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There’s a hairy drag queen in a sequined dress lying on a lounge, bathed in magenta light. There are cow skulls sitting on shelves next to vials of curious things and strange artefacts…
John Doyle knows his target audience very well indeed (he's one of them) and hits a bull's-eye with his new play Vere (Faith). Ground-breaking sociologist Max Weber defines the upper middle …
Grease is a frothy, popular musical that has achieved legendary status through an iconic movie release. It is beloved, and it makes it audiences happy. Staging it, however, can be notoriousl…
Shakespeare's King Lear would be incomplete without the Fool. He is one of the most iconic characters, serving to provide comic relief, insight and knowledge in a world consumed by madness a…
AussieTheatre’s David Allen spoke with Tom Handley from the cast of WICKED about the show and understudying Fiyero… Tom Handley is no stranger to the cast of Wicked and to the ro…
Black Swan State Theatre Company officially launched their 2014 season Monday night at the Heath Ledger Theatre at the State Theatre Centre. On hand for the evening's festivities to warm up …
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 …
That’s right. Trevor Ashley has found a minute in between conquering the international stage to bring his show Star Struck back to Sydney’s Star event centre for one more night &…
AussieTheatre went inside the rehearsal room of the new Australian production of The Lion King to see how things are coming along. Check out the cast singing together for the first time duri…
I think there is something fascinating about teenage behaviour. I think it's fascinating that adults are repulsed by it, or troubled by it, as though we didn't do the same thing then or don'…
Adam J A Cass’s Roam was developed through the Red Stitch Writers Program. Like his very successful I Love You, Bro (first seen at the 2007 Fringe), it’s about rem…
Stage Masters are a Melbourne based production company with a very specific aim: to take an active role in shaping the future of the performing arts through positive and professional trai…
When Adelaide's own Michelle Nightingale auditioned for Kneehigh Theatre's West End and Broadway hit Brief Encounter, she was expecting just that " a brief, but hopefully positive, audition …
Sometimes a little love story that involves useless superpowers, unexpected pizza, and monkey puppets is just what you need to have a good time. Writer / producer / performer / graphic desig…
No longer one more dawn or one more day of waiting, the cast of Boublil and Schonberg's Les Miserables for Melbourne in 2014 has finally been announced at a glittering publicity event at in …
The horror musical is one of the most notorious sub genres of the art form " and easily the most susceptible for disaster. For every Sweeney Todd and Jekyll & Hyde, there is a Dance of t…
East of Berlin is a psychological drama written by Canadian Playwright Hannah Moscovitch (her first full-length play, at the age of 29) in 2007. Running for 80 minutes without an interval, t…
Lisa McCune and Teddy Tahu Rhodes will star in the Opera Australia/Gordon Frost Organisation revival of the Tony-award winning Australian production of The King and I, which will play across…
Urban by Circoloumbia; The first thing that hits you is the sheer size of the troupe and I don't mean in numbers; some of these men are absolutely massive in stature and you wonder what on e…
The team at Glen Street Theatre have announced their plans for 2014 and the upcoming season will be especially exciting, as the theatre will re-open for business following extensive renovati…
Back to Back Theatre's Super Discount has arrived at the Wharf as part of the tail-end of Sydney Theatre Company's 2013, and it is well-worth the wait. Continuing the tradition of stellar in…
In November Dreamingful Productions are excited to announce the world premiere season of ATOMIC, a brand new musical written by Danny Ginges,with music by Philip Foxman, at the Para…
Amanda Harrison is easily one of the most popular leading ladies in Australian music theatre. On Thursday she returned to a Sydney stage at Slide Lounge to a rapturous welcome and proved onc…
In Spite Of Myself, starring Nicola Gunn, conceived by Nicola Gunn and directed by Nicola Gunn, is all about Nicola Gunn. We know this because Nicola Gunn keeps telling us. But the show quic…
SuperEverything is true to its name in that it is a multi-media event. Described as "live cinema" the show is oddly reminiscent of the silent film era. The audience is greeted with a scrim f…
