This piece is an absolute theatrical gem. It is also a piece that could never be done justice by any other medium than live theatre. Set in Sophiatown, a South African shanty town near Johan…
Last night Harvest Rain opened their flyby season of Monty Python's spoof musical Spamalot to an obvious fan crowd, complete with standing ovation. Based on the 1975 cult film Monty Python a…
AussieTheatre is excited to have 2 double passes to give away to Guilty Pleasures at Chapel off Chapel in Melbourne on Thursday 9 October. Guilty Pleasures is a one-woman show th…
Post-Post is a surreal comedy. A mixture of slapstick gags (sometimes cringe-worthy), puns and boundless energy from creators-performers Harley Hefford and Carly Milroy. We're sitting in a c…
It’s the last weekend of the Melbourne Fringe; it’s time to go hard and see as much as you can because when you wake up on Monday, it’ll all be over. And it’ll be tim…
Just as selling his budget supply bills to the opposition with a majority in the Senate proved an impossible hard sell for Gough Whitlam in 1975, so too was Gough, the play, written and dire…
The acclaimed new Australian production of Les Miserables will play at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Melbourne until December 20 before storming barricades in Perth and Sydney early next ye…
To anyone who knows me, it’s no secret that I have coveted an opportunity to include Justine Clarke in this series since it’s initial birthing. I am hopelessly in love with her c…
New Melbourne company Ghost Light have made a loud and proud declaration by debuting with the infamous flop Carrie: The Musical. And given that we haven’t seen a production of it…
Wayne Scott Kermond's favourite party trick is a run-up-the-wall. What's yours? Wayne Scott Kermond is one of Australia's best-loved comedic musical theatre performers. His biography reads l…
Monique is one busy artist. An actor/choreographer, she’s been in hits like A Chorus Line and The Drowsy Chaperone, and she’s always a pleasure to watch on stage. We invited Moni…
There is something incredibly relatable in wishing for the impossible and dreaming about flight. Everyone, at some point in their lives, has felt that desire for complete freedom, for someth…
Casting was announced this morning for the new tour the home-grown musical hit Dirty Dancing, and the leads are two emerging musical theatre stars in their first major leading roles: Kirb…
Zoe Trilsbach is an actor and one of the founding members of Workhorse Theatre Co. Last year, their production of The Motherf**ker With the Hat played to critical acclaim in the tiny TAP Gal…
Performed at The Substation, one of Melbourne's most exciting theatre venues right now, Just Us is an interactive and immersive promenade work that explores Australia's justice system. In a …
They’re back! Independent musical theatre darlings Squabbalogic have announced their 2014/2015 season, and it all kicks off next week at the Reginald theatre in the Seymour Centre, whe…
The Melbourne Fringe is over the halfway mark and only has a week to go. So many shows have already come and gone, while others open this weekend and still don’t know what’s i…
It’s cast announcement time! Hayes Theatre Co has been on a roll in its inaugural year as a dedicated home for musicals and cabaret, and if this Blood Brothers announcement is anyth…
From shows earning a walk out to those spent on the edge of one’s seat, quality varies in Fringe productions. Approaching this double-header night, I vacillated between excitement and …
In an auto-biographical theatrical event, Todd MacDonald shares the deeply moving story about a father's journey through the serious medical diagnosis of Lola, one of his twin daughters. Dev…
Panic is a dramatisation of a short story written by Japanese novelist KÅbÅ Abe. It is a powerful, highly physical work that fuses strong action with a great text and narrative. The st…
Victorian Opera and Malthouse Theatre have created a new mainstage Australian opera. How exciting! And it’s an adaption of Tim Winton’s The Riders, a dream-fit for opera. This…
Music Theatre is thriving in Australia at the moment. From the major commercial productions to independent and boutique seasons, it’s an exciting time to be involved in the music theat…
Opening tonight in Brisbane, The Lion King remains one of the most popular stage musicals in the world, from its beginnings as a Disney animated feature in 1994. Since then, the stage …
It has captured the attention of theatre-goers the world over, and no matter what you think about it or its worth, it is undeniable now: Wicked is one of the most important musicals of the p…