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I want to delve further into the concept and action of creativity. And perhaps even to the furthest branch of brain-bending constructs: 'purpose'. I talked in my first essay about child-like…
Attention members of the arts community: applications for Australia’s richest musical theatre competition " the Rob Guest Endowment " will close this week. The application …
The novella L’Amante Anglaise by Marguerite Duras was first published in 1967 and Duras adapted it for stage in 1968. The stage version is two interviews about a murder that was …
If you've ever wondered why anarchists don't write for television, this may be the answer. Inaugural Barry Award and Piece of Wood Award winning comedy act Miss Itchy invade the Butterfly Cl…
Never been to the opera? Ticket prices too high? Two patrons of Opera Australia have decided to offer $20 tickets to people who have yet to an experience an opera in either Sydney or Melbour…
Amanda Harrison's simple and fun cabaret, Up Close and Reasonably Personal, is a gentle act of distance. The cabaret form is notoriously intimate and Harrison negotiates her terms with us up…
Highway Run Productions in association with Hayes Theatre Co is bringing Rent to Sydney in October. Directed by Shaun Rennie and with musical direction by Andrew Worboys, the production h…
Dead Centre is a new piece by Tom Holloway that reflects on and adds a new dimension to the 2008 work Sea Wall by Simon Stephens. Both are solo short plays told from the hurt of …
Citing increased radio and television commitments, Alan Jones has withdrawn of the role of the Captain of the S.S American in the Sydney season of Anything Goes. The role will be be playe…
Avenue Q won the coveted Best Musical Tony Award in 2004, which was a surprise considering it was up against the intensely popular Wicked, Caroline or Change, a wonder of a work, and The Boy…
Jaz Flowers has a voice. She’s starred in the Australian tours of Hairspray and Hot Shoe Shuffle, and if you’ve been craving hearing the way she sculpts gossamer line…
Heathers: The Musical, based on the 80s cult classic film of the same name, premiered Off Broadway in 2014 to critical acclaim and even garnered an enthusiastic following of its own. The Hay…
AussieTheatre has two double passes to giveaway to Shellshock at the Riverside Theatres on Friday 31 July. Directed by former Artistic Director and CEO of Sydney Theatre Company, Wa…
Does Sir Cameron Mackintosh ever rest? His productions are internationally renowned and consistently staged " his revival of Les Miserables is even playing in Sydney right now. But we cou…
In 2015 the Melbourne Cabaret Festival, now in its sixth year, elected as their  the chocolate-dipped strawberry as their new emblem; a humble yet iconic treat that, despite its modest si…
Really, there's not a lot I can say about this play. Not because I can't think of anything to say, but because the audience is specifically asked not to spoil the experience for those who…
AussieTheatre has a double pass to giveaway to Blonde Poison at the Old Fitz Theatre on 29th July. Blonde Poison is a remarkable one woman play that explores the theme of morality that…
The cast of Les Misérables have sung the songs of love and revolution more than 400 times in this Australian production of the classic show, and they’re still going strong. Current…
Brisbane based musical theatre company Harvest Rain will make history in 2016 by staging the largest production of the musical Hairspray in the world. With an estimated cast of over 500 (inc…
Helen Dallimore is one of our most accomplished musical theatre performers (and directors!) You’ve seen her on stage in anything from Spring Awakening to Legally Blonde –…
Our special End-Of-Financial-Year Stage Door Shrink session this week looks at helping performers maximise their tax returns (or, getting the government to subsidise your laser and new La…
Australian musical theatre performer Erin Cornell will be joining the 2015-16 tour of CATS as Grizabella standby. Cornell played the coveted role of Grizabella, The Glamour Cat in South Kore…
The classic “splash-hit” Singin’ in the Rain musical will now open at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre in July 2016, with an all-Australian cast led, as previously reported,…
Walking down the darkened alleyway of Melbourne’s Carson Place and up a dimly lit stairwell, you could be forgiven for thinking you were entering The Butterfly Club. But from 14�…
Disappointing news this morning for the Australian cast and crew of Jekyll and Hyde, with confirmation that Opera Australia and GFO have ‘postponed’ the production. In …
