Trevor Ashley News

The Program Launch for the second half of 2015 shows that the Independent Music Theatre team comprising Luckiest Productions (David Campbell, Lisa Campbell and Richard Carroll), Neglected Musicals (Michelle Guthrie), and Neil Gooding Productions, the driving force behind Hayes Theatre Company, have no intention of slowing down are staying true to their vision to provide a permanent home for small-scale musical theatre and cabaret.

?Other F words within cooee of this year's Adelaide Cabaret Festival are fabulous, funny, frisky, fantastic and, of course, Fedora!

LES MISERABLES returns to Sydney with a reworked score, new music and reimagined staging, earning a standing ovation from the Opening Night Audience. Whilst many fans of the classic musical will be familiar with the 1985 original, they will not be disappointed with the new treatment and the wonderful Australian cast.

More performers have been announced to take part in the 10th and final LIGHT THE NIGHT. The concert, which raises much need funds for The Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation, will be hosted by international musical therapist and hilarious YouTube sensation, Jan van de Stool and will be held at the City Recital Hall Angel Place on Monday October 27.

?LES MISERABLES has been wowing audiences since it premiered in Melbourne in June this year. However the iconic production must close on December 20th before storming barricades in Perth and Sydney next year. Final tickets are on sale today.

It was announced today that LIGHT THE NIGHT will celebrate 10 years with a final benefit concert at the City Recital Hall Angel Place on Monday October 27. The annual benefit has been raising money and awareness for leukaemia research over the past decade. To date, over $400,000 has been donated to The Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation, targeting a cure for leukaemia.

2014 marks the 31st Anniversary of the extraordinary Schools Spectacular. The year's celebration will be held at the Qantas Credit Union Arena (formerly known as the Sydney Entertainment Centre) with four performances being held on Friday 28 & Saturday 29 November.

Cameron Mackintosh's acclaimed new production of Boublil & Schonberg's legendary musical, LES MISERABLES will open at Sydney's Capitol Theatre in March 2015.

After wowing audiences and due to unprecedented demand, new tickets to the acclaimed new production of Cameron Mackintosh's legendary musical LES MISERABLES have just been released and go on sale today through Ticketek.

Get together a group, bring a picnic basket and join many of the entertainment industry's finest for a sparkling night of cabaret at Cause Celeb - An Indoor Picnic and Cabaret on Sunday, 7 September at The Opera Centre, Surry Hills.

The Green Room Awards are Melbourne's performing arts awards and recognise the world-class Cabaret, Dance, Musical Theatre, Opera, Theatre and Alternative and Hybrid Performance productions that grace Melbourne's stages each year. From artistic excellence to technical innovation, a Green Room Award is the most revered accolade an artist can receive in Australia's cultural capital.

He's garnered standing ovations and unanimous rave reviews all around the country, and now the irrepressible Trevor Ashley is returning to Melbourne to channel the one and only Dame Shirley Bassey in Diamonds are for Trevor, a spectacular, over-the-top concert extravaganza at Arts Centre Melbourne's Playhouse from tonight, 28 January to 2 February 2014.

Heats of The Your Theatrics International Cabaret Contest (YTICC) wrapped this week after heats in Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Auckland. The Grand Final line-up will see 10 hopefuls from each of the 5 cities take to the stage in what promises to be the most diverse and high calibre Grand Final in the contest's 11 year history. This year's winner will take home a career-changing prize, as well as the title of YTICC cabaret sensation for 2014!

Heats of The Your Theatrics International Cabaret Contest (YTICC) wrapped this week after heats in Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Auckland. The Grand Final line-up will see 10 hopefuls from each of the 5 cities take to the stage in what promises to be the most diverse and high calibre Grand Final in the contest's 11 year history. This year's winner will take home a career-changing prize, as well as the title of YTICC cabaret sensation for 2014!

The Your Theatrics International Cabaret Contest (formerly the Australian Cabaret Showcase) has announced a huge line up of judges, hosts, contestants as well as a new Major Partner, ahead of the commencement of the 2014 event on January 6.

Courtney Act - the nom de plume of gender illusionist, Shane Jenek - brings her hit cabaret show, Boys Like Me to Sydney Theatre for one night only on Tuesday 25 February, direct from sold out seasons in NYC and LA.

The brilliant Trevor Ashley returns in triumphant style to Sydney's vibrant new entertainment venue, The Star Event Centre performing STAR STRUCK for one night only tonight, 8 November.

The Broadway at Birdland concert series just announced the debut of David Raleigh in "Retrospective", on Monday, November 11 at 7pm. After spending two months in Australia performing and recording a new album, singer/songwriter/piano player David Raleigh returns to New York City with a brand new show.