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Indian Doctor-Innovator To Perform Stand Up Comedy In Melbourne
by BWW News Desk - February 17, 2018
Jagdish Chaturvedi, an internationally recognised stand up comedian and Ear Nose and Throat surgeon from Bangalore, India is coming to Melbourne to tickle your funny bones with his unique desi style of observational humour on traffic, relationships, education systems and many other little things.
Melbourne's Best Burlesque Comes to the Butterfly Club
by BWW News Desk - February 15, 2018
Had a bad day at work? Need to blow off some steam? Finished that last Netflix season and feel like you are at a loose end? Are you and your squad starting to feel like you are stuck in the same old routine?
QPAC's 2018 Twilight Notes Glitters With Perfect Musical Pairings
by BWW News Desk - February 15, 2018
Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC) popular chamber music series, Twilight Notes, returns in 2018 with a stellar line-up of musical duos in three special concerts.
Jordan Barr's HOW TO BE SEXY Comes to Melbourne's Comedy Festival
by BWW News Desk - February 15, 2018
In this one-woman variety show - Jordan Barr is the girl you bonded with once in a dirty nightclub bathroom. You know her. She loved your statement glitter sneakers. She told you to chase those dreams. She gave you the details of that family member your mum has been searching for since 1986. She wants you to feel important and empowered - but is just taking a little time figuring out how to do that.
StageArt Announces the Cast for BARE The Musical
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2018
StageArt is pleased to announce the cast for the Victorian professional premiere of bare the Musical, which will play at Prahran's Chapel off Chapel from 20 March - 15 April 2018.
9Dimes: You + The Universe Will Be Presented at Arts Centre Melbourne
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2018
Visionary young choreographer Efren Pamilacan Jr.'s contemporary dance work 9Dimes: You + The Universe will be presented at Arts Centre Melbourne from 18 - 19 May. As vast as the universe and as intimate as the audience's inner souls, the work fuses urban and contemporary dance performed by a cast of multicultural dancers, holographic 3D overlays by HYPER REELIST and a mind-expanding soundtrack by Jason Ng. Putting relationships, identity and mortality under the microscope, 9Dimes: You + The Universe, aims to refract the poetry of everyday living through the lens of space-time theory.
The Curtin Presents a Collection of Events for International Women's Day
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2018
This International Women's Day, Magnets & Friends, Levi's and The Curtin present a collection of powerhouse artists who are taking the music world by storm on a local and national level, all of whom encompass the diversity that IWD celebrates. This whole-venue event will take place after the IWD march, on March 8th at 7.30pm at The John Curtin Hotel. The event is proudly supported by Levi's, with proceeds going to Girls Rock!; whose goal is to give female, trans, non-binary and gender diverse youth empowerment through music camps and workshops.
LENNON THROUGH A GLASS ONION Returns to Melbourne
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2018
Lennon - Through a Glass Onion will return to Melbourne for a limited season in March 2018 to celebrate this major milestone of 25 years on the road.
LADYLIKE: A Modern Guide To Etiquette Comes to Melbourne International Comedy Festival
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2018
Comedian Louise Beuvink has hit a nerve in New Zealand with her irreverent feminist satire show, and she's bringing it to the 2018 Melbourne International Comedy Festival for her Australian debut.
Celine Dion Due To Overwhelming Demand Adds Second Show In Melbourne!
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2018
Australian fans continue to 'fall in love' with Celine Dion, with all pre-sale tickets to her Melbourne concert snapped up today. To meet massive demand, a second Melbourne concert at Rod Laver Arena has been added for Wednesday 8 August. Tickets for the new show are available in the frontiertouring.com pre-sale from 2.45pm AEDT today (Wednesday 14 February). Happy Valentine's Day!
Callum Watson Group Melbourne Residency
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2018
Callum Watson Group, an acclaimed ensemble combining four of Australia's leading young classical performers and jazz improvisers is set to make their highly anticipated return to North Melbourne on Saturday 24 March (9pm) for the first show of an exclusive three month residency at Club Voltaire. Known for their 'exciting', genre-spanning and theatrical performances that fuse elements of classical and jazz, the group will showcase their extraordinary musicianship in a diverse program including works by Holiday, Doppler and Honegger as well as compositions by the groups leader Callum Watson.
Gina Rings Directs OUR CORKA BUBS - A Dance Work For Babies
by BWW News Desk - February 12, 2018
From 1-3 March 2018 the first Aboriginal contemporary dance work for babies, Our Corka Bubs graces Arts Centre Melbourne with a treasured family together experience of Indigenous music and movement, especially choreographed for babies under 2 years alongside their parents/carers.
BEN VOLCHOK PRESENTS... Comedy Radio Live on Stage
by BWW News Desk - February 12, 2018
BEN VOLCHOK PRESENTS… two episodes of original radio comedy, live on stage! Watch (and listen) as Ben Volchok embodies a whole range of characters to create a hilarious hourlong extravaganza.
GRACE is "A Must See" Show at The Butterfly Club
by BWW News Desk - February 11, 2018
New show GRACE is a topical solo theatre show brought to stage by British comedian Katie Reddin-Clancy, the talent behind the critically acclaimed show, 'Kate Middleton Show Queen.'
Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT Arrives In Melbourne In 2 Weeks!
by BWW News Desk - February 08, 2018
The wait is nearly over - Green Day's explosive award-winning Broadway phenomenon American Idiot arrives in Melbourne in 2 weeks. This high-octane rock musical kicks off at Melbourne's Comedy Theatre from 23 February after already rocking audiences and critics on its National tour in Sydney, Adelaide and Perth.
Announcing Thornbury Picture House, A New Melbourne Cinema
by BWW News Desk - February 08, 2018
A stunning art-nouveau garage is being transformed into an independent cinema and bar, right in the heart of the Northern suburbs. A homage to the golden age of Cinema, Thornbury Picture House is tipped to be a new hive of North-side get-togethers when it opens its doors in March.
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra Opens 2018 Season with Pastoral Melodies
by BWW News Desk - February 08, 2018
Australia's bold and brilliant Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra opens its 2018 season next month with Pastoral Melodies (22 March Melbourne, 25 March Sydney), featuring much-loved idyllic and tempestuous works of Mozart, Mendelssohn, Brahms & Beethoven.
Visit Punctum's Public Cooling House – Contemporary Art And Our Water Future
by BWW News Desk - February 07, 2018
Roll up your sleeves, skirts, and slacks, slip off your socks and step into Punctum's Public Cooling House - a unique public gathering place for beating the heat.
MTC Presents ABIGAIL'S PARTY
by BWW News Desk - February 07, 2018
Director Stephen Nicolazzo (Merciless Gods) brings together a stunning cast including Zoe Boesen (The Moors), Pip Edwards (Ghosts), Daniel Frederiksen (Matilda: The Musical), Benjamin Rigby (Alien: The Covenant) and Katherine Tonkin (Three Little Words) as he makes his MTC mainstage debut with a lavish revival of Mike Leigh's cult-classic, Abigail's Party.
Arts Centre Melbourne presents a CDP Kids Production THE 78-STOREY TREEHOUSE
by BWW News Desk - February 06, 2018
The team behind The 13, 26 and 52-Storey Treehouse  stage adaptations is back with the newest, biggest, brightest blockbuster in the series, The 78-Storey Treehouse, on stage at Arts Centre Melbourne from 4 - 22 April 2018. Andy and Terry's treehouse just keeps on growing. With yet another 13 levels, it's now got a Scribbletorium, a high-security potato chip storage facility (guarded by one very angry duck!) and even an open-air movie theatre.
OLD TIME MUSIC HALL Comes to The Butterfly Club This March
by BWW News Desk - February 06, 2018
Step back in time to the bedazzling song and supper rooms of the 1830s when Old Time Music Hall makes its Melbourne debut at The Butterfly Club in March.
UK Comic's Australian Debut is Powerful and Hilarious Storytelling at its Best
by BWW News Desk - February 06, 2018
UK comic and writer for BBC radio Stephanie Laing presents her hit show Mad About the Boy on her debut Australian tour. This hilarious weirdo's honest and powerful show charts her ups and downs in love, from Disney fuelled teenage dreams of romance to the harsh truths of real world dating.
ELVIS THE WONDER OF YOU Announces Two Encore Shows
by BWW News Desk - February 06, 2018
After the sellout success of the Wonder of You concert series last year, the King of Rock'n'Roll is back in Australia due to overwhelming demand.
Tim Minchin, Neil Finn and Laurie Anderson Headline 2018 Program For Gold Coast's New Home Of The Arts
by BWW News Desk - February 05, 2018
Home of the Arts (formerly The Arts Centre Gold Coast) today unveiled a new name, a spectacular new $37 million outdoor stage, and its first outdoor program.
DREAM LOVER – THE BOBBY DARIN MUSICAL Closes in Four Weeks! Catch the Final Performances
by BWW News Desk - February 05, 2018
Melbourne's summer musical Dream Lover - The Bobby Darin Musical, has enjoyed audience and critical acclaim since opening at Arts Centre Melbourne in December. Melbourne is loving this record breaking, Australian made production which is now in its final 4 weeks. David Campbell has thrilled in his portrayal of Bobby Darin with an 18-piece big band live on stage and a full cast of extraordinary performers, this show is truly not to be missed!

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