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The Sound of Music opened in Melbourne last night at the Regent Theatre on Collins Street – the third stop in the show’s Australian tour. Photographer Belinda Strodder (dancephot…
Lucy Maunder will join the Australian company of Matilda The Musical as Miss Honey when the show tours to Brisbane and Perth from November this year. Maunder is currently starring as Heat…
Singin’ In The Rain opens tonight at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Melbourne starring Gretel Scarlett, Adam Garcia and Jack Chambers. We are celebrating with this special extended pho…
Little Shop of Horrors, starring Brent Hill and Esther Hannaford, opens in Melbourne tonight for a limited three week run at the Comedy Theatre. Produced by Luckiest Productions and Tinderbo…
The Sound of Music will be heading to Perth later this year as the final stop in its national tour. The show opened at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre in late 2015 and recently complete…
After working in London for several years, leading Aussie performer Ben Lewis (best known for his star turn as the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies) will be returnin…
Brand new Australian musical The Detective’s Handbook is now officially open at Hayes Theatre Co and we have the first (fabulous) images to share with you. Starring Justin Smith, Sh…
Live Performance Australia have confirmed the lineup of hosts for the 2016 Helpmann Award ceremony, scheduled to take place at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre on Monday 25 July on the set of Si…
After 9 wonderful years, Kate Cherry is stepping down from the top job at Black Swan State Theatre Company at the end of 2016, and the Perth based company have now confirmed Clare Watson as …
Pursued by Bear’s production of Tick Tick… Boom! is gearing up for an opening night at Chapel off Chapel on April 21. It’s set to be an exciting, necessary and moving produ…
Australia’s perennial husband and wife team Bert and Patti Newton have been confirmed to join the all-star cast of Follies In Concert, set to play at Melbourne Recital Centre …
Matthew Lee Robinson is a Churchill Fellowship winner, an Australia Council Music Fellowship awardee, a UTAS Stephen Schwartz Songwriting Award winner, a Helpmann-nominated composer/lyric…
It was at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney in 1972, that the Australian public first fell in love with Jon English. Â Playing Judas Iscariot in Jesus Christ Superstar, Jon launched himself in…
The biggest smash-hit musical to hit Australian shores in recent years is preparing to premiere in Melbourne this week at the Princess Theatre after more than 30 weeks playing at Sydney̵…
Ladies In Black, Georgy Girl, Strictly Ballroom, King Kong, LoveBites, The Hatpin, Miracle City, Happy People, Metro Street, Eureka! Priscilla – Queen of the Desert, Dusty, Eurobeat &#…
The Production Company have announced the three musicals featuring in their 2016 season this morning. Music Theatre darling Amy Lehpamer, Australia’s favourite leading man Simon Gleeso…
Disney’s beloved animated movie Aladdin was a critical box office smash when it was released, grossing over $500 million worldwide (not adjusted for inflation) and becoming the high…
It’s a switcheroo for Westerberg High! The producers of Heathers: The Musical Australia have confirmed that Hilary Cole (Dogfight, Miracle City) will join the cast as Veronica Sawye…
It’s the third Tuesday in February, folks! (And we all know what THAT means) It’s THEATRE DAY! (#TheatreDay16) and the official announcement day for The Green Room Award Nominati…
“There's a saying that when you become a mother, you become a mother to all children.” Prominent performers, who all happen to be mothers, have come together with the group Mums …
AussieTheatre.com Exclusive AussieTheatre.com can confirm that a special production of Sondheim’s musical Follies will be staged at the Melbourne Recital Centre in May, starring …
It was announced today that Cancer Council have been named as the official national charity partner for the current Australian tour of The Sound of Music. Over the duration of the show&#…
This is an important public service announcement: Alan Cumming. Do you know who he is? If you do, great. This little note is for you. (And you’ll LOVE the FAQs on his website). If you …
Melbourne based actor and playwright Emily Sheehan has taken out the 2015 Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award for her play Hell's Canyon.  Earlier this month, the Seaborn Broughton and W…
A landmark artistic event is taking place over four nights this week on ABC1 and it’s pretty darn exciting. Our national opera company (Opera Australia) and our national broadcaster (A…
