Puppet Up!: Uncensored is a must see show this festival. Straight from the most well known puppet workshop, this band of merry puppeteers and improvisers bring puppets to life in ways you’d never have dreamed of. With audience-fed improvisation you never know what you’re going to get but the men… MICF: Puppet Up!, Uncensored is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
As I sat down to write about Adrienne, Stella and Zoe, a fellow-writer posted this on Facebook: “A guy at work just said to me, ‘Not to be sexist but I don’t like female comedians. They’re not funny and all tell jokes about their periods. He said it outloud, to… MICF: Adrienne, Stella and Zoe is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
After sold out seasons in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, and the recently announced Melbourne return season, John Frost confirmed today that Grease will be heading to Hobart for a 5 show only season this September. “The last time I brought a show to Hobart was in 1999 with Grease –… Grease headed to Hobart is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
Porcelain Punch’s The Travelling Medicine Show aims to recreate the times when cure-alls were spruiked from wagons with acts of physical prowess serving as testimonials to the value of the punch. The show is hosted by Professor Lenard Grad (Luke O’Connor) and multi-instrumentalist Miss Ellie Mae Rose (Madeline Hudson) who introduce a… MICF: The Travelling Medicine Show is a post from: AussieTheatre.com...
James Acaster is from the UK and was a nominee for the 2012 and 2103 Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award. His show’s called Lawnmower and he’d love the Chilean miners from the Chilean miners news story to come along to his show, but anyone will do. What MICF shows are you… Comedy Chat: James Acaster is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
Last week Opera Australia invited media inside the rehearsal room of The King and I for a sneak peek. AussieTheatre was able to capture these images of Lisa McCune and the cast at work as they rehearsed with the children’s ensemble. Currently in their final week of rehearsal at The Opera Centre… Inside the rehearsal room – The King and I is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
AussieTheatre are thrilled to be giving away four DOUBLE PASSES to see the new Australian musical Truth, Beauty and a Picture of You at Sydney’s exciting new theatre venue, the Hayes Theatre Co on Saturday 10 May. Starring an extraordinary cast of Sydney’s finest musical theatre talent including Ian Stenlake (Sea Patrol, Guys and… Win a double pass to see Truth, Beauty and a Picture of You is...
The Long Way Home, a new play by Daniel Keene, will end its three month national tour in Perth. The production will play a limited two nights season at His Majesty’s Theatre on Friday April 11th and Saturday April 12th - just in time for the lead up to Anzac Day. Featuring actual… The Long Way Home has Perth Premiere is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
One reason I was so disappointed by Classic Stage Company's muddled, soporific staging of Brecht's Caucasian Chalk Circle last year was that two of the most formative theatergoing experiences of my life have been adaptations of that difficult, sprawling political fable: Cornerstone's Central Avenue Chalk Circle in 1995, in which playwright Lynn Manning reset the action in a near-future...
Bernadette Peters wants to talk about Peter Allen. It’s an easy, instant connection to make with her Australian audience – she loved him, and so did, collectively, all of us – and she sang “If You Were Wondering” late into her set at the Theatre Royal, imbuing the number with… Review: Bernadette Peters: Theatre Royal, Sydney is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
This month’s artist is an accomplished actress of TV, film and stage who never seems to stop, and effortlessly traverses all the mediums available to performers – and artists in general as you will learn. Pair this vast talent with a dedicated work ethic and a gracious warm personality, and… How We Do What We Do: Katrina Retallick with Marika Aubrey is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
I don’t believe we’ve met. I’m Viscount Reginald Bassingthwaite, a professional art dealer. A Dinner to Die For is an immersive murder mystery with a three-course meal at The Retreat Hotel in Abbotsford. One may dine quietly like a crashing bore or follow my recommendation and dress-up, participate in the… MICF: A Dinner to Die For is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
I feared that this would attract a small audience, perhaps being a bit too ‘hip’ for the mostly seniors audience. How wrong I was! The stalls and dress circle were full to the brim with people with fond memories of the 1960’s. A lot were probably teenagers when Motown music… Morning Melodies at His Majesty’s Theatre: Stratosfunk is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
This is an extraordinary and extremely important piece of theatre. Movingly and chillingly portrayed by four seasoned professional actors and twelve returned service personnel, this remarkable piece makes disturbingly clear the futility, horror and absolute stupidity of war – the absolute nadir of human activity. And the theatre is the… Daniel Keene’s The Long Way Home is a post from: AussieTheatre.com...
For some years I’ve enjoyed Shappi Khorsandi’s short spots on tv shows such as Just For Laughs and the MICF Comedy Gala, but I’ve never seen her live. Much of her appeal is her bouncy delivery coupled with outsider’s eye observations. The latter is a result of her family’s relocation… MICF: Shappi Khorsandi is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
With so many venues in an easy dash of each other in the city, it’s too easy to see more than one show a night. In fact, with an info board, an info booth, info staff and performers with flyers and offers of cheap tickets, it’s criminal to not choose… MICF: Rod, Hannah, Kate, and Andrew is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
With a prick tease of a title like, Cock, I’m sure ticket sales will be up for La Boite’s current production. If you are one of the lucky ones to get your bum on a seat, you will be satisfied with what this play delivers. Written by British playwright Mike… La Boite: Cock is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
Queensland’s Super Star Fund shine’s bright with internationally celebrated guest director Michael Attenborough CBE in QTC’s production of Macbeth. The fund is a Newman Government initiative, aiming to increase Queensland’s Arts and Cultural profile by importing international stars to nurture local talent. Under the assured direction of Michael Attenborough (formally… QTC Does ‘The Scottish...
AussieTheatre has a double pass to give away to The King and I in Brisbane on Tuesday 15 April. Enter our competition to be one of the first in Australia to see Lisa McCune, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Marty Rhone and Shu-Cheen Yu in this Tony Award winning musical. The King and… Win a double pass to see The King and I, Brisbane is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...
I’m no 6 year old but you would’ve had to be blind not to notice how much fun the kids were having at Three Silly Stories presented by Angus and Jessikah of The Flying Bookwork Theatre Company. Early on Saturday afternoon we heard the stories Mulga Bill, The Cap Seller… MICF: Three Silly Stories is a post from: AussieTheatre.com ...