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Ontosoroh is a work of song, music and dance based on the Nyai Ontosoroh character in Indonesian Author Pramoedya Ananta Toer's historical novel This Earth of Mankind. The novel incorporates…
The Artistic team of Not According To Plan – Leigh Warren, Khai Liew, Alistair Trung, Jerome Kugan, Geoff Cobham and Helen Fuller come together with an artistic brilliance equalled onl…
I love a good documentary. I love good theatre. Put the two together and you have a fantastic afternoon at the Adelaide Festival Centre. Directors William Yang and Annette Shun Wah have asse…
Opera Australia has confirmed that open dance auditions for their upcoming production of The King And I will take place in Melbourne and Sydney over the next two weeks. Preliminary auditi…
The cast of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels are currently rehearsing 6 days a week in preparation for their opening night on October 24 at Sydney’s Theatre Royal, and AussieTheatre caught a sn…
He Said, She Said debuted at the Sydney fringe festival in 2012, and by popular demand it returned in 2013 for a follow-up performance to see how the story develops for a young urban couple …
If the media were to be believed, Australians wrestle with the impact of a multicultural society regularly. The Instant Café Theatre Company's production of Parah however highlights a r…
In Heart to Heart, composer David Kotlowy attempts to score poetry in three languages, and show that love, art and music transcend culture. However, despite some beautiful components, the pi…
We’ve had, amongst many others, Angry Eddie, Shane Warne: the Musical and Perfect Tripod, now we are about to witness the world premiere of Eddie Perfect’s first ever stage play,…
It’s Tuesday night at the Melbourne Fringe, which means cheap tickets for most shows. As always, take the risk and choose something you know nothing about, but today’s recommenda…
The Melbourne Fringe hosts the premiere of This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, the new show from Gillian Cosgriff. The title comes from the parental lament that immaturity and thoug…
There is always a risk when producing the work of a storyteller that is as widely available and vastly popular as Agatha Christie. The first lady of suspense and the mastermind behind some o…
One of the best aspects of a Fringe festival is the chance to partake of performance styles you don't normally get to experience. Radio Variety Hour is a recreation of a 1950s radio show wit…
The National Theatre of China and PlayKing Productions have announced Sydney and Melbourne seasons of their award winning Chinese-Australian production Cho Cho, comprising six performance…
Broken Colour, a new work written by Nina Pearce, directed by Michael McCall and presented by The Blue Room and Same Cat, tackles the subject of mental illness and coupling in the modern wor…
For the first time in Sydney independent theatre, a company will stage productions in repertory. The King Street Theatre in Newtown will host a three-week season of Three Winters Green and B…
In 2010, prior to the escalation of civil war in Syria, actor and writer Cat Commander spent months visiting the country, along with many of its Levant neighbours. Her one-person show, Befor…
The cosy Visy Theatre at the Brisbane Powerhouse was teeming with energy and the near to full house audience was very welcoming to Michael Griffiths In Vogue: Songs by Madonna. Upon entering…
Craig McLachlan will lead a cast of fresh and exciting performers in Howard Panter and John Frost’s new production of The Rocky Horror Show with the full company confirmed this morning…
One of the many things I’m loving about this year’s Fringe is the amount of full houses. I saw two shows on Friday night where there wasn’t a spare seat. In other words, do…
In 1957, the Soviet space program launched Laika the dog into orbit around Earth to collect data as a precursor to sending people into space. Sadly, the mission didn't end well for Laika. A …
Love in the Key of Britpop is a solo work written and performed by Emily Andersen. Coming from the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe, it came along at exactly the right time for me in my Melbourne Fring…
I was pretty excited by the prospect of Michael Burke in Cubehead, a show promising to blend the stories of the human Michael and an extraterrestrial with a Rubik’s Cube for a cranium.…
Actress and model Jerry Hall is currently in Melbourne performing as Mrs Robinson in The Graduate, and we have a special photo feature from the production thanks to Belinda Strodder. Hall…
It’s the second Friday of the Melbourne Fringe, so it’s time to plan for another weekend of constant theatre going. Today’s choices are musicals and cabarets (and a show pe…
