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Erin James spoke with Euan Doidge exclusively about his debut album Let It Sing and his role in Les Miserables, set to preview tomorrow at Her Majesty’s Theatre. Talking with Euan Doid…
Anthony Neilson's Realism, first staged as part of the 2006 Edinburgh International Festival, is a surreal tour de force. Realism muses on mundanity, the weirdness of modern life, and the em…
It’s impossible not to love a night in the heated Circus Oz tent, and if seeing them in winter in Melbourne with a bag of hot doughnuts isn’t a tradition for your family and frie…
Written by Yve Blake, MKA’s Sugar Sugar delineates the journey of a young woman as she shifts from adolescence into adulthood. This manifests as a downward spiral into a bulimia tha…
What happens when three performers turn up to a show each thinking they are its star? That's the setup for The Three of Us and poses the immediate problem of how to list the cast witho…
In all its postmodern (or is that post-post?) glory, The Defence is a show about the cultural objectification of women, explicitly framed within a rehearsal room. Written by Chris Dunstan, T…
The ’70s and ’80s may not be the pinnacle of pop music, but much of its legacy still has some real appeal. Some who were there then may not remember much of it, but there were pl…
AussieTheatre’s Deputy Editor Cassie Tongue has been named as the latest member on the Sydney Theatre Awards voting panel. The Sydney Theatre Awards are run by a group of theatre criti…
Written by MKA’s Tobias Manderson-Galvin, Thank You, Thank You Love is a collection of five short plays that have a chaotic and brutal energy. The vivid beauty of the language and i…
It’s that time of year again. The rumblings on message boards and forums have already begun about Australia’s 2015 music theatre season, with many already having their say abo…
Look out Melbourne, Twisted Broadway is returning to the Arts Centre Playhouse in 2014, celebrating five fabulous years! The gender-bending musical theatre event is Australia’s fast…
The Adelaide Cabaret Festival has showcased the diversity of the cabaret genre with Scott Evan Davis' song cycle, Picture Perfect. The rolling musical journey explores the reality behind the…
See Grounded for Kate Cole’s performance or for the writing or to be reminded how theatre can creep into your heart with a mixture of hurt and happiness that makes you feel a lit…
A brilliant musical duo requires an unspoken understanding and a perfect balance between artists. When it comes to the music, David Campbell and John Bucchino, longtime friends and collabora…
Hilary Cole is the newest star in the Sydney musical theatre scene, and she certainly burns the brightest. She made her debut in Carrie – stunning audience members and critics alike wi…
In Sydney, Squabbalogic is our little engine that could. The dedicated crew have lit a spark in the in the independent musical theatre scene around town, creating exquisitely-crafted product…
Sunday night is, for the most part, the theatre world’s ‘Friday.’ It is the day we theatre folk come home, pour a glass of wine and reflect on the week that has been.…
Strictly Ballroom will be making its way to Melbourne next year with a season now confirmed to commence at Her Majesty’s Theatre in January 2015, 9 months after its world premiere in S…
Performed in the enormous space of The Substation in Newport, Swamp Juice is a shadow puppetry show assembled from the refuse and junk of our disposable society. Created by Bunk Puppets and …
A technically brilliant satire on the American political machine, The Speechmaker drips with the larrikinish Aussie wit we would expect from Working Dog, but, despite its technical prowes…
Orphans wasn’t exactly what I expected to find when I walked into the sprawling and maze-like first floor venue that Q44 operate out of, but it fit perfectly. My Saturday night at the …
Angus Cerini scares me. In a good way. In a way that I know his work is likely to disturb and confront me and make me want a glass of wine and some alone time after a show. His company, Doub…
This production of The King and I was first seen in 1991 in Adelaide. It toured Australia and found its way to New York in 1996, where it won some Tonys, and to London in 2000. It was a lavi…
The wholesome family fun of Australian comedy trio, Tripod, has entertained audiences for 17 years. Yon, one third of the trio, has evidently yearned to have his voice heard without the corr…
A unique rendition of Down Under, as recorded by the South Australian Primary Schools' Band, was a perfect way to introduce Colin Hay's new show, Waiting for my Real Life, to the Adelaide Ca…
