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Maryann Wright, a theatre publicist well known to us at AussieTheatre, is currently a contestant on Channel 9's The Voice. Performing from two musical theatre favourites so far, she is repre…
The Literati, the stylistic younger sibling of Justin Fleming's wildly funny 2014 take on Tartuffe (this one's based on Moliere's Les Femmes Savantes), is a Bell Shakespeare-Griffin Theatre …
Songs for a New World is not quite a musical, but is more than a collection of songs. Composer Jason Robert Brown, best known for The Last Five Years, Parade and The Bridges of Madison Count…
Ahhhh… It’s that time of year again. Â Can you smell it? Can you feel it? It’s June in Adelaide and it can only mean one thing: CABARET! This is the 16th time Adelaide…
Meet a 17 year-old girl who doesn't feel she is like her peers. She doesn't watch Home and Away or have posters of Zac Efron on her wall. Instead, she watches Sophie's Choice and has post…
Los Angeles. 1930s. Dark suits. Platinum blondes. And a man who tells us he knows how to get away with murder and make a little money on the side. Insurance agent Walter Huff (Leon Ford) hea…
The full cast of Funny Girl has been confirmed, with 28 talented Australians joining Caroline O’Connor to tell the much loved story of Fanny Brice this July. Musical theatre vete…
There is a low hum of people getting to their seats, laughing, settling, catching up with family and friends – suddenly the theatre is plunged into darkness. For several seconds there …
AussieTheatre has a double passes to giveaway to Singin in the Rain at the Lyric Theatre. on Thursday 6th July at 8pm. This spectacular production is based on the iconic 1952 MGM mo…
Andrew Upton adapted Chekhov’s first play (variously known as Platonov, Wild Honey, Fatherlessness and The Disinherited) into a new work " The Present " and the show premiered at…
Daffodils, the multi-award winning indie Kiwi cabaret now at Brisbane Powerhouse's Visy Theatre., is an everyday story of extraordinary love inspired by true events. Rochelle Bright's par…
From fighting dogs to sinking ships. This week's coffee is had in celebration after a really wonderful start to the rehearsal period of StageArt's Titanic. I have been very fortunate to be c…
As soon as I saw a tree of mannequins dressed in underwear bathed in harsh florescent lighting, and heard the announcement  to 'switch your phone to vibrate', I knew I was in for a long n…
We Will Rock You is a crowd favourite in Australia, back touring the country barely a decade since it was last seen in our theatres. This time around, the legendary Queen songs and quirky Be…
At a ceremony earlier this week in Washington DC, it was announced that Australian musical theatre favourite Anthony Warlow has been awarded the prestigious 2016 Helen Hayes Award for…
The Old Fitz and Howie the Rookie are a match made in theatrical heaven. The scrappy black box theatre in the belly of a beloved pub seems like exactly the right place for Mark O'Rowe's roug…
Less than 12 months after assuming the top job at Sydney Theatre Company, Britain’s Jonathan Church has resigned as Artistic Director of NSW’s flagship theatre company. Sydney Th…
In a statement sent to email subscribers, Squabbalogic announced their cancellation of a planned June/July production of children’s show Freckleface Strawberry the Musical due to…
“There is a connection between the progress of a society and progress in the arts. The age of Pericles was also the age of Phidias. The age of Lorenzo de Medici was also the age of Leo…
Nicholas Afoa, who stole hearts as Simba in the recent Australian tour of The Lion King, has just taken over the role of lion who just can’t wait to be King on London&#…
Ever wondered what an open call audition for a musical is like? Last month, open auditions were announced for global productions of Cameron Mackintosh's Miss Saigon in the Philippines. Over …
The highlands are alive! The Southern Highlands Symphony Orchestra (SHSO) have announced two concerts celebrating the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein on Saturday 25 June and Sunday…
Underground Productions, the student theatre company at the University of Queensland, is the latest in Australia tackle Caryl Churchill's 2012 play Love and Information after last year…
Ana Marina has built an international career in musical theatre, which has included the role of Cosette in the 10th Anniversary production of Les Miserables and Emma Carew in Jekyll and Hyde…
The last 5 weeks have involved a lot of coffee to make it through rehearsals and doing my Masters by day, to playing a perky cheerleader each night at 'The Original Grease'. We recently h…
