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Once in Royal David’s City, the return of celebrated playwright Michael Gow to Sydney, is a product of time, age, and a life longer-lived. Gow’s writing has grown older and has s…
After four weeks of record-breaking attendance across both ticketed and free events, Perth’s Fringe World Festival for 2014 came to a stunning conclusion this week with the Festival's …
Reg Livermore is joining the cast of WICKED for its return Melbourne and Sydney seasons in 2014 and Erin James caught up with the legend of stage and screen for a chat about all things green…
AussieTheatre's Queensland correspondent Bobbi-Lea spoke with Naked Magician Christopher Wayne in her most up close and personal interview yet. Christopher Wayne is just half of the bare com…
Naked Dream by Sydney singer-songwriter Rachel Collis seems to still be finding its place in the cabaret genre. However, for lovers of quirky tunes and barefoot ballads, the show is an apt a…
Frank Woodley plays the fool with seemingly little effort. His physicality and bumbling ramblings on the surface may make the superficial feel like they've walked into a drunk man's delusion…
The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) launched its 2014 program earlier this month with more concerts, shows, musicals and events than ever before. Showcasing the talents…
2013 became all about the Wicked witches Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth. 2014 is more than living up to the benchmark as international music theatre icons Bernadette Peters, Faith Prince…
For the first time in 30 years, the Melbourne Theatre Company are touring a production internationally. David Williamson’s play Rupert, the story of Rupert Murdoch will be the third…
There is not as much performance art around now-days as there was in the 80s /90s. So it's a great surprise to strike this unique and out-there piece which encapsulates the sometimes undefin…
Well it's official, this month Sydney audiences resoundingly welcomed the return of the independent musical. With William Finn's Falsettos playing at the Eternity and Sweet Charity at the Ha…
Australian music theatre star Alexis Fishman (Dusty, Kiss of the Spider Woman) will feature as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival in her smash hit one woman show co-penned with Ja…
You know when you flick on the TV during a commercial break to see sad, poor looking little kids and (more often than not) a well-known celebrity urging people to donate or sponsor a child f…
When you see a one man show with no expectations and you’re completely blown away at how brilliant it is, that’s a very special feeling, one that only live theatre can give you. …
I had seen Mark Storen before at the late, much lamented former Fremantle venue, Deckchair Theatre, so it was no surprise to see him present a one man show as part of the Fringe Festival of …
Even before the show has begun a frenzied atmosphere is looming over the stifling carnival tent. Almost from start to finish, Lords of Luxury is a side-achingly hilarious fringe performance …
The big plus in a work like this is the writing. It must be so much easier to roll the words off in a script you have laboured over and reworked dozens of times Finkelstein's writing pedigre…
There are only a handful of performers who can be referred to by a single name: Cher, Beyoncé, Madonna and Prince and of course the illustrious Dolly. Dolly Rebecca Parton is the original s…
Rehearsals are well under way for ONEFIVEZEROSEVEN, Barking Gecko’s latest production which has its Australian premiere in Perth this Saturday. Aussie Theatre have been given exclusive…
Nestled down Wolf Lane, The Cheeky Sparrow was the perfect setting for Bettylou Rose's hour long, one-woman show. Audience members (mainly an older crowd) were ushered upstairs, drinks in ha…
In amongst rehearsing his lead roles in Windmill Theatre's upcoming festival trilogy and fulfilling his commitments as writer of all three featured shows, Matthew Whittet took time to speak …
Let me state firstly that I did not ‘get’ this show at all. No one can dispute that Ford is clever or deny his audience manipulation; I just resented it. A youthful audience, man…
The People of the Underground – WTF (World Theatre Festival) I knew I was in for a good night when a theatre-saturated girlfriend of mine (works in the arts) claimed that 'Underground …
AussieTheatre have a DOUBLE PASS to giveaway to see Courtney Act in Sydney on February 25 at Sydney Theatre as part of the Mardi Gras Festival! Courtney Act - the nom de plume of gender i…
In Vogue " Songs by Madonna will make every Material Girl and Preaching Papa feel like they've found their home. From the moment audience members walk into la Casadeur, they are greeted with…
