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As they may or may not say in the music halls, "Everybody loves puppets!" and apparently, as has been exceedingly demonstrated in recent years by the likes of Avenue Q, Henson Alternative's …
Matilda the Musical is one of the most anticipated shows to hit Australia in recent years. The beloved Roald Dahl book is one of many people’s brightest childhood memories, and the …
Dave Thornton's Spit & Polish doesn't need any elbow grease, despite what the name might suggest; it's already a lively and entertaining little gem of a show with plenty of appeal. As on…
Ali McGregor, billed as the Opera Australia soprano who ran away with the circus and fresh from a starring role in Club Swizzle at the Opera House, is bringing her worldwide cabaret success,…
Samuel Beckett's Endgame is currently seeing two productions in Australia " one by Melbourne Theatre Company, directed by Sam Strong, and one by Sydney Theatre Company, directed by Andrew Up…
AFI Award-winning actor Nicholas Hope has written Five Properties of Chainmale, five variations of the theme of contemporary masculinity. He’s also directing it for Griffin Indep…
The comedy double act is one where every laugh relies on the other person to make it work, so it’s no wonder the best are ones were one name can’t be said without the other. T…
AussieTheatre has a double pass to giveaway to Hot Shoe Shuffle at the Bryan Brown Theatre, Bankstown on Friday April 24. Australia's much-loved star of stage and screen, Daryl Somers,…
As the lights dim (or rather as overhead fluorescents are gracelessly shut off), an atmosphere of abrasive Australiana is aptly set for the Doug Anthony All Stars to invade the main function…
AussieTheatre has two double passes to giveaway to Turke’ at the Riverside Theatres, Parramatta on Friday 1 May at 12:30pm. Tukre’ (meaning pieces in Hindi) will s…
The Hayes Theatre has quickly become a home to a host of cabaret shows, ranging from career retrospective to tribute to original narrative to bildungsroman and everything in between, and it'…
Humans are going extinct. Or, at least, in the face of global warming, ongoing social and political tensions, and a rampant abundance of internet memes, the threat certainly seems very real.…
Gilbert and Sullivan: words that evoke love, fear or a confusing mix of both. Late nineteenth century operetta may be fun to perform (I went with two friends who were also in our school prod…
Rocky Horror is traveling around Australia and it’s about to stop in Sydney. It’s bringing Amy Lehpamer along in the role of Janet, so this Sunday afternoon, let’s float…
AussieTheatre caught up with Ed Dolista, who is currently writer, director and one of the performers in Live and Let Spy appearing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with i…
Tom Ballard is warm and charming and a wonderfully witty narrator who takes us on a thoughtful and funny journey in Taxis & Rainbows & Hatred. The former Triple J host centres his sh…
There’s much more to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival than stand-up, but there are seemingly endless stand-ups. This form of solo storytelling can be extraordina…
"A brave act in itself."Â That's how television veteran Daryl Somers described the birth of Birdie Productions, a new Bankstown-based independent theatre company launched by Executive Prod…
With much celebration Australia's favourite octogenarian Barry Humphries has launched his programme for the 2015 Adelaide Cabaret Festival. With the moniker "putting the "F" back into Festiv…
With school stand-ups are dribbling out the same jokes we’ve heard for ever, there’s a generation of performers who are embracing everything about clowning and turning it into…
Welcome to Stage Door Shrink, a regular column aimed at helping performers chortle their way to a #win. Last week, our Show Fit series commenced with advice from Josh Piterman at PitFit R…
Local comedy queen and self-proclaimed "Fraggle Rock dominatrix" Lisa-Skye hosts an adults-only soiree to make the Mad Hatter blush, in Lisa-Skye's Lovely Tea Party, at The Tuxedo Cat as par…
AussieTheatre has two double passes to giveaway to Darlinghurst Theatre Company’s Deathtrap at the Eternity Playhouse on Friday 10 April at 8pm. From Ira Levin, author of The …
Envisage Josh RH Daveta, recently from his starring role in Oscar Theatre Company's Boy&Girl, exploring the magical world of a diva during half time at a super bowl game. This is exactly…
The Man They Call the Banjo, a musical play about the writing of Waltzing Matilda, will première as a full-fledged production on April 17 and 18 at Mt Rothwell in Victoria. The play's previ…
