531 stories by "Erin James"
Opera Australia’s South Pacific will be welcoming acclaimed actor Mitchell Butel to the company as the raucous Seabee Luther Billis for its Perth leg this November Butel, who…
GFO’s revival production of Grease begins previews next week at QPAC’s Lyric Theatre and we at AussieTheatre wanted to get to know the cast before the show commences its run! Tod…
Blood Brothers is the latest offering from Queensland’s Harvest Rain Theatre Company and it’s now playing at the Cremorne Theatre, QPAC. Starring Zack Curran and Shaun Kohlman…
Momix’s Botanica opened last night at Arts Centre Melbourne and AussieTheatre’s Belinda Strodder was there to capture the magic. Playing until August 11 at the State Theatre, Bot…
“Genre busting” Strictly Ballroom the Musical has been officially launched in Sydney and is set for a world premiere at the Lyric Theatre, The Star in March 2014. It’s been…
CONFIRMED: The new Australian revival cast of GREASE will be releasing a cast album. Despite the high calibre of Australian musical theatre productions, Aussie cast recordings are what Produ…
AussieTheatre’s Ben Neutze and Liam Bradbery managed to chat with some of the 2013 Helpmann Award winners immediately after they received their awards at the Sydney Opera House this we…
The return of Philip Glass’ ground breaking opera Einstein on The Beach to Melbourne is creating quite a buzz about town. Thanks to Arts Photographer Belinda Strodder AussieTheat…
Twisted Broadway Melbourne is over for another year, with producers confirming over $25,000 raised in support of the charity Oz Showbiz Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, but we have a special photo …
He has starred on Broadway, his portrait adorns the walls of iconic Sardi's Restaurant in Times Square, he was nominated for a Tony Award and now he's returning home " for a limited season! …
AussieTheatre Exclusive The full cast for Twisted Broadway Melbourne 2013 has been confirmed! This year's gender-bended, musical theatre fundraising extravaganza is shaping up to be bigger a…
The National Institue of Circus Arts (NICA) is the only institution in Australia which offers a Bachelor of Circus Arts and after 10 years as a highly respected school for up and coming circ…
Artistic Director of the Melbourne Cabaret Festival David Read must be a happy man indeed this week. From the depths of despair less than 18 months ago, where a lack of funding loomed and th…
Wicked is returning to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane next year! At a special event inside Melbourne's Old Treasury Building this afternoon, Wicked Australia's co-producer John Frost confirm…
"Only in Sydney"! "Exclusive to Melbourne"! You've heard it before, haven't you? You know, the catch phrases that marketing teams use for major musicals in their debut cities. The words that…
The Production Company commence their 2013 season this weekend with Gypsy starring darling of the international stage, Caroline O'Connor. Loosely based on the memoirs of renowned stripper…
The 21st Anniversary production of Hot Shoe Shuffle opens in Sydney this weekend, and AussieTheatre were at the Lyric Theatre yesterday to catch a glimpse of the production. This special Aus…
Opera Australia has engaged 33 year old Finnish conductor Pietari Inkinen as Richard Mills' replacement for Melbourne's Ring Cycle later this year. Mills withdrew as conductor of the epic Wa…
The circus and performing arts community grieve this morning with very sad news from Cirque du Soleil. This article in the Sydney Morning Herald has the details. An Australian ex-Cirque du S…
The ensemble cast of multi million dollar musical Grease has been confirmed. Joining previously announced leading cast members Gretel Scarlett (Sandy) Rob Mills (Danny) Lucy Maunder (Rizo…
Give me a flute of bubbly in a crowded theatre foyer and I'm the happiest girl in the world. I love clinking a glass with friends and colleagues to celebrate the work of our wonderful Aussie…
It's back, and more twisted than ever! Music theatre's most loved fundraising event is returning to Melbourne this year after sold out shows in 2010, 2011 and 2012, and it's going to be bigg…
Australian Composer and Churchill Fellowship winner Matthew Robinson will be hosting a very special concert tomorrow night as part of the Melbourne Cabaret Festival at Globe Cafe in Prahran.…
Winter is undeniably cabaret season in Australia " the Adelaide Cabaret Festival has just enjoyed an incredibly successful 13th annual program, the Melbourne Cabaret Festival is about to kic…
It was confirmed today that Shane Bourne will be joining the cast of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for the Brisbane and Perth seasons this year. Last seen on stage playing opposite Geoffrey Rush i…
