A favorite scene from Foreign Correspondent , referenced in David Rudkin's new play The Lovesong of Alfred J. Hitchcock. " Alfred Hitchcock was a very close friend of mine from early boyhood. I mean that metaphorically.” -Playwight David Rudkin, in a recent interview about his new Hitchcock bio-play Some time in the early 1980s, my dad flagged a listing in our local paper for a Chaplin feature,...
The Rocky Horror Show began previews in Melbourne last night ahead of an official opening at the Comedy Theatre this Saturday. Belinda Strodder from Arts Photography captured the quirky and crazy atmosphere over at the Frankenstein place to share with our AussieTheatre readers at a media call earlier this week. Starring… Rocky Horror – photo feature is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
Opera Australia and John Frost’s production of The King and I opened in Brisbane last weekend, marking the professional music theatre debut of many up-and-coming performers. AussieTheatre is thrilled to be featuring a new interview series entitled Getting To Know You to introduce these new artists to their music theatre audience! We continue our series… Getting to know you: Anna Magrath is a...
Spanning a career of four decades, the tumultuous life of the enigmatic Christine McVie is coming to Glen Street Theatre told in 80 music-packed minutes. Go Your Own Way, the acclaimed cabaret by Catherine Alcorn (The Divine Miss Bette), brings to life the most memorable songs from Christine McVie’s songbook, including Little Lies,… Glen Street presents the story of Christine McVie is a post...
John Frost’s Tony Award winning production of The King and I premiered in Adelaide, Australia in 1991 starring Hayley Mills. Twenty three years later, with successful transfers to Broadway and the West End thrown in, the original creative and design team were reunited to re-create the magic of this Rodgers and… The King and I – highly polished, lavish and opulent is a post from: AussieTheatre.com...
It’s back! CJ Johnson’s satirical look at the ruthless world of Australia’s empire builders was a hit for Darlinghurst back in 2005/06, and now a new version created for the company’s new theatre is set to make us laugh all over again. Michael Pigott will direct The Young Tycoons this May,… Darlinghurst Theatre Co gets comic with The Young Tycoons is a post from: AussieTheatre.com...
Neil Gooding directs and produces a brand new Australian musical for Hayes Theatre Co, featuring music and lyrics by Tim Freedman (The Whitlams) and a book by Freedman and Alex Broun. The Hayes Theatre Comany has shaken up the Australian musical theatre scene. On its intimate stage it has dazzled… A new Australian musical for Hayes Theatre Co is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
At the Seymour Centre during National Reconciliation Week 2014, awareness will be raised of both historical and contemporary experiences of the first Australians. Part of the varied and vivid line-up is the performance of a brand new work, Djuki Mala, created by the group of the same name (Djuki Mala, or,… The Chooky Dancers head to Seymour Centre for Reconciliation Week, launch tour is a post from:...
A couple return home to their apartment from a holiday and realise that something isn’t right. It’s smelly, the electricity has been cut off, there’s a strange pot plant in the kitchen and there’s an unopened parcel on the coffee table. Have they walked into their own apartment? And if… Review: Perplex, Sydney Theatre Company is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
The critically acclaimed modern masterpiece Neighbourhood Watch will continue to delight audiences at Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC) until Saturday 26 April. Aussie Theatre’s Bethany Simons chatted with playwright Lally Katz about writing, relationships and why everybody needs good neighbours. Since seeing Lally Katz’s unforgettable play Neighbourhood Watch at MTC I’ve… Love Thy Neighbour: Neighbourhood...
In June, Bangarra Dance Theatre will take the stage at Sydney Opera House for the world premiere of Patyegarang, as it celebrates 25 years of surviving and thriving. Choreographed by Bangarra Artistic Director Stephen Page, Patyegarang is about a young Eora woman who shared her culture and language with one of the first settlers,… Bangarra invites community to help celebrate 25 years is a post from:...
Opera Australia and John Frost’s production of The King and I opened in Brisbane over the weekend, marking the professional music theatre debut of many up-and-coming performers. AussieTheatre is thrilled to be featuring a new interview series entitled Getting To Know You (see what we did there?) to introduce these new… Getting To Know You: Jenny Liu is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
Standing out like a jewel amidst the usual fare of Verdi, Bizet and Donizetti at Opera Australia’s Autumn Melbourne season is Tchaikovsky’s rarely performed Eugene Onegin. Directed by Danish opera director Kasper Holten, Artistic Director of Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and first performed at Covent Garden in 2013, this… Opera Australia: Eugene Onegin is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
2013 Balnaves Foundation Indigenous Playwright’s Award winner Jada Alberts is bringing her new play Brothers Wreck to Belvoir in May, and celebrated storyteller Leah Purcell will direct. It begins with a death. On a hot morning under a house in Darwin, Ruben wakes to find his cousin Joe hanging from the rafters. The… Brothers Wreck will be directed by Leah Purcell at Belvoir is a post from: AussieTheatre.com...
When tickets weren’t available for the show I was planning to see, I took a punt on former rapper Doc Brown in Of Mic and Men on the strength of his 2014 MICF gala spot. For a show promising a “tongue-in-cheek take on hip-hop culture”, it shied away from what I saw… MICF: Of Mic and Men is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival finishes tomorrow! Which means it’s your last chance to see all the shows you’ve been meaning to see all festival – and discover the shows that started this week. Eric’s back! Last seen in 2009, Eric’s a one-person sketch show. He’s not a character but… MICF: Eric, Sammy J & Randy, and Ben is a post from: AussieTheatre.com...
Directed by Iain Sinclair (Our Town, Blood Wedding) Mojo is a tightly-wound thriller which examines the dark underside of the halcyon days of rock ‘n’ roll with grim humour. From 17th May, Sydney Theatre Company is set to present Jez Butterworth’s (Jerusalem) savagely comic play. Mojo ricochets full throttle through the seedy, amphetamine-addled London… STC to bring Mojo back to stages...
Opera Australia and John Frost’s The King and I opens at QPAC’s Lyric Theatre, Brisbane tomorrow night starring Teddy Tahu Rhodes and Lisa McCune. The production, directed by Christopher Renshaw with lavish costume and set designs by Roger Kirk and Brian Thompson respectively, is a lavish and opulent revival of… The King and I – Photo Feature is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
I happened to catch Michael C. Hall in two early-ish stage roles: as the young kid in the Taper's exquisite production of Skylight (with Laila Robins and Brian Cox) and as the emcee in Cabaret , opposite fellow replacement Susan Egan (a great Sally in the Julie Harris mold). His sinuous performance in that last role helped land him the first of his two iconic cable series, and he's seldom...
Rhys Nicholson’s latest comedy show Eurgh is appropriately named. If you’re not sure what eurgh means, Google is your friend. Since quitting his lowly-paid office job to embark on a lowly-paid career in comedy, the 22-year-old comedy freshman has managed to slew audiences, in Australia and the UK, with his… MICF: Rhys Nicholson is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...