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:26AMWednesday, March 5, 2014
On a beautiful Melbourne autumn afternoon, in the magnificent surrounds of Raheen, a 19th century Italianate mansion high on the hill overlooking the Yarra River, The Production Company laun…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:21PMWednesday, February 19, 2014
There are only a handful of performers who can be referred to by a single name: Cher, Beyoncé, Madonna and Prince and of course the illustrious Dolly. Dolly Rebecca Parton is the original s…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:00PMNestled down Wolf Lane, The Cheeky Sparrow was the perfect setting for Bettylou Rose’s hour long, one-woman show. Audience members (mainly an older crowd) were ushered upstairs, drinks in …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:18AMSaturday, February 15, 2014
Pacific Overtures is perhaps one of Stephen Sondheim’s most ambitious musicals. It straddles two cultures, two vastly incompatible musical styles, and with a cast of over 50 characters, it…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:37AMTuesday, February 4, 2014
Under the guidance of Artistic Director Jacques Heim, Diavolo Dance Theatre has seen huge international success since its inception in 1992. Aussie Theatre’s Annie Ferguson spoke with Heim…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:19AMThursday, January 16, 2014
In the midst of an oppressive summer heat-wave, Aussie Theatre’s Annie Ferguson found a quiet air-conditioned corner to sit down with Kate Cheel and discuss her role in Big Bad Wolf, a chi…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:53PMThursday, November 28, 2013
On the eve of the performance of The Black Arm Band and the MSO’s performance of Ngangwurra Means Heart at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre, Aussie Theatre’s Jan Chandler manag…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:28PMTuesday, November 26, 2013
Aussie Theatre’s Annie Ferguson sat down over an early morning coffee with Rachael Maza, Artistic Director of Ilbijerri Theatre Company, to discuss Melbourne’s premier season of Beautif…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:38PMThursday, November 7, 2013
The Comedy of Errors is one of Shakespeare’s much loved comedies. This co-production between Bell Shakespeare and The State Theatre Company of South Australia brings Shakespeare’s classi…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:37PMMonday, October 28, 2013
A little over a week ago, on a cold, wet, windy Melbourne Spring day, a long awaited announcement took place: Les Misérables - one of the most successful musicals of all time – con…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:30AMTuesday, October 1, 2013
We’ve had, amongst many others, Angry Eddie, Shane Warne: the Musical and Perfect Tripod, now we are about to witness the world premiere of Eddie Perfect’s first ever stage play,…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:12AMTuesday, August 27, 2013
Following their sell out seasons in Melbourne (January 2013) and Brisbane (May 2013) the four musicians who make up Perfect Tripod are set to perform in Perth (at the Regal Theatre on 30 and…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:10PMSunday, July 7, 2013
The 2013 Darwin Festival program was recently launched by Artistic Director Edwina Lunn. Aussie Theatre’s Jan Chandler managed to catch up with her following a busy few days, with many mor…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:31PMFriday, May 24, 2013
Perth is hosting its first ever International Jazz Festival and, on the eve of the opening, award-winning jazz saxophonist Jamie Oehlers, made time to talk with Aussie Theatre’s Jan Chandl…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:49AMTuesday, May 21, 2013
Producer, Director and Musical Arranger Aaron Joyner made time between a technical rehearsal and a dress rehearsal of Flowerchildren: The Mamas and Papas Story to chat with AussieTheatre’s…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:28AMThursday, May 9, 2013
Early last year there were doubts that the 2012 Melbourne Cabaret Festival would go ahead. It was thanks to the support of cabaret artists and those who love their work, that a crowd funding…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:44PMMonday, May 6, 2013
To dance is one of life’s great gifts. It is the physical metamorphosis of emotion too intense to contain within the body. Be it joy, sadness, fear or pain, to dance is to be free, and tho…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:17AMTuesday, April 16, 2013
In June jazz musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and producer Cassandra Wilson is returning to Australia to perform at The Melbourne International Jazz Festival, The Adelaide Cabaret Fe…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:02AMTuesday, April 2, 2013
Turning 30 ugh! How to deal with the upheavals and anxieties the looming BIG THREE O can provoke in so many of us? Simon Abrahams and Lachlan McLeod have an answer which grew out of their ow…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:56AMFriday, March 15, 2013
Aussie Theatre’s Jan Chandler spoke with Melbourne International Jazz Festival’s Artistic Director Michael Tortoni about the upcoming Festival. On Wednesday this week, in the plush surro…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:00PMTuesday, March 5, 2013
Recently Aussie Theatre’s Jan Chandler had the pleasure of speaking with Parisian chanteuse Caroline Nin who is about to return to Australia, yet again. This time she will be taking her ic…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:15AMFriday, February 22, 2013
The 27th Melbourne International Comedy Festival was launched this week as VIPs, venue owners and media came together amid the glitter of the Spiegeltent. ‘MC HANNAH’, oops, I mean the w…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:00PMWednesday, February 20, 2013
AussieTheatre’s Jan Chandler speaks with Grant Piro about his latest venture at the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne… It is well known that Australian actors, especially those who choose t…
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