AUSTRALIA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 102

The Western world has become so sex positive, there is no place for not wanting it.

Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's EVITA is Melbourne's Summer Musical.

With stars in their eyes, an intrepid team of 41 young performers known as the "Aussie All Stars" are headed to the United States to serve as Australia's youth musical theatre ambassadors.

The first Seedpod residency is a collaboration between renowned exploratory music artists and the Inland Concert Series - Rohan Drape, Alexander Garsden, Oliver Mann, and Erkki Veltheim.

Harry Christophers and his world-renowned choir The Sixteen will present An Immortal Legacy in Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC) Concert Hall on Thursday 14 March 2019.

Following its sold-out premiere run, MAD WORLD the immersive theatrical experience returns in 2019 for a limited season.

FCAC and Tashmadada, in association with the Jewish Museum Australia presents the world premiere of Medea: Kaddish for the Children at Footscray Community Arts Centre from February 28 - March 9, as part of the International Women's Day program.

The international one-man sensation CONFESSIONS OF A MORMON BOY comes to Australia to perform as part of the 2019 Sydney Mardi Gras Festival and at Chapel off Chapel, Melbourne!

The UK's queen of live vocal drag, Velma Celli, is bringing her showstopping cabaret, A Brief History of Drag, to Australia in January and February.

Following the great critical and public success of Tannhauser, Lohengrin, and Tristan and Isolde, Melbourne Opera is once again turning its attention to Wagner's rich repertoire.

The international musicians of Grammy Award-winning super group Silkroad Ensemble will perform their genre-defying music in Brisbane for the first time at Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) on Thursday 7 March 2019.

Dr Phil Dooley is an astronomer, physicist, writer for Cosmos Magazine and an excellent comedy musician to boot.

Preludes and Nocturnes welcomes the listener into a sonic environment that evokes Bach and Chopin through to Philip Glass, Steve Reich and John Cage.

After a sell-out season in May last year, Carol Whitfield makes a triumphant return to The Butterfly Club to once again celebrate the incredible talent of Amy Winehouse, taking audiences on a musical journey through her music, influences and legacy.

Anthony Jeselnik has been enchanting while simultaneously gut-punching audiences with his line-crossing humour for over fifteen years.

TodayTix, the global ticketing platform connecting audiences to live performances around the world, has launched in Australia, giving access to the year's biggest production Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in Melbourne.

Showing at the Butterfly Club this January, is this summer's hottest ticket - 'Soft Butch Show Queen'.

The Hot Dub curated spectacle "Wine Machine" returned to its South Australia birthplace in December last year, hosting their third annual, wine-cheese-sunshine-fuelled day of live music and celebrations.

From this Friday 11 January the Australian premiere production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will begin releasing 40 tickets for every performance of the play for $40 per part.

Following the success of its previous two years, Arts Centre Melbourne is proud to announce that applications are now open for the third instalment of the Take Over! commission in partnership with Melbourne Fringe.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND is playing at Doncaster Playhouse January 7th to January 26th, 2019.

Red Stitch Actors' Theatre celebrates the 25th anniversary of Michael Gow's tightly wound, masterful play Sweet Phoebe.

The wonderful, wacky and wigged world of classical music's favourite child prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart will be brought to the stage in Circa's exciting new family show Wolfgang's Magical Musical Circus at Arts Centre Melbourne from 2 -12 January 2019.

Fast, furious and funny,The Big HOO-HAA! is Melbourne's longest-running and best- improv comedy show.

Just weeks after announcing its stacked Phase One lineup, ULTRA Australia has dropped the next wave of artists set to play down under on Saturday February 23 & Sunday February 24, 2019.