48 stories by "Benjamin Neutze"
We chat to the winner of last year's Annual Cabaret Showcase ahead of the national tour and prestigious New York performances of his new show Cabaret: The Complete Unauthorised Biography Bra…
ARTSONG NSW, an organisation dedicated to presenting classical song recitals have announced their 2013 series, featuring some of Australia's most beloved opera stars including Teddy Tahu Rho…
The Removalists is the play that put David Williamson on the map as one of Australia's most revered playwrights. Since premiering in 1971, it's been studied, analysed, revived and reimagined…
The ABC have announced they're developing Kate Grenville's award-winning, critically acclaimed novel The Secret River into a television miniseries. Earlier this year, Sydney Theatre Co…
Last night the prestigious Olivier Awards honoured the best on the West End from musicals to plays and opera to ballet. Amongst the winners was Philip Glass and Robert Wilson's epic Einstein…
Legendary star of stage and screen Julie Andrews has touched down in Australia ahead of the national tour of An Evening with Julie Andrews. AussieTheatre welcomed the icon to Sydney at a p…
If there's one thing that's never really been in fashion in Australian theatre, it's optimism. Our dominant style of gritty realism doesn't often allow for fairytale love stories and the she…
For several years now, the Old Fitz has been one of Sydney's quirkiest and most exciting theatrical spaces. At the back of Woolloomooloo's Old Fitzroy Hotel, after a few drinks or a hearty p…
What is a diva? A supremely talented super woman? A difficult, tantrum-throwing, chart-topping singer? The female version of a hustler? Well, as Trevor Ashley proves in his return season of …
'Mania' is not a word that's easy to pin down to a simple definition. Depending on the circumstances it could mean 'madness' or 'overenthusiasm' or even a violent excess of excitement. If th…
AussieTheatre's Ben Neutze spoke to Erika Heynatz about her musical theatre debut in the fabulous Legally Blonde " the Musical If there's one woman who understands the message of Legally Blo…
Opera Australia Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini must have a pact with the weather gods. Showers and thunderstorms were forecast for the opening night of the second annual Handa Opera on S…
AussieTheatre spoke with Owain Arthur, the Welsh actor starring in international hit One Man, Two Guvnors. It's a rare thing for a play to capture the hearts and minds of audiences around th…
AussieTheatre's Ben Neutze spoke to original Tivoli chorus girl Vicki Charleston, currently appearing with the Tivoli Lovelies in Sundowner at Glen Street Theatre. They spoke about the show,…
Have you seen our video interview with the fabulous Mitchell Butel? AussieTheatre's Ben Neutze chats with the star about his role in Opera Australia's Orpheus in the Underworld, currently…
Earlier this week, AussieTheatre went inside the Grease audition room to find out more about the search for Australia's newest T-Birds and Pink Ladies. Over 500 young performers in Melbourne…
Opera Australia's Orpheus in the Underworld proves that sometimes the best laughs are the cheapest. When Todd McKenney strikes John Travolta's famous Saturday Night Fever pose as Pluto, l…
Opera Australia has announced the appointment of Craig Hassall as Chief Executive Officer following the departure of Adrian Collette AM last year after 16 years in the top job. Hassall has b…
This week marks the start of rehearsals for Carmen -Â Opera Australia's second annual Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour. Directed by Gale Edwards, the ambitious production will feature a host …
Giuseppe Verdi's final opera, the raucous Falstaff ends with the words, "The whole world is a jest. Man was born a great jester, but the best laugh of all is the last one." Directors and ope…
There is layer upon layer of meaning in Nicholas Kazan's Blood Moon, a brisk and brutal play covering power relationships, changing perspectives on gender and the virtues of innocence. But w…
Throughout February and March, Opera Australia is presenting a special series of concerts featuring the greatest hits from the operatic stage and some of Australia's finest singers. Do you e…
Giuseppe Verdi had a tough time when mounting the opera that eventually became Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball). After basing the opera on the assassination of real-life King Gustav …
