Dave Brown News

Announced today from the Television Critics Association summer press tour, Syfy has set a Wednesday, November 30 premiere date for its original series INCORPORATED.

A MIXTURE of song, dance, comedy, variety acts and audience participation is taking over Limelight Theatre this June. Directed by Shelley McGinn, The Glorious Old Time Music Hall is a celebration of British musical theatre - similar to American vaudeville, it started in the 1850s and was popular for the next 100 years.

The child audience was riveted by this performance, and the final applause went on and on.

WHISTLER, BC, Feb. 10, 2016 /PRNewswire/ - Whistler Blackcomb Holdings Inc. (TSX: WB) (the 'Company') today reported record financial results for the first quarter ended December 31, 2015 and announced strong mid-season indicators as of February 8, 2016. The Company holds a 75% interest in and manages the entities that operate Whistler Blackcomb, the largest four-season mountain resort in North America.

Seven of Australia's most accomplished artists working across diverse art forms have been recognised with prestigious Australia Council Fellowships.

FrenetiCore Dance's THE SNOW QUEEN is currently being performed at Frenetic Theatre in Houston. The show is a family friendly dance narrative about true friendship and the journey to find true love. The show, which is being funded in part by a City's Initiative Grant from Houston Arts Alliance, opened last weekend and will run for three more performances this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, December 10, 11, and 12 at 7:30pm. The story of THE SNOW QUEEN, popularized by Disney's FROZEN, is retold through the imagination of dancer and writer Adam Castaneda. I got the opportunity to chat with him recently, and I got to hear his thoughts about the show, his career, and about the Houston dance scene.

Hot on the heels of a successful first leg, NOEL FIELDING, star of multi-award winning comedy duo The Mighty Boosh, has extended his live tour, AN EVENING WITH NOEL FIELDING. The tour will recommence in Aylesbury on 12 November, with a visit to the King's Theatre Glasgow on 15 November, wrapping up in Brighton on 13 December 2015.

On Monday, October 19, 2015, WNET, the flagship PBS station based in New York, will launch a new daily format -- airing weeknights at 5 p.m. on WLIW21, 5:30 p.m. on NJTV and 6 p.m. on THIRTEEN -- for its award-winning news and public affairs series MetroFocus. Viewers can expect to see more stories that matter about the issues, people and events from across the metropolitan region, from New York City, New Jersey and Connecticut to Long Island, Westchester and Albany.

Patch Theatre has taken one of its most successful works, The Moon's a Balloon, and has been working on an ambitious multi-layered investigation into community engagement that is built into the DNA of a performance. The investigation comes to fruition when The Moon's a Balloon Community Engagement Project is trialled in Bathurst from 20 - 24 July and later a season at the Odeon Theatre from 3 - 22 August.

INDIE NIGHT Film Festival raises the stakes for participants, and the TV/Film professional community at large with the launch of its new partnership with celebrated casting director Robi Reed.

Leading South Australian children's theatre company, Patch Theatre, continue their leadership position in producing inspirational new work for 4-8 year olds with the creation of their latest work Cranky Bear based on the best-selling children's picture book The Very Cranky Bear by Australian author and illustrator Nick Bland. The Australian premiere will be at Odeon Theatre from today, 9 August, for a strictly limited season.

Leading South Australian children's theatre company, Patch Theatre, continue their leadership position in producing inspirational new work for 4-8 year olds with the creation of their latest work Cranky Bear based on the best-selling children's picture book The Very Cranky Bear by Australian author and illustrator Nick Bland. The Australian premiere will be at Odeon Theatre from 9 August, for a strictly limited season.

Patch Theatre Company is delighted to secure National Touring Status from the Australia Council for the Arts. The funding will enable Patch to continue its extensive established national touring program for the next three years, delivering their work throughout Australia and with a special emphasis on regional and remote areas. It will also further enhance the companies connection within regional communities across Australia before, during and after they tour each region.

Leading South Australian children's theatre company, Patch Theatre, has appointed their third Associate Director for their Artistic Director Residency Program, securing another talented arts all-rounder, Thom Browning. Thom is the final of the Associate Director appointments and has the opportunity to work with renowned children's theatre producer and current Artistic Director, Dave Brown, as he heads into his final18 months at the helm of Patch Theatre.

The Shakespeare Theatre Company will present the international hit Brief Encounter as a part of its STC Presentation Series.This U.K. production comes to Washington, D.C. from Cornish theatre company Kneehigh on its acclaimed international tour. Brief Encounter has riveted audiences with its innovative blending of theatre and film mediums in England, Australia and New York and earned nominations for two Tony Awards: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play and Best Sound Design of a Play. Adapted and directed by Kneehigh Joint Artistic Director and Deputy Chief Executive Emma Rice and originally commissioned and produced by David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers and Cineworld, Brief Encounter will run from March 29-April 13 at the Lansburgh Theatre (450 7th Street NW).

Six whimsical Pamela Allen stories are weaved together in the much loved Mr McGee and the Biting Flea by Patch Theatre Company. The enduring work will hit the road in March embarking on the company's largest ever national tour as well as touring the popular work to New Zealand for the first time.

Leading South Australian children's theatre company, Patch Theatre, has appointed their second Associate Director for their Artistic Director Residency Program, securing talented arts all-rounder, Sally Blackwood. Sally is the second of three Associate Director appointments who will have the opportunity to work with renowned children's theatre producer and current Artistic Director, Dave Brown.

Leading South Australian children's theatre company, Patch Theatre, have again demonstrated why they are the kings of creativity when it comes to specialising in theatre for 3 - 8 year olds. With funding assistance through Arts SA, Patch have partnered with Sturt Street Community School to establish a creative education partnership and 12-month Artist in Residence program at the school where students get to meaningfully participate in the company's art-making adventures as co-creators in and around their performance experiences.

This is the tale of Laura Jesson, who gets a speck of coal dust in her eye whilst standing on the railway platform, and Alec Harvey, the handsome young doctor who administers first aid

A shadow takes the lead role in Me and My Shadow, a visually rich and whimsical play by the renowned Patch Theatre Company (Pigs, Bears and Billy Goats Gruff, New Vic 2008), Australia's flagship theater company for children ages four to eight. A Helpmann Award winner for Best Presentation for Children in Australia, Me and My Shadow makes its U.S. Debut at The New Victory Theater, New York's premier performing arts venue for kids and families, for a limited engagement from October 19 - 20, 2013.