Sunday, August 13, 2017
In the days leading up to Aladdin’s opening night in Melbourne, a small group of Australian arts journalists were invited to interview the legendary composer, Alan Menken. In the time avai…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 07:40PMSaturday, August 12, 2017
Neil Gooding Productions and Highway Run Productions have announced the full cast for High Fidelity, the musical based on Nick Hornby’s novel and subsequent film of the same name. The…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 08:55PMWith Priscilla Queen of the Desert auditions kicking off in Melbourne next week, we thought we would pull together a little information to help all those preparing to strut their stuff. Gen…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 03:29AMThursday, August 10, 2017
Opera Australia and John Frost announced today that Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic musical Evita will return to Australia to open at the Sydney Opera House in September 2018. E…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 08:35PMWednesday, August 9, 2017
Since its initial release in 1939, The Wizard of Oz has left it’s mark on society. There’s just something about the story of Dorothy Gale and her journey that audiences just adore, and i…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 06:05PMMonday, August 7, 2017
Serena Hill has been Head of Casting at Sydney Theatre Company since 2003, and after an incredible career Down Under, she is heading home to England with her family. For now. I was fortunate…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 06:22AMWednesday, August 2, 2017
Assassins is the first musical by Stephen Sondheim to be presented at Hayes Theatre Co in its nearly 4 years of operation Today, the full cast has been confirmed for the production at Sydney…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 06:40AMTuesday, August 1, 2017
With a cast of over 50, Packemin Productions’ Miss Saigon is currently playing at Riverside Theatres in Parramatta. We caught up with stars Vivien Emsworth (Kim) and Marcus Rivera (T…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 04:21AMSunday, July 30, 2017
Producers John Frost and Suzanne Jones announced Yesterday that Samantha Leigh Dodemaide would take coveted lead role of Dorothy in the upcoming Australian tour of The Wizard of Oz. Beating…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 08:15PMSaturday, July 29, 2017
The Helpmann Awards are not just about handing out trophies. They are also about gowns, lights and the red carpet. Our intrepid roving reporter, Darcy Oliver, braved the red carpet to catch …
Linked From AussieTheatre at 12:03AMWednesday, July 26, 2017
Queenie van de Zandt needs no introduction. A powerhouse of the Australian industry she has recently been touring the country with her new show Blue – The Songs of Joni Mitchell. We sat …
Linked From AussieTheatre at 10:49PMA glitzy, kitschy musical version of the 1992 box-office smash hit The Bodyguard opened to high-spirited Brisbane theatre goers over the weekend and proved, much to the surprise of some punt…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 07:33PMMonday, July 24, 2017
The Helpmann Awards are not just pomp and ceremony. They also include performances from a number of nominated and upcoming productions from around Australia. The years awards included perfor…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 09:12PMThe 17th Annual Helpmann Awards, presented by Live Performance Australia, were held this evening at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre, celebrating Australia’s vibrant live performance ind…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 10:30AMSunday, July 23, 2017
The Production Company’s Jesus Christ Superstar opens this Saturday at the State Theatre in Melbourne. Roving reporter Darcy Oliver caught up with Rob Mills, who plays Jesus in the pr…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 11:38PMWednesday, July 19, 2017
Over 10 nights and 90 performances, Bondi Feast offers a promising line-up of artists to shake off Sydney’s winter blues – and in 2017, it’s bigger and better than ever with 158 artist…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 09:34PMSunday, July 16, 2017
Rehearsals for Melba A New Australian Musical developed through New Musicals Australia, commence Monday 17th of July Starring Emma Matthews, Melba will play Hayes Theatre Co from August 11 …
Linked From AussieTheatre at 10:14PMA small public school in the inner north of Melbourne, Fitzroy High School is known for it’s eclectic and diverse student body, as well as providing this body with a range of different art…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 08:09PMWritten and performed by Matthew Dear (graduate from the 2016 Griffith Conservatorium of Music’s Musical Theatre programme), Matt-aphorically Speaking is part-cabaret, part-lecture, about …
Linked From AussieTheatre at 07:45PMWednesday, July 12, 2017
Swallow portrays the hard lives of three women as they find a way to survive in a modern world. It’s a story of alienation, isolation, and loneliness. The theme of the play questions ident…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 09:58PMQuestion: Who had the most popular album in the UK last Christmas? Adele? Ed Sheeran? Lorde? Nope!! It was Michael Ball and Alfie Boe with their album of musical theatre and classic standard…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 06:20PMTuesday, July 11, 2017
The cast of the original production of Australian musical Ned will reunite for a one-night-only concert at the National Theatre in St Kilda (Melbourne) on July 17, 2017. Ned, which enjoyed…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 09:15PMPaulini, currently starring as Rachel Marron in The Bodyguard the Musial, will sing the national anthem at tonight’s Rugby League State of Origin decider, at Queensland’s Sunco…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 07:29PMMuch of my favourite theatre over the past year or so has been independent theatre at the Powerhouse (shout-out to Blue Bones and True West). Margi Brown-Ash’s double-bill, He Dreamed a Tr…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 06:35PMMonday, July 10, 2017
With the current debate about of the lack of Australian works being produced in the Music Theatre industry, there has never been a more exciting time for a great new Australian work to be bl…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 08:41PMSunday, July 9, 2017
Direct from his sold out world premier season at the Perth FringeWorld festival, Maverick Newman is bringing Finding Felix: A Memoir to The Butterfly Club in Melbourne for one week only. Fi…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 10:54PMFriday, July 7, 2017
With an unsettling clarity on the peculiarities of human behavior (once removed), Wireless proposes that privacy is an invention without a future. Created by Lisa Wilson (Co-Director/ Choreo…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 07:35PMDana Jolly is a renowned Australian performer, choreographer and in-demand freelance teacher with a professional career that spans over forty years, both in Australia and internationally. Da…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 06:01PMElisa Colla and Pamela Rabe have joined the principal cast of My Fair Lady for the remainder of the Melbourne season. Colla, who previously appeared in Les Miserables, West Side Story and…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 01:24AMTuesday, July 4, 2017
AussieTheatre has a double pass to giveaway to Velvet at the Roslyn Packer theatre on 26 July at 7:30pm. Back by popular demand, the ARIA nominated and award-winning hit show VELVET, is re…
Linked From AussieTheatre at 03:25AMA musical based on the hit 1960’s television series about seven shipwrecked castaways, Gilligan’s Island, will be heading to Chapel off Chapel. Producers Humdrum Comedy and Left …
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