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What better place to set a love triangle driven by obsession and lust than in the high-pressure world of high fashion? Red Line Productions' The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant oozes melodram…
Here’s a surprise piece of news! This evening Opera Australia announced the resignation of its CEO, Craig Hassall AM. Hassall has given six months’ notice before his exist, du…
Kinky Boots had me at "The most beautiful thing in the world": a song about shoes. AÂ song about shoes written by 1980’s pop icon Cyndi Lauper. The show's won awards, including the 2…
The Rob Guest Endowment annual gala concert is just weeks away and it's going to be a night to remember in the Aussie Musical Theatre calendar. The big event is all set for Monda…
It may be time to retire The Wharf Revue. The current-events inspired sketch-style show has become something of a tradition in the Sydney Theatre Company program, and has built up a rich tou…
I'm still thinking about Back to Back Theatre's Lady Meets Apple. I want to talk about it, but want to hold it safe and close so that its meaning stays between the performers and me. …
Your first love, Benita from Play School (just me?!) is starring with the Channel 9 Midday mastro Geoff Harvey (trust me on this one, kids, he was a thing) in the return season of S…
Jerry Herman’s classic musical Mack and Mabel is coming to the Hayes Theatre from November 18, and today Working Management and Hayes Theatre Co have announced the full cast and cre…
The Rob Guest Endowment annual gala concert is just weeks away and it's going to be a night to remember in the Aussie Musical Theatre calendar. The big event is all set for Monda…
Ready for some harmless chaos? Mischief Theatre (an Olivier Award winning company!) are bringing their stuff of comedy legend, The Play That Goes Wrong, to Australia for the very first ti…
This week, the arts and entertainment industries have been reporting on the new figures released by Entertainment Assist and Victoria University that reveal serious, shocking truths about th…
Sitting in the audience of StageArt’s Hair in 2013, I immediately knew that the company would grow to be one of my all-time favourite production groups. From the atmosphere on stage at…
Patriarchy getting you down? The remedy just might be Festival Fatale. The two day theatre festival at Sydney’s Eternity Playhouse, from 29 – 30 October, is the work of Wom…
At this year's Tony Awards, the Broadway revival of the Oprah Winfrey produced The Color Purple musical received the Best Revival of a Musical and Best Actress. StageArt are currently presen…
On Monday 21 November, a dazzling array of Australian entertainment industry stars will come together in response to the shocking new figures detailing the widespread mental health issues cu…
Colette Freedman's Sister Cities, now in the hands of Factory Space Theatre Company at Star of the Sea Manly, is aptly titled. Following their mother's death, four sisters " each named after…
It was impossible to get a ticket for Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe, but it's running for all of the Melbourne Festival so as many people as possible can sing …
Matilda's last Melbourne performance is November 11. If you haven't seen it, well that's not right. And as Matilda says, “If that’s not right.  You have to put it right!…
Over the coming weeks, AussieTheatre will be working with the cast of Kinky Boots to bring our readers a series of features that will celebrate living as a rainbow person in the Australian t…
AÂ performer's versatility is not only important in maintaining an interesting and rewarding career, but crucial in being able to continue as a working artist. Yet being able to swing from…
When Dream Lover – The Bobby Darin Musical made its world premiere on opening night at the Sydney Lyric, it was met with thunderous applause. Designed to make you tap your toes and hum…
Australian actor Jessica Joseph-McDermott is living in Los Angeles and AussieTheatre welcomes her as a regular columnist. When you're working on a scene, and you have to play a woman who's j…
The Money is every meeting I've ever been to. Created by UK-based company Kaleider, it's part game, immersive theatre and live art. And almost fly-on-the-wall live documentary. A group of ti…
AussieTheatre is thrilled to announce that Australian actor and writer Jessica Joseph-McDermott will be joining our team as a regular columnist. Joseph-McDermott, who is currently living …
Opera Australia's 60th Anniversary production of My Fair Lady is a  hit. It has been an opportunity for fans new and old to see an authentic recreation of one of the most sumptuous musica…
