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Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2014, Australia's multi-award winning dance theatre company Bangarra Dance Theatre is about to premiere its latest work Patyegarang. This powerful new wor…
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 There is trouble in the land.

 A young man must rise up from his humble origins and leave the family reforestation company to go …
State Theatre Company SA's education program is primarily focused on delivering quality theatre to high school students that makes them think, analyse and engage with theatre on many levels.…
Opera often has the reputation of being an elitist artform, yet much of its heritage lies in raucous popular performances for the masses. The latest production of Mozart’s The Magic Fl…
I’ve seen a lot of circus and a lot of contemporary dance, but I’ve never seen anything like Circa’s S. Premiered at the Brisbane Festival in 2012, S has toured Au…
It's getting chilly here in Adelaide. The boots are out, the fire is on, and the credit card is heaving after booking numerous shows for Kate Ceberano's 3rd and final stint as Artistic Direc…
Bitch fights and fisticuffs, love triangles, wedding crashing ex-fiancés, transient amnesiac husbands and wives who rise from the dead… It’s the world's most famous soap opera i…
Toby Francis finds it hard to pick a side. Canberra born and raised, he fell into two different worlds with vigor: punk music, and musical theatre. Polarising as it sounds, Toby loves them b…
AussieTheatre are thrilled to be giving away a DOUBLE PASS to see The King and I at Melbourne’s beautiful Princess Theatre next month. Enter our giveaway below for your chance to see t…
Following the resounding success of its 2013 inception, the NEON Festival of Independent Theatre returns with a stellar line-up of productions, talks and workshops. Aussie Theatre's Brendan …
Do you hear the people sing? In less than 4 weeks, the Aussie cast of Les Miserables will take to the stage in Melbourne for the highly anticipated revival of Boublil & Schönberg'…
Not Having seen a William Shakespeare play since studying them in high school, I wasn't entirely sure what I would be in for. Much to my delight, the Black Swan State Theatre Company's incre…
The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) has announced its 2014 program and this year features its largest ever line-up of Australian artists. Since its inception in 2004, The New Yor…
Australian performer Matt Hunt has had a dream run. From working as a lifeguard at a pool in Orange, NSW to starring in Jersey Boys (first in Australia and now on the West End) he is livi…
It is a considerable challenge to adapt any novel by Comedy/Fantasy/sci-fi writer Sir Terry Pratchett to the stage, and perhaps even moreso to direct and produce it. Pamela Munt and The Unse…
Friends and colleagues of the late Daniel Scott will take to the stage next week in a public memorial for the performer. Slide Lounge in Sydney will host the public memorial on Monday …
South Australian children's theatre company Patch Theatre recently announced the appointment of Thom Browning as their third (and final) Associate Director in Residence. Mr Browning will spe…
One of the best things the Hayes Theatre has brought to Sydney this year is "a month of Sundays", an initiative for alternative musical acts on Sunday nights. So far, we've seen up-and-comin…
If media scions stopped being a relentless force for scrutiny and parody, CJ Johnson’s 2005 play The Young Tycoons probably wouldn’t be twice-revived already. In a Murdoch/Packer…
In 2004, Broadway superstar Audra McDonald launched a new song cycle at Carnegie Hall. Called The Seven Deadly Sins, it revolved around different works for the soprano voice, structured as a…
The Rob Guest Endowment is back in 2014 with two new awards, $45,000 in prizes and a brand-spanking new website! Competition entries are now open in three separate music theatre categories f…
Overwrought and underwhelming, the MTC’s Ghosts is as haunting as the Luna Park ghost train, but not as fun. The 1880s critics generally despised Henrik Ibsen’s play for be…
Melbourne-based writer and performer Peta Brady is also an outreach worker who knows how people fall through the cracks of society and are left to fend for themselves. She’s seen the v…
Burlesque is fun, playful and sexy, but what happens when it's combined with George Lucas's famous American sci-fi franchise, Star Wars? After dozens of sold out shows in Sydney and a handfu…
Ben Nielsen brings AussieTheatre readers a three act, epic interview series – From Oxford Street to the Opera House – with Australia’s one and only Paul Capsis. Act 1 ̵…
