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DON'T JUDGE ME! Comes to The Butterfly Club
by BWW News Desk - November 14, 2018
Whether it's some random on the train, that annoying old Aunty everyone hates or the talentless kid who's auditioning for the 'The Voice', everybody has something going on behind closed doors. Sometimes when we're observing people for the first time or people we know well we forget this, so we make judgements and assumptions that can be harsh and unsympathetic.
Arts Centre Melbourne Presents The MISS BEHAVE GAME SHOW
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2018
Direct from Las Vegas, The Miss Behave Gameshow comes to Arts Centre Melbourne from 22 - 27 January 2019 with its chaotic brew of variety, competition and disco that has made it an international smash hit. Join Guinness World Record holder and one of the stars of Olivier Award-winning La Soiree, Miss Behave, and her glamorous assistant Tiffany, for a night of satirically subversive fun and games that have even the most conservative audience turn unruly.
Arts Centre Melbourne Presents A Little Ones Theatre Production MERCILESS GODS
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2018
Fresh from a sold out Sydney season, Arts Centre Melbourne presents Dan Giovannoni's Green Room Award winning adaptation of Christos Tsiolkas ' Merciless Gods. The two-hour production is a brutal and tender examination of queer immigrant experiences in Australia, and will take over the Fairfax Studio from 6 - 10 February 2019. This collection of eight vignettes based on Tsiolkas' work shows how humans are prey to the cruel and capricious Ancient Gods, taking audiences into worlds both strange and familiar.
Arts Centre Melbourne In Association With Briefs Factory And Auspicious Projects Presents THE LEGEND OF QUEEN KONG EPISODE II
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2018
Arts Centre Melbourne 's Fairfax Studio will be transformed into an intergalactic stratosphere from 16 - 20 January 2019 as Australian cabaret icon Sarah Ward, the artist behind Yana Alana, brings her latest stage creation The Legend of Queen Kong Episode II: Queen Kong in Outer Space to life.
Arts Centre Melbourne And Midsumma Festival Present MIDSUMMA EXTRAVAGANZA
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2018
After last year's sold out Comedy Extravaganza, we've upsized to an all-star variety show of epic proportions! Set in the grand dame that is Hamer Hall and hosted by Rhys Nicholson, the Midsumma Extravaganza will feature Zoe Coombs Marr, Trevor Ashley, Carlotta, Joel Creasey and more. 
Arts Centre Melbourne And Midsumma Festival Present GENDER EUPHORIA
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2018
On 24 January 2019, joined by a cavalcade of transgender legends, cabaret icons Mama Alto and Maude Davey  embark upon a new variety adventure - nothing less than the pursuance and promulgation of Gender Euphoria, the state of being deliriously happy with one's own and everyone else's gender identities, choices and expressions.  Goodbye gender dysphoria, hello Gender Euphoria.  
ARIA Hall Of Fame Inductee Kasey Chambers To Have Display At The Australian Music Vault
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2018
In celebration of Kasey Chambers induction into the ARIA Hall of Fame, the Australian Music Vault will have a specially dedicated display which will include items from her personal collection such as handwritten lyrics, costumes, awards and more. The Australian Music Vault is free and the display can be viewed from Saturday 1 December onwards.
URZILA CARLSON RECKONS YOU'RE A LOSER To Tour Australia
by BWW News Desk - November 12, 2018
Multi award-winning South African-New Zealander URZILA CARLSON has become a household name in Australia in the past year, and she returns from across the ditch in 2019 with a national stand up tour.
The Four Tops Arrive In Australia In 3 Weeks
by BWW News Desk - November 12, 2018
THE FOUR TOPS headline a Dinner Cabaret season at SOFITEL MELBOURNE ON COLLINS from Wednesday 5th to Saturday 8th December and SOFITEL WENTWORTH SYDNEY from Monday 17th - Thursday 20th December. The line-up includes original band member Duke Fakir plus Ronnie McNeir, Lawrence Payton Jr. and Harold "Spike" Bonhart.
Lebo M To Tour Australia In March 2019
by BWW News Desk - November 12, 2018
'The voice and spirit of The Lion King', Lebo M returns to Australia, headlining his first solo tour.  Kicking off the world tour in Sydney and taking to the stage at the Sydney Opera House and Hamer Hall Melbourne, audiences will be captivated with his touching and striking music that resonates globally.
EbbFlow Theatre Co. Announces Best In Snow Fundraiser
by BWW News Desk - November 12, 2018
In the lead up to Melbourne's newest Independent Company EbbFlow Theatre Co. announcing their very first Season, they are launching a Fundraising Event this December!
BWW Review: SCHOOL OF ROCK amps up Melbourne on opening night!
by Victoria Beal - November 10, 2018
School of Rock amps up Melbourne on opening night!
Sydney International Piano Competition Brings Andrey Gugnin and Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev to Sydney and Melbourne
by BWW News Desk - November 10, 2018
Sydney International Piano Competition is excited to welcome back its 2016 first and second prize winners, Andrey Gugnin and Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev, for an exclusive double bill concert in Sydney and Melbourne this November. This superb pairing has taken over two years to achieve, given the popularity and extensive touring schedules of these young pianists.
Chunky Move Presents NEXT MOVE 11
by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2018
Chunky Move invites audiences into two surrealist worlds with Next Move 11, featuring new works by acclaimed dancers and emerging choreographers Lauren Langlois and Joel Bray, this November 9 -17.
Benny Milligram Will Premiere His Debut Solo Production At The Butterfly Club
by BWW News Desk - November 08, 2018
The Butterfly Club has a long and proud tradition of unearthing musical comedians early in their careers. The venue has helped launch the careers of Tim Minchin, Sammy J, Geraldine Quinn and Jude Perl. Next week, they play host to the debut solo hour of Benny Milligram, a musical comedian who is sure to become a household name in the near future.
'Joyful! Joyful!' Concert Celebrates Christmas and Community
by BWW News Desk - November 08, 2018
Celebrate the joy of Christmas at our spectacular concert 'Joyful! Joyful', on Saturday December 1st, 3pm at Deakin Edge in Federation Square.
2019 Women In Theatre Program To Include New Stream For Technical Practitioners
by BWW News Desk - November 07, 2018
Melbourne Theatre Company's Women in Theatre Program continues in 2019 with the introduction of a new stream dedicated to providing opportunities for women working in Lighting or Sound Design.
North of Eight Presents Second World Premiere STRATA, INC.
by BWW News Desk - November 07, 2018
North of Eight presents its second World Premiere this November with Strata Inc. by Laura Lethlean and Faran Martin.   Filled with acerbic wit and unforgiving scrutiny, Strata Inc. plays at The Burrow in Fitzroy from November 20 to December 8.  
New Ticket Block Announced For HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD Australia
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2018
With rehearsals underway in Melbourne, a new block of tickets for the Australian premiere production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will go on sale to the general public at 11am on Tuesday November 27, 2018 via the official website www.HarryPotterThePlay.com.
Creativity Australia's With One Voice to Have Tenth Anniversary Concert
by BWW News Desk - November 04, 2018
Anyone can sing - it's a natural form of therapy that unites people, changes the brain and creates positive human collisions.
THE DEARLY DEPARTED Comes to The Butterfly Club
by BWW News Desk - November 03, 2018
A series of bodies are found with tanbark in their shoes. A hungry journalist is after his big break. Could the key be the local funeral parlour?
MTC Presents ASTROMAN
by BWW News Desk - November 02, 2018
Elaine Crombie (Black Comedy), Nicholas Denton (Wild) Kamil Ellis (Nowhere Boys), Tahlee Fereday (Fallen), Tony Nikolakopoulos (Wentworth) and Calen Tassone (Red Dog), star in the world premiere of Astroman, Albert Belz's irresistibly funny and heart-warming love letter to the `80s.
MTC Presents THE ARCHITECT
by BWW News Desk - November 02, 2018
Linda Cropper (Offspring) stars alongside Nicholas Bell (North By Northwest), Johnny Carr (What Rhymes with Cars and Girls) and Stephen Phillips (Winners & Losers) in the world premiere of Aidan Fennessy's The Architect, a suspenseful and heartfelt rumination on what makes life worth living, opening today 2 November at Southbank Theatre.
Werribee To Be Transformed Into Dream-Like Creative Hub
by BWW News Desk - October 31, 2018
From 29 November to 9 December the suburban arcade of Watton Plaza in Werribee will be transformed into RED ARCADE, a dream-like world filled with curious characters, live performances, a pop-up gallery and unexpected spaces.
Sigrid Thornton, Magda Szubanski, Kate Kendall, Jack Charles and more to feature in a Free Reading of Homer's THE ODYSSEY
by BWW News Desk - October 31, 2018
Featuring 24 prominent Melburnians including Magda Szubanski, Sigrid Thornton, Kate Kendall and Jack Charles, a FREE 12 hour marathon reading of Homer's Odyssey by Melbourne's Stork Theatre can be seen at MPavilion on 1 December 2018 from 11am to 11pm.

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