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The Winter's Tale is a rarely-performed and uneven, but occasionally glittering, part of Shakespeare's canon. Half-tragedy, half-comedy, it is a bit of a beast to stage with clarity. Bell Sh…
Kyle Kinane is heading to Australia, from the USA, for the first time. He’s described in the MICF guide as “the bearded man at the bar you'll share a beer with and chat about pas…
Coming from a rich and varied background as a director, creator, producer, programmer, writer, event manager, workshop facilitator and French interpreter, Sally Blackwood recently began her …
Jane Bodie is someone who knows how to keep the plates spinning. With three plays happening simultaneously across two states, one might expect a certain fatigue to be trickling down the phon…
Mockingbird Theatre continue to give us memorable text-on-stage productions of the plays that we wish we’d seen the original productions of, and give performers the chance to play role…
On Saturday, Sydney’s beautiful Angel Place recital centre played host to a fantastic, charity event. The Royal Flying Doctors Service in the presence of the Governor of NSW Dr Marie B…
Adrienne Truscott is well known and loved in Australia as half of the Wau Wau Sisters, but she’s solo and without a trapeze for her MICF show. Asking For it: A One-Lady Rape About C…
Queensland Theatre Company's latest offering The Mountain Top, sits perfectly in QTC's 2014 canon of works which Artistic Director Wesley Enoch states is the year of leadership. Enoch commen…
The phrase ‘world premiere’ often instils a fear of an impending mediocrity. However the recent� world premiere of Good-bye Miss Monroe, written and directed by Liam de Burc…
Cabaret and theatre performer Marika Aubrey continues her acclaimed series -How We Do What We Do - this month with Aussie performer Bart John, who most recently appeared as the gruff Captain…
Though only in its third year in 2014, Opera on the Harbour has swiftly become a fast fixture of the cultural (and social) calendar not only for Sydney, but also Australia at large and even …
Coulrophobia: fear of clowns. If you’ve never been scared of clowns and their silly red noses, you will be by the end of The Long Pigs. Rejected and broken by their own kind, the th…
After just a few moments in the tiny fringe venue it's pretty clear that this show is in Rhyming verse. Oh no, here we go (again)! I've seen a few in that genre this year. Â And for me rhy…
Recently, AussieTheatre’s David Allen got the chance to go backstage during a break in a tech run of music theatre darling Squabbalogic’s latest production. Mix ups, mayhem and a…
AussieTheatre is very excited to have two double passes to giveaway to see Good-bye Miss Monroe at Metro Arts in Brisbane. Based on the life of choreographer Jack Cole, Good-bye Miss Monr…
ANOTHER circus show in a Speigeltent… Surely we’ve seen it all? Hell, no! Empire captures everything that makes the intimacy of these mirrored tents so special and combines…
Thomas Jaspers’s MICF show is God, Save the Queen. It’s about him growing up in a nursing homer where most of his friends were little old ladies who taught him to fall in love wi…
AussieTheatre’s David Allen talks to the creator of the legendary Rocky Horror Show – Richard O’Brien as he prepares to join the Australian tour. On the phone, Richard O'Br…
Sydney’s newest independent theatre hub – the Hayes Theatre Co – kicked off its inaugural season with a bang last month and is tipped to soar from strength to strength. The…
Rhys Nicholson’s Eurgh is a comedy confessional full of laughs. In a black and white striped suit, complete with bow tie, big glasses and bright red hair, 23 year-old Rhys Nicholson cu…
Steen Raskopolos won Best Newcomer at the 2013 Sydney Comedy Festival and was nominated as Best Newcomer at the 2013 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. He’s back in Melbourne for…
It’s just turned autumn and it’s a dazzling day in Brisbane. The sun is shining and the gleaming glass headquarters of Harvest Rain Theatre Company are awas…
Prepare ye, for the return of Squabbalogic is upon us! In 2013 this bold young production company reminded the Sydney music theatre scene just what the words “game changing” mean…
Bert LaBonte would have to be one of the most down-to-earth actors out there. Most in demand. Most relaxed. Ironic? Well, maybe that's just it. For now, at least, he doesn't have to worry ab…
From the youth of Melbourne comes a vibrant show which surely must be one of the highlights of The 2014 Adelaide Fringe. This vibrant, enthusiastic young troupe fills the theatre with its en…
