HOLD ME, I BEG YOU Comes to The Butterfly Club, 1/31
by BWW News Desk - January 04, 2018
Have you ever wondered how different the world would be if we noticed that girl crying on the train, or that guy on the platform with the urge to jump? Would we hold them? Would we remind them it's going to be okay? Would we try to make a difference?
by BWW News Desk - January 04, 2018
Have you ever wondered how different the world would be if we noticed that girl crying on the train, or that guy on the platform with the urge to jump? Would we hold them? Would we remind them it's going to be okay? Would we try to make a difference?
Arts Centre Melbourne Announces Morning Melodies 2018 Program
by BWW News Desk - January 04, 2018
Popular opera and musical theatre star, David Hobson, international opera luminary Yvonne Kenny and Australian entertainment legend Normie Rowe are among the star-studded lineup for Arts Centre Melbourne's Morning Melodies 2018 program. The feel-good one hour concerts held each month at Hamer Hall will showcase an eclectic mix of celebrated Australian and international artists from the worlds of jazz, musical theatre, opera and dance.
by BWW News Desk - January 04, 2018
Popular opera and musical theatre star, David Hobson, international opera luminary Yvonne Kenny and Australian entertainment legend Normie Rowe are among the star-studded lineup for Arts Centre Melbourne's Morning Melodies 2018 program. The feel-good one hour concerts held each month at Hamer Hall will showcase an eclectic mix of celebrated Australian and international artists from the worlds of jazz, musical theatre, opera and dance.
BWW Review: Campbell and Prior are a DREAM LOVER Come True in Story of Real-Life Legend at Arts Centre Melbourne
by Brodie Turner - January 04, 2018
The era of the jukebox musical seems to be here to stay, and Australia its fertile ground to spring from: the Beautiful story of Carole King, the adaptation of Whitney's Houston's catalogue into The Bodyguard, mega-hit Jersey Boys, and of course Dream Lover comprising the instantly recognisable sounds but widely-forgotten story - and legacy - of the multi-talented Bobby Darin. Easy thought it might feel to relegate this musical to the contemporaries of its time, Dream Lover's powerful messages of obstacles overcome, dreams fulfilled and sacrifices for success connect to every audience member. Darin's life, adapted for the stage by Frank Howson, Simon Phillips and Carolyn Burns based on an original concept by Frank and John Michael Howson, seems too dramatic to be real, and this larger-than-life production tames that line between truth and fantasy brilliantly.
by Brodie Turner - January 04, 2018
The era of the jukebox musical seems to be here to stay, and Australia its fertile ground to spring from: the Beautiful story of Carole King, the adaptation of Whitney's Houston's catalogue into The Bodyguard, mega-hit Jersey Boys, and of course Dream Lover comprising the instantly recognisable sounds but widely-forgotten story - and legacy - of the multi-talented Bobby Darin. Easy thought it might feel to relegate this musical to the contemporaries of its time, Dream Lover's powerful messages of obstacles overcome, dreams fulfilled and sacrifices for success connect to every audience member. Darin's life, adapted for the stage by Frank Howson, Simon Phillips and Carolyn Burns based on an original concept by Frank and John Michael Howson, seems too dramatic to be real, and this larger-than-life production tames that line between truth and fantasy brilliantly.
Periscope Productions' A LITTLE BIT OF PAIN NEVER HURT ANYONE Comes to The Butterfly Club
by BWW News Desk - January 04, 2018
Melbourne-based indie theatre company Periscope Productions's new play for puppets and people comes to The Butterfly Club before heading off on tour. In 'A Little Bit of Pain Never Hurt Anyone' a boy and a girl who meet in a sandpit try to learn how to be strong independent women. As Jess and Billy grow up together, they come up against a world trying to tell them that the only way to be happy is to perform the roles they were assigned at birth. Joyful and sad in equal measure, this play combines the weird worlds of Lally Katz with the theatrical inventiveness of Caryl Churchill. It will move anyone who has ever felt trapped by the way young Australian men and women are instructed on how to love themselves and others.
by BWW News Desk - January 04, 2018
Melbourne-based indie theatre company Periscope Productions's new play for puppets and people comes to The Butterfly Club before heading off on tour. In 'A Little Bit of Pain Never Hurt Anyone' a boy and a girl who meet in a sandpit try to learn how to be strong independent women. As Jess and Billy grow up together, they come up against a world trying to tell them that the only way to be happy is to perform the roles they were assigned at birth. Joyful and sad in equal measure, this play combines the weird worlds of Lally Katz with the theatrical inventiveness of Caryl Churchill. It will move anyone who has ever felt trapped by the way young Australian men and women are instructed on how to love themselves and others.
A Vaudeville is Born at THE ODDTORIUM
by BWW News Desk - January 03, 2018
Two Kiwi performers, a night out in Berlin, and an unexpected convergence in Melbourne are culminating in the first rendition of The Odditorium, an enchanting concoction of new-school cabaret meets old-school vaudeville, to be performed at The MC Showroom in Prahran this January 11 - 13.
by BWW News Desk - January 03, 2018
Two Kiwi performers, a night out in Berlin, and an unexpected convergence in Melbourne are culminating in the first rendition of The Odditorium, an enchanting concoction of new-school cabaret meets old-school vaudeville, to be performed at The MC Showroom in Prahran this January 11 - 13.
Melbourne Theatre Company presents THE CHILDREN
by BWW News Desk - January 02, 2018
Three of Australia's finest actors, Pamela Rabe (Wentworth), Sarah Peirse (Switzerland) and William Zappa (Rock 'n' Roll), star in Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company's Australian premiere co-production of The Children an incisive drama about the responsibility each generation faces in leaving a better world for those that follow.
by BWW News Desk - January 02, 2018
Three of Australia's finest actors, Pamela Rabe (Wentworth), Sarah Peirse (Switzerland) and William Zappa (Rock 'n' Roll), star in Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company's Australian premiere co-production of The Children an incisive drama about the responsibility each generation faces in leaving a better world for those that follow.
DREAM LOVER THE BOBBY DARIN MUSICAL Smashes Records at Arts Center Melbourne
by BWW News Desk - January 02, 2018
Melbourne's summer musical Dream Lover - The Bobby Darin Musical, has just opened to audience and critical acclaim at Arts Centre Melbourne. The Australian made production smashed the record for the highest number of pre-opening ticket sales for summer musicals at Arts Centre Melbourne and has played to FULL HOUSES every performance since the first preview on December 27.
by BWW News Desk - January 02, 2018
Melbourne's summer musical Dream Lover - The Bobby Darin Musical, has just opened to audience and critical acclaim at Arts Centre Melbourne. The Australian made production smashed the record for the highest number of pre-opening ticket sales for summer musicals at Arts Centre Melbourne and has played to FULL HOUSES every performance since the first preview on December 27.
'Innuendo' Wins Cinema Australia Audience Awards
by BWW News Desk - January 02, 2018
Innuendo -The Bad Twin- by Saara Lamberg has won the Audience Award 2017. Cinema Australia is an online space dedicated to the support and promotion of Australian made films through independent news, reviews, features and interviews. On the 1st January, the Facebook page of Cinema Australia sited that thousands of people had voted and the count was on the way. At 9pm on the 1st January the winner was announced.
by BWW News Desk - January 02, 2018
Innuendo -The Bad Twin- by Saara Lamberg has won the Audience Award 2017. Cinema Australia is an online space dedicated to the support and promotion of Australian made films through independent news, reviews, features and interviews. On the 1st January, the Facebook page of Cinema Australia sited that thousands of people had voted and the count was on the way. At 9pm on the 1st January the winner was announced.
The New Australian Production Of MAMMA MIA! Opens In Brisbane
by BWW News Desk - December 28, 2017
The party of the year has arrived in Brisbane! Queenslanders will be saying 'I Do' to the ultimate summer musical MAMMA MIA! as it hits the city following a sold-out national premiere season in Canberra. Official opening is tonight 28 December 2017 with the feel good musical sure to have people dancing in the aisles of Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC's) Lyric Theatre right to the season close on 4 February 2018.
by BWW News Desk - December 28, 2017
The party of the year has arrived in Brisbane! Queenslanders will be saying 'I Do' to the ultimate summer musical MAMMA MIA! as it hits the city following a sold-out national premiere season in Canberra. Official opening is tonight 28 December 2017 with the feel good musical sure to have people dancing in the aisles of Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC's) Lyric Theatre right to the season close on 4 February 2018.
DREAM LOVER THE BOBBY DARIN MUSICAL ARRIVES at Arts Centre Melbourne in Three Weeks
by BWW News Desk - December 27, 2017
Melbourne's summer musical Dream Lover - The Bobby Darin Musical, commences at Arts Centre Melbourne in just 3 weeks from December 27th for a strictly limited season. Starring David Campbell as Bobby Darin alongside Marina Prior, Hannah Fredericksen as Sandra Dee, Martin Crewes, Marney McQueen and Rodney Dobson in the extraordinary story of the Grammy award-winning singer and Oscar nominated actor, Bobby Darin.
by BWW News Desk - December 27, 2017
Melbourne's summer musical Dream Lover - The Bobby Darin Musical, commences at Arts Centre Melbourne in just 3 weeks from December 27th for a strictly limited season. Starring David Campbell as Bobby Darin alongside Marina Prior, Hannah Fredericksen as Sandra Dee, Martin Crewes, Marney McQueen and Rodney Dobson in the extraordinary story of the Grammy award-winning singer and Oscar nominated actor, Bobby Darin.
BWW Review: PRANCER & VIXEN Give the Gift of Laughter at Melbourne Recital Centre
by Brodie Turner - December 26, 2017
If you happen to be looking out this December 24th night for the perv in the red suit taking credit for all the presents your parents bought this year and notice the posse pulling the sleigh looking a little anemic, well there's a perfectly logical explanation:
by Brodie Turner - December 26, 2017
If you happen to be looking out this December 24th night for the perv in the red suit taking credit for all the presents your parents bought this year and notice the posse pulling the sleigh looking a little anemic, well there's a perfectly logical explanation:
Drag Queen Sensation Moist Yeriza Comes to the Butterfly Club
by BWW News Desk - December 26, 2017
Dry and acerbic as a gin sling, full of late-night energy and deadpan rowdiness, Moist Yeriza will challenge what you think about drag queens. A woman playing a man playing a woman, singing I'm Your Man... how much more post-modern can drag get?
by BWW News Desk - December 26, 2017
Dry and acerbic as a gin sling, full of late-night energy and deadpan rowdiness, Moist Yeriza will challenge what you think about drag queens. A woman playing a man playing a woman, singing I'm Your Man... how much more post-modern can drag get?
BWW REVIEW: The World Premiere Of THE UNBELIEVABLES at The Sydney Opera House Delivers Exactly What It Says On The Package
by Jade Kops - December 21, 2017
Circus, cabaret, vaudeville and comedy combine in the World Premiere of THE UNBELIEVABLES.
by Jade Kops - December 21, 2017
Circus, cabaret, vaudeville and comedy combine in the World Premiere of THE UNBELIEVABLES.
X-Factor Top 10 Finalist, Nathaniel Willemse Performs An All-Ages Gig At The OCG on 1/20
by BWW News Desk - December 20, 2017
On a spring day in 1939, The Prince of Soul Marvin Gaye was born to loving parents in Washington DC and became one of the elite few who shaped the sound of Motown in the 1960s.
by BWW News Desk - December 20, 2017
On a spring day in 1939, The Prince of Soul Marvin Gaye was born to loving parents in Washington DC and became one of the elite few who shaped the sound of Motown in the 1960s.
2017 Was A Record-Breaking Year For Melbourne Theatre Company
by BWW News Desk - December 19, 2017
MTC will end the year with a box office record, the largest subscriber base of any theatre company in the country and an abundance of artistic triumphs at home and abroad.
by BWW News Desk - December 19, 2017
MTC will end the year with a box office record, the largest subscriber base of any theatre company in the country and an abundance of artistic triumphs at home and abroad.
Wit Incorporated Announces New Season With Focus on Being Accessible
by BWW News Desk - December 18, 2017
wit incorporated has announced another exciting season of theatre 2018, this time with a specific focus on access. Artistic Director Belinda Campbell says, 'It's not enough for us to tell great stories. We need to ensure that everyone feels welcomed and has access to the shows we are staging.
by BWW News Desk - December 18, 2017
wit incorporated has announced another exciting season of theatre 2018, this time with a specific focus on access. Artistic Director Belinda Campbell says, 'It's not enough for us to tell great stories. We need to ensure that everyone feels welcomed and has access to the shows we are staging.
BWW REVIEW: The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Delivers Another Beautiful Escape From The Stress Of The Season With Their Annual NOEL! NOEL!
by Jade Kops - December 15, 2017
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra's (ABO) Artistic Director and Conductor Paul Dyer has outdone himself with his 2017 program for the annual NOEL!NOEL! Concert.
by Jade Kops - December 15, 2017
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra's (ABO) Artistic Director and Conductor Paul Dyer has outdone himself with his 2017 program for the annual NOEL!NOEL! Concert.
Australian Premiere of CURIOUS INCIDENT... Extended Due To Popular Demand
by BWW News Desk - December 14, 2017
Due to unprecedented demand, the Australian premiere season of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time has now been extended until Sunday 25 February.
by BWW News Desk - December 14, 2017
Due to unprecedented demand, the Australian premiere season of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time has now been extended until Sunday 25 February.
Van Morrison's Masterpieces: A Celebration Of One Of Rock Music's Greatest Performers Announced
by BWW News Desk - December 14, 2017
When The Beatles moved to psychedelic rock and Dylan went electric, Van Morrison hired New York's finest jazz musicians and recorded two of the classic albums of that golden era Astral Weeks and Moondance. Both albums had enormous impact on aspiring musicians and singers around the world. Vince Jones was one of those musicians.
by BWW News Desk - December 14, 2017
When The Beatles moved to psychedelic rock and Dylan went electric, Van Morrison hired New York's finest jazz musicians and recorded two of the classic albums of that golden era Astral Weeks and Moondance. Both albums had enormous impact on aspiring musicians and singers around the world. Vince Jones was one of those musicians.
Photo Flash: First Look at Storytime Ballet's THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
by BWW News Desk - December 14, 2017
The Australian Ballet's Storytime Ballet is back with a production of The Sleeping Beauty. The company's first mainstage production created especially for children aged three years old and up, Storytime Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty will run in Melbourne, Sydney and Queensland from December 2017 to January 2018. Check out photos here!
by BWW News Desk - December 14, 2017
The Australian Ballet's Storytime Ballet is back with a production of The Sleeping Beauty. The company's first mainstage production created especially for children aged three years old and up, Storytime Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty will run in Melbourne, Sydney and Queensland from December 2017 to January 2018. Check out photos here!
Kick Off the Festive Season with CAROLS AT COMO PARK
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2017
Kick off the festive season in shimmering style at one of the most-loved concerts Carols at Como Park, South Yarra on Sunday 17 December 2017.
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2017
Kick off the festive season in shimmering style at one of the most-loved concerts Carols at Como Park, South Yarra on Sunday 17 December 2017.
New Melbourne Season Announced For St Petersburg Ballet Theatre Production Of SWAN LAKE
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2017
Founded in 1994, The St Petersburg Ballet Theatre is renowned globally not just for its beautiful Vaganova trained dancers but also for its stunning, grand, full-length productions. Led by prima ballerina Irina Kolesnikova, the company travels internationally complete with breathtaking scenery and magnificent costumes. The St Petersburg Ballet Theatre has in its repertoire such classical masterpieces as Giselle, Don Quixote, The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty. The incredibly popular company is in such demand that it gives 200 performances every year.
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2017
Founded in 1994, The St Petersburg Ballet Theatre is renowned globally not just for its beautiful Vaganova trained dancers but also for its stunning, grand, full-length productions. Led by prima ballerina Irina Kolesnikova, the company travels internationally complete with breathtaking scenery and magnificent costumes. The St Petersburg Ballet Theatre has in its repertoire such classical masterpieces as Giselle, Don Quixote, The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty. The incredibly popular company is in such demand that it gives 200 performances every year.
Get SUMMERSET at QPAC These School Holidays
by BWW News Desk - December 12, 2017
The summer school holidays are here and so is Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC)'s popular family program SummerSet, with a wonderful selection of shows on offer up to 13 January 2018.
by BWW News Desk - December 12, 2017
The summer school holidays are here and so is Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC)'s popular family program SummerSet, with a wonderful selection of shows on offer up to 13 January 2018.
Jason Byrne, Nazeem Hussain, Deanne Smith, Des Bishop and Urzila Carlson Return to Australia's Comedy Festival Scene
by BWW News Desk - December 11, 2017
Live Nation is bringing back COMEDY FESTIVAL favourites JASON BYRNE, NAZEEM HUSSAIN, DEANNE SMITH, DES BISHOP and URZILA CARLSON in 2018. All five are returning to Australia with brand new shows across various comedy festivals from February to May. Tickets for are now on-sale via livenation.com.au.
by BWW News Desk - December 11, 2017
Live Nation is bringing back COMEDY FESTIVAL favourites JASON BYRNE, NAZEEM HUSSAIN, DEANNE SMITH, DES BISHOP and URZILA CARLSON in 2018. All five are returning to Australia with brand new shows across various comedy festivals from February to May. Tickets for are now on-sale via livenation.com.au.
THE MANGANIYAR SEDUCTION Comes to Arts Centre Melbourne
by BWW News Desk - December 07, 2017
Forty musicians from three generations of Manganiyars, a caste of desert instrumentalists from Rajasthan, will perform in an illuminated 36-window 'jewel box' on Arts Centre Melbourne's State Theatre stage in the visually and musically stunning masterpiece The Manganiyar Seduction on 6 - 7 March 2018. The vision of theatrical director Roysten Abel, the founder of the Indian Shakespeare Company, celebrates the music of the Manganiyars, musicians from the heart of the Thar Desert, in an astonishing audio-visual feast.
by BWW News Desk - December 07, 2017
Forty musicians from three generations of Manganiyars, a caste of desert instrumentalists from Rajasthan, will perform in an illuminated 36-window 'jewel box' on Arts Centre Melbourne's State Theatre stage in the visually and musically stunning masterpiece The Manganiyar Seduction on 6 - 7 March 2018. The vision of theatrical director Roysten Abel, the founder of the Indian Shakespeare Company, celebrates the music of the Manganiyars, musicians from the heart of the Thar Desert, in an astonishing audio-visual feast.
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