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These kids are onto something. The Cutting Room Floor (TCRF) presented its second Home Open this weekend (the first was back in June), and it was a fantastic success. Home Open is TCRF's (so…
Just after a run of leadership drama, Sydney's Squabbalogic is bringing its own political wheeling and dealing to the table in the form of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, the punk rock politic…
As they straggled into the Bakehouse Theatre, the small audience was met by a montage of television advertisements. It was a fitting taster of the 1950s Australia to be explored by Dorothy H…
AussieTheatre are excited to have 5 double passes to the opening night (Saturday 3 August) of Mockingbird Theatre's production of Equus. Mockingbird Theatre Company Members Maggie Chr�…
Opera Australia seems to have mixed luck when it comes to staging comic operas. Often they manage to produce work that has joy, fine comedic performances and speaks to our irreverent Austral…
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been lucky enough to take part in two Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC) workshops being held in conjunction with the NEON Festival of Independent Theatre.…
Ubu Roi is a mess. A filthy, mud-spluttered, cover-me-with-plastic glorious mess. Founded in late 2010, the 5Pound theatre ensemble are making their mark in Melbourne. Based at The Owl an…
"Art is fueled by passion, liquor and unrealistic expectations." Welcome to Glory Box Paradise and the ninth year of Moira Finucane and Jackie Smith's subversive and celebratory bur…
With an extensive international touring history and a haul of awards, Slava's Snowshow features clowning and mime in a series of vignettes. From goofy physical comedy to inventive imagery, t…
When seriously adult-only panto Little Orphan TrAshley opened at the Powerhouse this week, Trevor Ashley and co-writer Phil Scott showed the world at large why only creative Queens can get a…
A truly great play, is a delicate and fragile thing. The luminaries who write them come once in a generation " if we're lucky. Somehow their words manage to capture something " some spirit o…
He's the busiest man in Australian showbiz, but Trevor Ashley always has time for AussieTheatre! We have managed to secure 2 DOUBLE PASSES for our Sydney readers to see Trevor Ashley's brand…
The story of Romeo and Juliet " the star crossed lovers from feuding families " has resonated with many cultures around the world for hundreds of years. Adapted into countless films and musi…
David Allen writes about Australia's original international musical success story " Hot Shoe Shuffle " and why you should grab tickets to this Australian born creation while you can! Last we…
Powerfully Fragile is a new one-act play written by cancer survivor, Briohne Sykes, for the 2013 South East Queensland One Act Play Festival. The play focuses on the affect a cancer diagn…
One of modern theatre's most controversial dramas, English playwright Peter Schaffer's story of a gruesome crime, a seventeen-year-old, and his psychiatrist, has attracted big names (from Ri…
The world of musical theatre can be emotional and masterful. It can also be shallow and ridiculous. Forbidden Broadway, a revue that's something of an off-Broadway institution (it's been run…
After a highly successful run on the West End, Trevor Ashley is set to make a triumphant Australian return with a one night only gem of a show at Sydney's Star casino. In Star Struck, Trevor…
AussieTheatre Exclusive The full cast for Twisted Broadway Melbourne 2013 has been confirmed! This year's gender-bended, musical theatre fundraising extravaganza is shaping up to be bigger a…
A fantastic initiative at the Metro Arts called Friday Nights was had on July 5 as artists and residents opened the doors to welcome beverage toting guests in for a gander at the churning wh…
We've got two double passes to giveaway to Black Swan State Theatre Company's latest production, Other Desert Cities, on Saturday 20 July in Perth. Written by Jon Robin Baitz (the writ…
In August, highly acclaimed choreographer Martin del Amo (Sydney Festival, Spring Dance) will take over Riverside Parramatta with his trademark grace and charm. The Little Black Dress Suite …
Anyone who has considered a career in the theatre, in some way, at some time, will most likely have considered picking up and moving to New York. One of the great theatre capitals of the wor…
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 …
Reed Martin is the Managing Partner of The Reduced Shakespeare Company " a company which uses long, serious subjects to create short, sharp evenings of comedy. Hailed as "pithier than Python…
