AUSTRALIA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 121

Tony Award-winning actor, director and writer John Cameron Mitchell will tour Australia for the first time with his new show The Origin of Love: The Songs and Stories of Hedwig, dropping in to Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC) Concert Hall on Tuesday 17 July 2018.

Ever been on Tinder? Been stood up? Had a bath with a man you've met twice? If you're questioning your luck in love (or perhaps you need to impress a date) come along to a show that'll make you feel better about all your own dating disasters!

Vanessa Pigrum Chunky Move's Executive Director and Co-CEO has announced that she will be leaving the company at the end of June 2018.

In Flagrante blindsided Melbourne audiences and critics last May at the city's much loved The Butterfly Club with a brand of 'neo' Burlesque never quite seen before, at a venue with highly refined appetites for the novel and bizarre.

Earlybird registrations are open now for the Melbourne International Singers Festival 2018 (#MISF18) in its 9th consecutive year! The Festival is proudly presented by the School of Hard Knocks and will be led by Guest Conductor RICHARD GILL AO and Australia's finest conductors, musicians and singers

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) in association with Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University is bringing leading Broadway star and multiple Tony and Grammy Award-winner Patti LuPone and her critically acclaimed concert Don't Monkey with Broadway to the Conservatorium Theatre on Wednesd

The visually spectacular and delightful family show, Ruby's Wish, is heading to Riverside Theatres from 25th to 26th May.

The classic comic love story proves timeless as The Australian Ballet's THE MERRY WIDOW returns to the Sydney stage 43 years after it debuted in Melbourne in 1975.

What does it mean to be human, in a period when destruction on the planet is rapidly redefining the laws of nature?

Multi-award-winning superstar Rachel Marinade (Trevor Ashley) is one of the most successful entertainers ever to have come runner-up on Australian Idol*.

South Africa's world famous singing group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, return to Australia this July! Fresh off winning their fifth Grammy Award (most by any World Music group in Grammy Award history) and representing their country at the April 21st Commonwealth Celebration for Queen Elizabeth's 92nd

Disney Theatrical Productions is delighted to confirm Perth-born, Brisbane-based performer Shubshri Kandiah will take over the role of Princess Jasmine in Disney's Aladdin from Wednesday 23 May 2018.

Following a wonderfully successful premiere season at Perth's FringeWorld earlier this year, award winning writer/composers Amberly Cull and Robert Woods are set to delight Melbourne audiences with this touching new work.

Perfect for newbies and know-it-alls alike, Shaken plunges head first into over 50 years of James Bond iconography.

Frontier Touring are thrilled to announce one of electronic music's most important and pioneering acts Pendulum will be embarking on their first live Australian tour in eight years, touring this June and July in celebration of their highly-anticipated fourth studio album The Reworks (out 29 June thr

Acclaimed Melbourne composer, Adam Simmons, will perform the world premiere of his new work, The Calling, at fortyfivedownstairs from May 3-6.

Since leaving a career in law for comedy, Michael Shafar has been trying to assuage the concerns of his Jewish mother by becoming one of the fastest rising stars in Australian comedy, reaching the RAW Comedy National Final in 2016, selling out shows across the country and touring internationally.

Jazz lovers will be excited to hear that acclaimed American based vocalist Madeleine Peyroux will grace Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC's) Concert Hall stage on Thursday 7 June 2018.

Britain's biggest selling comedian Michael McIntyre has sold out in record time, selling out FIVE arena shows in THREE days with his BIG WORLD TOUR in March 2019.

PACT Centre for Emerging Artists will present an exciting evening of performance, music and art in PACT Salon: APACTALYPTIC on Saturday 5th May.

TEG DAINTY & Nice Events are excited to announce that Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant will bring their informative and humourous Stuff You Should Know: LIVE show to Australia and New Zealand for the first time this September.

Atlantyca Entertainment's Geronimo Stilton: Kingdom of Fantasy Live is heading to Australia.

The Bridge (Teatro Latino) Theatre Company presents: Women On The Verge: exclusive one off performance at Kindred Studios Yarraville 28th April 2018 doors open 6:30pm for 7pm show.

Monkey Baa Theatre Company's latest adaptation of Jackie French's (writer) and Bruce Whatley (illustrations) fabulous native animal stories JOSEPHINE WANTS TO DANCE is heart-warming and hilarious as it teaches young audiences to never give up on their hopes and dreams.

Get ready to Pump Up the Volume as the QPAC Choir takes you back to the 80s with its 2018 Showcase Concert - POP Goes The 80s on Tuesday 29 May in the Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC) Concert Hall.