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Samantha Leigh Dodemaide has been announced as the winner of the 2013 Rob Guest Endowment. Last night (and for the first time in Sydney), the Rob Guest Endowment Gala took place at the Lyric…
Last year, 5 Pound Theatre transformed themselves into Australia’s only working repertory theatre for five weeks, when they presented five shows in five weeks with five actors and five…
On Monday night, Götterdämmerung, the final and longest opera of the Melbourne Ring Cycle opened. The cycle is complete and there are two more complete cycles to run. The full cycles ar…
Moreland Theatre Company has partnered with Winston Macadamia Smith of Winston's Academy for Nurtured Creativity (WANC) to present A Short Course in Short Theatre: six short plays in a range…
Something you rarely get to see on the concert stage is two leading men sharing the bill " let alone two leading men from two different genres. Mandy Patinkin and Nathan Gunn are a dream dou…
It was announced yesterday by music theatre uber-producer Cameron Mackintosh that his eagerly awaited West End reboot of the smash hit musical Miss Saigon will include Australian stage super…
In Black Swan's last hurrah for 2013 the company brings a bit of Edinburgh Fringe to Perth with Midsummer [a play with songs] by David Greig and Gordon McIntyre. The show was a fringe hit ba…
STRUT Dance has been busy this month with an open dance platform called Eyes Wide which showcased all manner of interesting contemporary dance pieces, workshops and films at the King Street …
The much lauded Rob Guest Endowment annual concert will take place next Monday November 25, where six finalists " emerging stars of Australian musical theatre " will take the stage to show t…
Seigfried, the third in the Melbourne Ring Cycle of operas opened on Friday night as the Ring Festival continues around the city with tours, exhibitions and don’t forget the Bugs Bunny…
Formerly known as the Australian Cabaret Showcase, the newly branded Your Theatrics International Cabaret Contest is heading back to Australia this year with some very exciting developments.…
Opera Australia’s The Ring Cycle continues with Die Walküre opening in Melbourne on Wednesday night. Here’s the first look at some images. This is the one that welcomes th…
Back to Back Theatre are the superheroes of Melbourne theatre who leave us wanting to wear our undies on the outside, don a sexy cape and do something that leaves someone else feeling better…
Atomic, the new musical currently playing at NIDA's Parade Theatre, is all about Dr. Leo Szilard, who invited and patented the nuclear chain reaction, and worked on the Manhattan Project " t…
The Blue Room has done it again. Another wildly unique performance has found its way into this humble studio space. Presented by Sally Richardson, Patrice Smith and The Blue Room Theatre Ver…
Libby O'Donovan is the queen of contradiction " edgy yet sweet, intimate yet professional, calming and serene yet electric and full of humour " and Songs Only a Mother Could Love reflects th…
Wesley Enoch has Designs on you! I had a moment part way through Queensland Theatre Company's (QTC) final production for the year; I stepped outside myself and looked at the laughing audienc…
Cherry Smoke by James McManus is currently playing at the Revolt Artspace in Kensington, Melbourne. Presented by Sol III, a new Melbourne based production company founded by y…
After three years of preparation, on Monday night in Melbourne Opera Australia opened the biggest opera event seen in Australia with the Das Rheingold, the first of Wagner’s four-opera…
The much lauded Rob Guest Endowment annual concert will take place on Monday 25 November 25, where six finalists " emerging stars of Australian musical theatre " will take the stage to show …
Queensland Theatre Company's 2014 season has officially been launched… There was excitement all round as the company's creatives and subscribers were invited to QPAC's Playhouse for th…
At first, I thought I'd accidentally walked into the rehearsals of Grindr: A Love Story? But I was actually amongst the audience for All Dolled Up which played at the Powerhouse, Thursday th…
Hans bursts out of a big pink birthday cake, Marilyn Monroe style: “Let's get this party started” he sings out at us… and we're with him from the word go. Hans has been flamboy…
Carrie's life as a musical is notorious, legendary, intriguing. A resounding flop when it originally hit Broadway in 1988, it closed after only 16 previews and five performances. For the pas…
The Darlinghurst Theatre Company has moved into its new home, a new theatre for Sydney. The Eternity Playhouse is a 126 year old heritage listed building, and it is stunning; one walks in an…
