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“Dance for me, Salome!” Never has Oscar Wilde been so gay " and he was in prison for sodomy and gross indecency when his play Salome was first performed in 1896. Little…
Watching grand old movie musicals on repeat as a child is sure to have an impact on a young girl’s aspirations in life. Children so fortunate as to have the performances of Julie An…
Stomp '13 is a boomer of a show. The energy, the rhythm, the sound and the choreography combine to delight each and every audience member. The roots of Stomp '13 can be traced back to 1983 w…
At the age of twenty three, Finn O'Branagain had a sneaking suspicion that she was becoming an adult but wasn't quite sure how to be sure. So she wrote Envelope. This lead her on a quest …
Having long admired the work of Tripod for their impeccable timing and amusing banter I now realise how much I had underestimated their vocal ability. This show, the result of a collaboratio…
Tequila Mockingbird: four parts Tequila, one part Green Crème de Menthe Liqueur, one part freshly squeezed lime juice, and a slash of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning To Kill a Mockingbi…
This is the sort of show that makes you feel proud to be an Australian! What a fabulous set of circus skills these artists possess, but also what a uniquely Australian manner in which to pre…
Singin' In the Rain is a feel good musical production guaranteed to stir your laughter and get your toes tapping to those familiar tunes immortalised by the 1952 film of the same name, starr…
Hugh Jackman's next foray into the world of music theatre has finally been confirmed, and like everything the Oscar nominated showman does for the stage it's a project with serious pedigree.…
Theatre maker Luke Mullins has done it all. And he's done it with the big guns. So why does he keep coming back to independent theatre? Bethany Simons found out more about Night Maybe, his l…
I don’t know much about North Korea, and I readily admit that I don’t understand how the Communist dictatorship works. I don’t pretend to understand the reasons behind the …
It's been thirty-five years since the film was released and the last main stage production in Australia was twenty-two years ago (arena spectaculars aside) but GREASE is still the word. The …
Despite extensive auditions in Sydney and Melbourne, the creative team behind Strictly Ballroom have still not found the right actress to play the coveted lead female role of Fran in thei…
I was unfortunate enough to be surrounded by school children when attending Zen Zen Zo's brilliant new offering Medea The River Runs Backwards last week but as the booming voice of Peter Cos…
Tobias Manderson-Galvin and Glyn Roberts are the creative heart of independent theatre troupe MKA, which has carved out a name for itself over the past four years with its innovative approac…
Ben Neutze spoke to Blake Bowden at the end of his first week of rehearsals to play Lieutenant Joe Cable in the return season of Opera Australia and GFO's South Pacific Just one week into re…
Following their sell out seasons in Melbourne (January 2013) and Brisbane (May 2013) the four musicians who make up Perfect Tripod are set to perform in Perth (at the Regal Theatre on 30 and…
There's a time to think, and then there's a time to be carried away by performers gleefully making lots of noise. The combination of unorthodox music making and dance in Stomp '13 " an impec…
In the catalogue of the great classics of American Theatre, Tennessee Williams' 1944 "memory play" The Glass Menagerie is widely known as his most autobiographical work, basing the narrator/…
Almost everything about the State Theatre Company of South Australia's Babyteeth is new except the subject matter. Cancer is heavy going at any time but when it's terminal in a 14-year-old g…
The Australian premiere season of shake n stir's Tequila Mockingbird opened in Brisbane on Wednesday night. In the lead up to the premiere Aussie Theatre's Bobbi-Lea Dionysius caught up with…
The little mermaid delves into a world of manipulation, as a mother controls her daughter whom she relies upon for love and the reason for her existence and being. The mother, played by Geor…
Today’s the last chance to see Mein Kampf at La Mama. It’s been sold out for days, but you never know your luck if you turn up at the door and put your name on the waiting …
I'd like to begin my next Spotlight by saying a few words about what it means to be an independent theatre maker in Perth and why it's vital to get a view of the forest while still examining…
Opera Australia today announced their season for 2014 " a mixture of bold new productions and much-loved classics. Ben Neutze takes a look at the season ahead. If Opera Australia's 2014 s…
