Guys and Dolls, Brisbane Harvest Rain’s first fully professional production, was aptly big budget, brightly costumed and included some big names in the cast. Charming and vocally talented baritone Ian Stenlake (Sky Masterson) has charisma galore but only a few moments in the script allow it to be fully utilised.… Guys and Dolls: Harvest Rain Theatre is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
PuppetUp! and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival finish on Sunday. PuppetUp! is part tribute to the genius of Jim Henson (Sesame Street, The Muppets), part look at how his puppetry works, and part uncensored, audience-driven, adult only improv show. Stress the adult only. It’s gloriously filthy and the night I… Comedy Chat: Ted Michaels is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
One night, one venue, one room. So much easier than trying to Tetris in shows all over town. And every show being shriekingly brilliant didn’t hurt; I don’t apologise for my over use of “genius”. The Tuxedo Cat in the city has established itself as the venue that welcomes artists… MICF: Luis & Luelin, Dave, and Dr Prof Neal is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
A new exhibition celebrates the sequinned splendour of the hit stage and screen musical Strictly Ballroom, just in time for the opening of the new musical. It has been thirty years since Strictly Ballroom set the world dancing and to celebrate its incredible journey, the Powerhouse Museum is presenting The… Can’t get enough of Strictly Ballroom? Check out the exhibition! is a post from: AussieTheatre.com...
Margi De Ferranti, Geraldine Turner, Katrina Retallick, Meredith O’Reilly and Caitlin Berry – all fierce and fabulous performers in their own right – will join together this winter for the Sydney Premiere of Ruthless! The Musical. Producer Alistair Thomson and director Lisa Freshwater have a new independent theatre company, The… New Theatre Company and New Show for Sydney is a post...
Windmill Theatre makes a welcome return to Sydney, following the success of multi award-winning School Dance, with a rollicking revision of the classic tale of a wooden boy with a nose for trouble. Pinocchio, a show for all the family, plays at the Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House from 11 April – 4… Pinocchio comes to STC – check out the trailer! is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
Each year Australian Theatre for Young People brings together 20 of the country’s most exciting young writers to participate in the National Studio. From these 10 are presented under the title Bite Me, following a food connection. Director Anthony Skuse took what the players gave him – a Mozart song,… Review: Bite Me, atyp is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
Eerily it’s April, only the year is 1984. Comrade 6079, Winston Smith, thinks a thought, keeps a diary, and has a love tryst in the woods. But Big Brother is always watching. Always watching. Based on the classic novel, Orwell’s ideas have become deeply embedded in our consciousness; his fiction… Review: 1984 – Riverside Theatre, Parramatta is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
Australian music theatre icon and legendary leading lady Geraldine Turner will return to Sydney stages to star in the Theatre Divisions premiere production of Ruthless! the musical. Turner will play the role of Lita Encore alongside a cast to include Helpmann Award nominee and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels star Katrina Retallick.… Geraldine Turner returns to Sydney stages with Ruthless! the Musical is a...
While it may indeed be a long way to the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, the distance between Sydney audiences and the best in Aussie cabaret just got a whole lot smaller. The Hayes Theatre Company this week have announced their 2014 Cabaret season and Aussie Theatre’s David Allen is on hand… Hayes Theatre: Cabaret Season 2014 is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
Live Performance Australia (LPA) has announced that theatre producer John Frost has been named the recipient of the JC Williamson Award for 2014 – one of the highest honors in the Australian Live Performance business. The JC WILLIAMSON AWARD is the foremost honour that the Australian live entertainment industry can… John Frost OAM is 2014 recipient of the JC Williamson Award is a post from: AussieTheatre.com...
World-renowned acting coach, Larry Moss returns to Australia to deliver a series of masterclasses designed to inspire actors to achieve their true potential. Bethany Simons reports from inside the Melbourne masterclass. It’s day one of the Larry Moss Masterclass and the foyer of Melbourne’s Chapel off Chapel is a hive… Larry Moss: Class with the Master is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
Sydney Independent Theatre Company (SITCO) presents for one week only the Pulitzer Prize nominated play Thom Pain (based on nothing), by Will Eno. The play will run at the Old Fitzroy Theatre from 5 – 10 May, starring David Jeffrey and directed by Julie Baz. Thom Pain is just like… Thom Pain heading to Sydney for one week only is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
Ahead of its run at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, a new story about an everyday hero premieres at Cape Town's Kalk Bay Theatre. Read more... Send to a friend ...
Tim Key write shows about being a slut. I was a Tim Key virgin; shame on me! He started performing in about 2003, won the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2009, was a MICF Barry nominee in 2103 and has been Alan Partridge’s Sidekick Simon since 2010. Single White Slut opens with… MICF: Tim Key is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
Australian music theatre star, and book writer behind such smash hits as Der Gelbe Stern, Love Bites and The Hatpin, James Millar will be joining the cast of the US arena tour of the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar commencing in June 2014. Though James Millar made the move the… James Millar to join the US arena tour of Jesus Christ Superstar is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
Miles Allen’s solo comedy act, based on the critically acclaimed tv series Breaking Bad, was destined to garner a lot of interest at this year’s MICF after a YouTube clip of the LA-based actor/voiceover artist doing impressions of Breaking Bad characters went viral. Capitalising on the show’s success with his unique brand of humour… MICF: One Man Breaking Bad is a post from: AussieTheatre.com...
OCPAC’s highly successful 2013 production of Seussical The Musical returns to the stage this April for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. First time director, Josh Ellwood, tells Bethany Simons what it’s been like juggling his own performance schedule with demands from the cat in the stripy hat. A music theatre… MICF: Seussical The Musical – Pulling A Hit Out Of The Hat is a post from:...
Scott Gooding has been involved with more festivals than most of us have gone to. He hasn’t performed, much, for a while but is bringing the very successful Eric back to the Comedy Festival. First seen and loved in 2008–09, Eric is a one person sketch show performed by Scott,… Comedy Chat: Scott Gooding is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
After award winning Australian seasons and a trip to New York, Dean Bryant and Matthew Frank’s original musical has made it into London. Replete with a spectacular cast of Aussie talent, the musical will run at the Kings Head Theatre in London until April 26. Once We Lived Here debuted… Once We Lived Here in London is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...