Saturday, April 9, 2016
Are you looking for a MICF show that caters to the children in your family? Look no further than Comedy Club for Kids! Dylan Cole of Wizard Sandwiches fills us in on the show by answering ou…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:58AMWhen it comes to Grease, Australian audiences know what to expect. You hand over your money for a ticket, and in return you will be privy to a world of poodle skirts, 18 year old kids played…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:54AMTuesday, April 5, 2016
Here’s a bit of news you probably weren’t expecting at 9am on an as-yet unremarkable Wednesday morning: news broke overnight that Broadway’s Hamilton will open a production in Australi…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:20PMSaturday, April 2, 2016
Proving once again that the Hayes Theatre Co are dedicated to the cause of endorsing and developing new musical theatre in our country, it was announced this month that the group will be ho…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:57PMThursday, March 31, 2016
Appearing in The Comedy Zone for Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Angus Gordon is the first performer from the festival to kick off our MICF Quick Q and A with series. SHOW DETAILS…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:32PMFriday, March 11, 2016
In a gorgeous piece of symmetry, StageArt’s return season of In the Heights began last night, eight years after the opening performance ended at the Richard Rodgers theatre on Broadway, a…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:42PMWednesday, March 9, 2016
Following the release of a distressing story in the Sydney Morning Herald (read here for a full run-down of facts and statements from both parties) last month claiming that a young girl wit…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:30PMLunchbox Theatrical Productions and Jon Nicholls Products have announced a season of national one-night engagements, bringing together two of Australia’s much-loved classical and theatre v…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:10AMMonday, March 7, 2016
Belvoir Theatre is now accepting entries for their fifth annual Balnaves Foundation Indigenous Playwright’s Award. The award is open to all writers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:33PMTuesday, March 1, 2016
Kerrie Anne Greenland, the Helpmann Award winning actress behind Australia’s most recent and much loved portrayal of Eponine in Les Misérables, is set to release her debut album on Frida…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:15PMMonday, February 29, 2016
When it comes to the mechanics of the intersection and amalgamation of operatic and musical theatre performance in Australia, it seems to me that nobody does it better than Victorian Opera. …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:49PMSunday, February 28, 2016
Busily preparing for their Victorian season of Violet, Blue Saint Productions yesterday announced that the next move for the company will be to mount a Melbourne season of Jason Robert Brown…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:50PMThursday, February 18, 2016
Visionary musical theatre writer Jonathan Larson (of RENT fame) passed away tragically 20 years ago but his work still resonates with audiences across the world. Today, Melbourne company Pur…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:52PMMonday, February 15, 2016
Tuesday 16 February 2016 marks the celebration of Victoria’s annual Theatre Day, but here at AussieTheatre.com we are lowkey pulling for the event to be celebrated nationwide. (#theatred…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:05PMSunday, January 31, 2016
Fans of everyone’s problematic fave, rejoice! You now have plans for this Tuesday night that do not include an illegal and technologically sketchy livestream link to watch Grease…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:21PMSaturday, January 30, 2016
In an interview regarding his hit new musical Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda recently posed a question that led me to examine each piece of professional musical theatre I have ever taken in. R…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:40AMThursday, January 21, 2016
For the last twenty years, the Mike Walsh Fellowships have afforded many young Australian theatre artists the opportunity to enhance their skills and progress professionally within the local…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:43PMThursday, December 17, 2015
In another announcment of incredible female-centric news for 2016, four much-loved Witches from previous Australian and international casts of Wicked will take to the Sydney stage toget…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:36AMTuesday, December 15, 2015
If you’re an Australian vocal performer or musician, there is absolutely no doubt that Christmas is a busy time for you. As well as the normal family and work commitments approaching Decem…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:00PMWith The Fantasticks opening at the Hayes Theatre in just under one month, audiences have been granted a sneak peak into rehearsals for the production. Cast member Bobbie-Jean Henning sums u…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:28AMMonday, December 7, 2015
In an exclusive live event on Saturday 13 February, Leigh Sales – one of Australia’s most respected journalists – will sit down with acclaimed composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:35PMSunday, December 6, 2015
Melbourne Theatre Company announced on Thursday that Leticia Cáceres, Associate Director for the company, will leave her position at the closing of her contract in December. Of her decisi…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:27PMWednesday, December 2, 2015
In an email thanking Squabbalogic subscribers for support of their successful Australian Cultural Fund project, the company announced that the casting brief for The Original Grease would be …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:39PMMonday, November 30, 2015
No matter what your life looks like approaching Christmas each year, there will always be a slight cloud of organisational related dread floating above your head in December. The songs are m…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:29PMThursday, November 26, 2015
Following the announcement of an exciting 2016 season line up for StageArt, casting was this morning revealed for their West End revival production of Saturday Night Fever. Opening at Chapel…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:26AMWednesday, November 18, 2015
Full casting for the Melbourne run of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Matilda The Musical was announced at 11am today, with the young actresses sharing the title role meeting…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:49PMFriday, August 21, 2015
Following a recent conversation I had with new Australian musical theatre writers Hedger & Nicholson, I was interested to further explore the topic of the role of youth in supporting and…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 07:45AMFriday, August 7, 2015
Since the European discovery and settlement of Australia, our environment has been known as a harsh landscape, a place where it takes a lot of effort to make anything grow. This description …
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:01AMFriday, June 26, 2015
LGBTQI+ representation in media and entertainment has long been an issue within theatrical circles, with the stories of people who identify as anything other than straight and cisgendered la…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:35AMThursday, June 11, 2015
Are you sick of those looks of pity that are cast in your general direction when friends find out you have purchased a single ticket to the theatre? Are you unsure how to respond when they t…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:45AMTuesday, June 2, 2015
If I were to say that the last few seasons on Broadway have been revolutionary, I don’t believe that many would disagree. The landscape is slowly changing with the goal of meeting every ne…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:39AM 
