48 stories by "Benjamin Neutze"
AussieTheatre's Ben Neutze spoke to director Iain Sinclair about his upcoming production of Arthur Miller's perennial classic All My Sons and the privilege of opening Sydney's newest theatre…
AussieTheatre went inside the rehearsal room of the new Australian production of The Lion King to see how things are coming along. Check out the cast singing together for the first time duri…
Brendan Hay and Jared Jekyll’s new cabaret, Dance with De Vil, tells the secret story of the son of everyone’s favourite fur-loving, puppy-hunting villainess, Cruella de Vi…
AussieTheatre takes a look at what Griffin Theatre Company has in store for Sydney audiences in 2014. 2013 has been a strong year up at the SBW Stables Theatre. Under Artistic Director Lee L…
Ben Neutze spoke to Blake Bowden at the end of his first week of rehearsals to play Lieutenant Joe Cable in the return season of Opera Australia and GFO's South Pacific Just one week into re…
Opera Australia today announced their season for 2014 " a mixture of bold new productions and much-loved classics. Ben Neutze takes a look at the season ahead. If Opera Australia's 2014 s…
After the huge success of La Traviata in 2012 and Carmen this year, Opera Australia has announced that Madama Butterfly will take centre stage for Handa Opera on Sydney Harbou…
Albert Herring might be a bit of a favourite at Opera Australia, but it isn't exactly one of Benjamin Britten's most well-known operas. It's essentially a light comedy set in a parochial Eng…
AussieTheatre’s Ben Neutze caught up with stars of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Matt Hetherington, Amy Lehpamer, Katrina Retallick and Anne Wood for this exclusive video interview! Hear w…
It's no secret that Trevor Ashley has been inspired by many, many women throughout the course of his working life. His successful I'm Every Woman saw him channel eight divas over the cour…
Ben Neutze sat down with Ewen Leslie in a break during rehearsals to talk about his role in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, his skyrocketing career and being reunited with old friends…
Before it hits our stages again, AussieTheatre’s Ben Neutze takes a closer look at 40 years of the history of a show that changed history – Grease I sometimes wonder how many peo…
Last month, AussieTheatre attended an exclusive lunch with Lisa McCune, Christine Anu and Gyton Grantley, hosted by Opera Australia to celebrate the return of South Pacific to the Sydney Ope…
Opera Australia seems to have mixed luck when it comes to staging comic operas. Often they manage to produce work that has joy, fine comedic performances and speaks to our irreverent Austral…
When the curtain first rose on the Act I set of John Bell's new production of Tosca, there was an audible gasp throughout the audience. Such is the impact of Michael Scott-Mitchell's mammoth…
One of Australia's most beloved stars of the stage is preparing to frock up as Edna Turnblad in Packemin Production's Hairspray. Ben Neutze spoke with Jon English, best known for his rock ca…
AussieTheatre's Sydney writer Ben Neutze made his way to Melbourne for a taste of the Victorian theatrical scene this week. We think he fell in love with Caroline O'Connor… As a critic, on…
The prestigious JC Williamson Award is awarded by Live Performance Australia to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the live performing arts industry in Australia, and t…
Phil Scott's new show is the type of show that every cabaret festival needs " a cabaret about cabaret. Scott tells the good, the bad and the ugly from his 30 years working in cabaret, and in…
When it comes to opera, they don't get much gloomier or doomier than Verdi's epic The Force of Destiny. There's forbidden love, a woman who lives alone for eight years in a cave, a furious t…
UK theatre company Kneehigh have announced a cast of both Australians and international stars for the upcoming tour of their Broadway and West End hit Noël Coward's Brief Encounter. Th…
It's hard to quantify the impact Elvis Presley had on the world of music. It's even harder to quantify the impact 'the King of Rock and Roll' had on the lives of the people who followed and …
Entries are now open for the one of the country's most prestigious musical theatre competitions, the Rob Guest Endowment. Since 2009, the Rob Guest Endowment has been awarded yearly to a ris…
Sir David Attenborough has been forced to cancel his Australian tour of Sir David Attenborough " A Life on Earth. Sir David has been told by his cardiologist that he is in urgent need of a p…
It's a rare thing for actors to be given the kind of gifts they're given in Tony Kushner's seven-hour epic Angels in America. Over the course of the two sprawling parts, Millenium Approaches…
