Thursday, March 31, 2016
Frenetic, hilarious and over the are just a few words one can use to describe the men of Aunty Donna. Broden Kelly, Mark Samual Bonanno and Zachary Ruane posses amazing amounts of energy, gr…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:21PMMonday, March 28, 2016
Dolly Diamond is getting better and better with each new show. Resplendent in sequins, high heels and giant hair, in Alive, Intimate & Up Late she sings beautifully and works the audienc…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:12PMGrant Busé is a performer who definitely knows how to put on a very sexy show. Armed with his trusty guitar, Busé charms the audience with a mixture of original songs and pop music medleys…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:26PMMusic theatre star Queenie Van De Zandt’s hilarious creation Jan van de Stool, international music therapist, is like a cross between Joyce Grenfell’s exasperated kindergarten teacher an…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:55PMHow does one even begin to explain how wonderfully funny Lauren Bok is, especially in this show that possesses a hilariously long title! Covering a range of topics including slut brunches, o…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:55PMSunday, March 27, 2016
Tegan Higginbotham’s The City of Love is a joyful giggle-fest from start to finish. When she was young, Higginbotham had three dreams: to become an action movie star, to do magic and to fa…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:10AMSaturday, March 26, 2016
Hunter Smith went without sex for six months last year. This was his Winter of Discontent. His choice to go without sex was altruistic; he was helping a lesbian couple get pregnant. B…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:30PM Pass me a bottle of chardonnay, I’m still recovering from the front row of Bridget Everett’s Pound It. I’d been urged to see this show by friends who knew Bridget from her alt-c…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:02PMWith the 30th annual comedy festival now in full swing, we caught up with our regular MICF correspondant, Danny McGinlay, to get his picks of the 2016 Melbourne International Comedy Festival…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:56PMFriday, March 25, 2016
At 82, Lynn Ruth Miller is the oldest stand-up comedian in the world. And, as the name of her show tells us, This Is Your Future. I didn’t really know what I was in for with this show. The…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:00PMGillian Cosgriff packs her bags for outer space and now she’s waiting for the right kind of pilot to come… I’ve been Whelmed by Gillian Cosgriff and heard her “8 Songs in 8 Weeks” …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:11PMThursday, March 24, 2016
Claire Healy is a bit of an over-sharer. Luckily, she’s charming and funny so the over-sharing isn’t really a problem. With her arresting big eyes, mischievous expressive face and blunt-…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:48AMTuesday, March 22, 2016
AussieTheatre has two double passes to giveaway to The Original Grease at the Seymour Centre on Wednesday April 6. Raw, raunchy and risqué, The Original Grease is the classic musical a…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:18AMAussieTheatre has three double passes double passes to giveaway to CrossXRoads at Chapel off Chapel on Friday, 15th of April. Sometimes starting again can change everything… Spanning ov…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:10AMSunday, March 20, 2016
CATS the musical opened at the Adelaide Festival Centre over the weekend to standing ovations and full houses. Adelaide-based photographer Oliver Toth attended the official media call at …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:30PMMonday, March 14, 2016
We are still in shock over the sudden death of Aussie legend Jon English. Born in 1949, he passed away on March 9 2016, just two weeks shy of his 67th birthday. This beautiful piece, penned…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:14AMSaturday, March 12, 2016
The Prince is a one-act play superbly written and directed by Rachel Hogan, with its two actors – Peter Fock as Machiavelli and Nicola Tydale-Biscoe as Marietta – giving transformative…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:00AMSaturday, March 5, 2016
The new Australian production of Fiddler on the Roof has gotten off to a strong start, and as it prepares to move from Melbourne to Sydney, one of its cast members has given us a lovely trea…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:28PMSaturday, February 20, 2016
Wednesday night saw the official opening of Beats on Pointe at the Gasworks theatre in Albert Park, Melbourne. Curious to see how a fusion of street dance and Ballet would go, I went al…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:35PMTuesday, February 9, 2016
AussieTheatre has three double passes to giveaway to The Punter’s Siren at the Blood Moon Theatre on Thursday 18 February. Blancmange Productions will present the dazzlingly fast-paced …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:17AMSunday, February 7, 2016
La Mama, as part of their programming for this year’s Midsumma, are presenting two dress up shows. They’re not billed as such, and I suspect this was mere kismet, but it does strike me t…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:33PMWednesday, February 3, 2016
There’s a saying that I learned – you might have heard it said, one has to kiss a lot of frogs to catch a prince. Sadly, in terms of new independent Australian musicals, Butch Master…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:47AMThursday, January 28, 2016
Wouldn’t it be funny if Liza Minnelli was in, say, The Sound of Music? Sounds like the basis of a good sketch on a comedy show, but surely not the sort of thing that would sustain an entir…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:27PMSaturday, January 16, 2016
The Australian cast and crew of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical CATS celebrate 100 performances in the current Australian tour tonight as they take to the stage at Melbourne’s Reg…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:21AMMonday, January 4, 2016
AussieTheatre has three double passes to giveaway to The Fantasticks at the Hayes Theatre Co on Monday January 11 at 7:30pm. What is the world’s longest-running musical theatre producti…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:19PMTuesday, December 22, 2015
Sad news for the Australian arts community today with the passing of one of our most versatile and acclaimed actors, Carol Burns, after a battle with cancer. Burns’ partner of 36 years…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:15AMFriday, December 18, 2015
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking musical CATS is all set to pounce on Melbourne this weekend, commencing shows at the Regent Theatre tonight with an official gala opening schedule…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:08AMSunday, December 13, 2015
The cast of Tim Lawson’s new production of Fiddler on the Roof are currently rehearsing in Melbourne ahead of an official opening night on January 5, 2016. Last week they opened up th…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:25PMWednesday, December 9, 2015
Welcome to the first of many coffee dates with Matilda Moran and Joel Granger! Both graduates from WAAPA’s Musical Theatre course in 2015, Matilda and Joel will spend the next 12 mon…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:00PMSaturday, December 5, 2015
Ever wondered what it’s like to be a fly on the wall in the rehearsal room for a major musical in Australia? Or better still, inside the mind of an actor in a rehearsal room for a major mu…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:06PMTuesday, December 1, 2015
Ever wondered what it’s like to be a fly on the wall in the rehearsal room for a major musical in Australia? Or better still, inside the mind of an actor in a rehearsal room for a majo…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:03PM 
