Oscar Theatre Company transforms the bunkerish Visy theatre at the Brisbane Powerhouse into a sassy, sexy cabaret club for a titillating gender-bending performance, Boy & Girl. The cast of twenty-five talented performers spend almost two hours paying homage, in their own warped way, to some of the greats of musical theatre,… Boy & Girl: Oscar Theatre Company is a post from: AussieTheatre.com...
As a special Easter treat, AussieTheatre are giving away a DOUBLE PASS to see The Rocky Horror Show in Melbourne on Friday 25 April! Australian theatre and television star Craig McLachlan stars as Frank n Furter in this 40th anniversary tour presented by Howard Panter and John Frost. Also appearing… Win tickets to Rocky Horror, Melbourne is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
Glen Street Theatre has announced an exciting opportunity for young people to share their voice and celebrate cultural diversity in association with the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). Voices of Warringah is an innovative theatre project nurturing the experiences and sharing the stories of young people from Warringah. Led… Glen Street and NIDA to celebrate diversity in Warringah is a post...
Squabbalogic’s acclaimed production of The Drowsy Chaperone closed at the Hayes Theatre Co recently, after enjoying a sold out season. Presented at the newly refurbished (and renamed) venue in Potts Point, The Drowsy Chaperone was a camp and loving parody of 1920s musicals starring some of Sydney’s most sought after music… Having Drowsy Chaperone withdrawals? Check out our photo feature!...
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 ...
Global Creatures and Bazmark have announced a partnership with Melanoma Institute Australia for the Global Premiere of Strictly Ballroom. Baz Luhrmann said “Having had a very personal experience with the insidious and often fatal results of melanoma, I am so very proud that Strictly Ballroom The Musical is to be… Producers of Strictly Ballroom partner with Melanoma Institute Australia is a post...
Windmill Theatre, a company of artists making theatre for children and families out of Adelaide, are one of the smartest companies in the Australian theatre scene. They are cheeky, youthful, and smart all at the same time – never sacrificing one of these arms for another – and it makes… Review: Pinocchio, Sydney Theatre Co, Windmill Theatre is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
I was 13 when I saw Men at Work at the Thebarton Theatre in Adelaide. It was one of my first big concerts at that time when vinyl was all we knew and an illegal download was sitting in front of Countdown, pressing play on your portable tape recorder and shhing… MICF: Colin Hay 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 ...
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 ...
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...