Sunday, November 6, 2016
In our second Pride interview with the cast of Kinky Boots, Daniel Downing talks to us about how the amateur theatre community helped him to discover his personality and sexuality, why he co…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:05PMWednesday, November 2, 2016
Over the last two weeks, the lips of theatre fans Australia-wide have been talking only of one show: Life Like Company’s production of Adam Guettel’s classical masterpiece, The Light in …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:51PMMonday, October 17, 2016
Sitting in the audience of StageArt’s Hair in 2013, I immediately knew that the company would grow to be one of my all-time favourite production groups. From the atmosphere on stage at…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:30PMWednesday, October 12, 2016
Over the coming weeks, AussieTheatre will be working with the cast of Kinky Boots to bring our readers a series of features that will celebrate living as a rainbow person in the Australian t…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:30PMFriday, September 30, 2016
It was announced this week that Vic Theatre Company will produce concurrent seasons of The Last Five Years and The Gathering beginning 25 November, 2016. A huge undertaking by the company, t…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:03AMFriday, September 23, 2016
Previews for Dream Lover: The Bobby Darin Musical have commenced this week and Caroline O’Connor took some time out of her busy schedule to introduce the new musical to AussieTheatre…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:30AMSunday, September 4, 2016
In Alana Valentine’s play, Letters to Lindy, the relationship between the Australian public and Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, one of the nations’s most iconic female figures, is e…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:23AMThursday, September 1, 2016
Devotees of truth, beauty, freedom and love, rejoice! It was announced this evening by Global Creatures that Baz Luhrmann’s classic film, Moulin Rouge!, is currently being adapted for …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:28PMTuesday, August 23, 2016
New York-based dance theatre group, Pilobolus, are currently touring their internationally loved production of Shadowland through metropolitan Australia. Mark Fucik, director of the company …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:27PMSunday, August 14, 2016
StageArt’s much anticipated production of The Color Purple is one step closer to the stage today, with casting for the musical announced this morning. Featuring an entirely Australian …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:16PMSaturday, August 6, 2016
Opening recently in Sydney, Eddie Perfect’s The Beast has been directed by Simon Phillips, and will soon head to Melbourne and Brisbane. While the production was still in the rehearsal roo…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:59PMThursday, July 28, 2016
In Claire McIntyre’s award-winning play Low Level Panic, currently showing at the Old Fitz, Amy Ingram performs one of three leading female roles in a cast that emphasises women’s v…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:40AMTuesday, July 19, 2016
Paul Capsis, national treasure and performer extraordinaire, is currently treading the boards of Sydney’s Seymour Centre as Quentin Crisp, a writer and queer personality of the 20th ce…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:46PMThursday, July 14, 2016
When I conjure an image of Wicked in my mind, I see the hands of two very different women joined in solidarity and friendship during the song ‘For Good’. A fun night of entertainment for…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:45PMSunday, July 10, 2016
In a political climate where the two most creative industries of our country are being slashed and defunded, a new musical in Melbourne has united the worlds of the arts and sciences to brin…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:04AMMonday, June 27, 2016
The 2016 annual Melbourne Cabaret Festival has enjoyed a successful run this year under the artistic direction of Mike McLeish. We spoke to McLeish a week before the festival opened, chatt…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:55PMSunday, June 19, 2016
The cast for The Production Company’s new staging of the Broadway whodunnit, Curtains was announced earlier today, with Colin Lane, John Wood and Nicki Wendt joining Simon Gleeson, Alex…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:27PMThursday, June 9, 2016
Following the success of their recent production of tick, tick…BOOM!, Pursued by Bear will present the professional Australian premiere of recent Broadway musical, First Date, in Melbourne…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:01PMTuesday, June 7, 2016
Mere months after their critically acclaimed production of Violet closed following engagements in Sydney and Melbourne, Blue Saint Productions have launched their production of Songs for a N…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:55PMMonday, June 6, 2016
Maryann Wright, a theatre publicist well known to us at AussieTheatre, is currently a contestant on Channel 9’s The Voice. Performing from two musical theatre favourites so far, she is rep…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:18AMThursday, May 26, 2016
“There is a connection between the progress of a society and progress in the arts. The age of Pericles was also the age of Phidias. The age of Lorenzo de Medici was also the age of Leo…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:00PMSaturday, May 14, 2016
With the first amateur Australian production of Wicked opening at the same time as our professional principal alumni are rehearsing for their Sydney Symphony Orchestra performance, Maddi Ost…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:59AMWednesday, May 11, 2016
Lauren McKenna’s theatre story begins as many of them do – at a young age she auditioned for an amateur musical, was cast in a leading role, and only had eyes for the stage from then on.…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:25AMFriday, May 6, 2016
Announced recently, The Butterfly Club are seeking Expressions of Interest from producers and artists who wish to be a part of their upcoming curated spring season. Successful applicants wil…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:37PMThursday, April 21, 2016
Lucia di Lammermoor, Victorian Opera’s third main production of 2016, has been playing for the last week at Her Majesty’s Theatre. Closing tonight, the production boasts a star soprano …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:59AMSunday, April 17, 2016
Proving that a life lived in fear is a life half lived, it was reported last week that following a U.K. production of Strictly Ballroom the Musical in 2016, another production of the show…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:30PMWednesday, April 13, 2016
Next up for our MICF Q and A feature is Joel Dommett, a comedian from the U.K. Currently appearing solo in Conquer, 2016 marks Joel’s second appearance in the MICF, where he promises t…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:00AMMonday, April 11, 2016
Mae Martin, a London-based Canadian comedian, makes her Melbourne Comedy Festival debut in 2016. In her show titled Us, she will invite audiences to peer through the lens of her own fluid ex…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:00PMSunday, April 10, 2016
Following his debut in the MICF last year with his acclaimed show, Millennial, Alex Edelman will offer audiences Everything Handed To You this year. He answers our brief Q and A below, revea…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:56PMCian Kinsella of Irish comedy act Lords of Strut answered our questionnaire and compared his show to Riverdance. Continue reading for the full comparison… SHOW DETAILS: Artist name: LO…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:00AMSaturday, April 9, 2016
Are you looking for a MICF show that caters to the children in your family? Look no further than Comedy Club for Kids! Dylan Cole of Wizard Sandwiches fills us in on the show by answering ou…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:58AM 
