AUSTRALIA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 106

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.

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.

Fresh from a sold out Sydney season, Arts Centre Melbourne presents Dan Giovannoni's Green Room Award winning adaptation of Christos Tsiolkas ' Merciless Gods.

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.

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.

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 ident

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.

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 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 voice and spirit of The Lion King', Lebo M returns to Australia, headlining his first solo tour.

In the lead up to Melbourne's newest Independent Company EbbFlow Theatre Co.

School of Rock amps up Melbourne on opening night!

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.

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.

The Butterfly Club has a long and proud tradition of unearthing musical comedians early in their careers.

Celebrate the joy of Christmas at our spectacular concert 'Joyful! Joyful', on Saturday December 1st, 3pm at Deakin Edge in Federation Square.

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 its second World Premiere this November with Strata Inc.

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.

Anyone can sing - it's a natural form of therapy that unites people, changes the brain and creates positive human collisions.

A series of bodies are found with tanbark in their shoes.

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.

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

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.

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.