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When I was 10, Grease was my word. I knew the film soundtrack album inside out before I saw the film (at the cinema), my school-friend group called ourselves the Pink Ladies and I still have…
Come February 16, one of the biggest theatrical ventures ever staged in Oz will ring down the curtain for the final time. After nine spectacular months in the Regent Theatre, King Kong will …
David Harris is set to prove that his perfection knows no bounds when he co-headlines later this year in a charity concert to benefit the victims of the Hurricane Haiyan which devastated the…
2014 can now be marked as the year the Australian Cabaret Showcase came of age. Re-christened the International Cabaret Contest and with a record number of applicants auditioning from Austra…
Perth playwright Chris Isaacs latest work Flood opens the 2014 Black Swan Theatre Company season and will be performed as part of the Perth Fringe Festival.   Co-creator of It's Dar…
The Rocky Horror Show is set to begin performances in Brisbane this week and excitement is reaching a fever pitch – so what better way to get in on the action than to take a sneak peek…
Michael Gow – perhaps best known for his 1986 play Away, an English-class syllabus staple – is set to come back to the Australian stage with his first new play since 2007̸…
Alice got off to an uncertain start to her time in Wonderland, and The Australian Shakespeare Company's outdoor musical production of Alice In Wonderland at Rippon Lea Estate had similar ini…
A fun kid's holiday show is always a treat around Christmas, and Angelina and the other energetic mice characters in this talented ensemble deliver all the goods needed for a great “mo…
Magicians have a hard time these days with a room full of skeptics trying to work out how the magic tricks are done rather than being a believer and just going along for the magic carpet rid…
In their first collaborative rendezvous, Opera Australia and John Frost have produced a highly successful production of South Pacific. Despite this, the show itself has mellowed from its fie…
It is a Happy New Year for lovers of musicals and cabaret! The newly formed Hayes Theatre Co have moved in to their premises on Greenknowe Avenue in Potts Point this morning and Sydney’…
Harvest Rain's first season as a professional music theatre company promises to be an exciting one. There will be big shows, and big casts, including a number of iconic Australian names.…
It would be easy for The Illusionists 2.0 to simply ride upon the success of last year's original, The Illusionists. The show does prove itself as a worthy sequel, and it is clear that the c…
Enjoying a highly regarded career that has already spanned 30 years " and is currently thriving " it feels like a Christmas treat to finish this series for 2013 with an actor of great longev…
Broadway starlet Sarah Bakker recently became the first Australian actress to play the role of Christine Daae in The Phantom of the Opera in New York. To celebrate the occasion, Sarah (a tru…
The Sydney Theatre Award nominations for 2013 were announced this week as part of the annual selection of shows by eight of Sydney’s most respected Theatre critics. Over thirty-seven d…
The roof of London’s Apollo Theatre in Shaftsbury Avenue partially collapsed mid performance just hours ago, leaving patrons covered in dust and blood with dozens injured. As published…
Opera Australia’s Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini and Australia’s most prolific theatrical producer John Frost have announced further casting for their upcoming co-production …
It seems Tamsin Carroll is not alone in making her presence felt in the UK music theatre scene. A quintet of Australian talent was recently directed alongside world class performers by two t…
Perth's theatre scene is full of enterprising people who want to work on creatively fulfilling projects that allow them to produce cutting-edge works, maintain artistic control, and provide …
Marian Street Theatre has been closed by Ku-ring-gai council for remedial work, disrupting production and workshop schedules over the holiday period. Marian Street Theatre for Young People (…
The first five minutes of The Lion King are an experience of utter joy. The familiar opening call, in Zulu, breaks out into the theatre and from there we are transported into the pure magic …
The life of music theatre director and choreographer Robert Young will be celebrated in a memorial concert titled Robert Young: A Life On Stage held at The Arts Centre Gold Coast next week. …
The cult classic Little Shop of Horrors is funny, in your face, musically diverse, and a galloping good time. Little Shop opened at the Brisbane Arts Theatre on Friday 15th November. Written…
