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Regan Lynch: DOES IT IN PUBLIC Takes on HIV Prevention Trial at Midsumma Festival
by BWW News Desk - November 24, 2017
Regan Lynch presented his first solo work, Regan Lynch Does It In Public, at this year's Anywhere Festival in Brisbane before taking it Darwin Fringe. After midsumma it will make it's Western Australia debut at Perth Fringe. It's a comedy funk and punk cabaret, a burlesque, and a raucous and sometimes alarmingly interactive hour of stupid sex clowning.
Urzila Carlson to Tour STUDIES HAVE SHOWN Across Australia
by BWW News Desk - November 23, 2017
Multi award-winning South African/New Zealand comedian - and one of our favourite ring-ins - URZILA CARLSON brings her brand-new show to Australian stages around the country in 2018.
Australian Premiere of HAND TO GOD Comes to The Alex Theatre St Kilda
by BWW News Desk - November 22, 2017
The critically acclaimed American play HAND TO GOD, about a demonic sock puppet that wreaks havoc on relationships and faith in a small Texas town, will have its Australian premiere at The Alex Theatre St Kilda from 22nd February 2018, for a strictly limited season.
IDenTITTY Comes to The Butterfly Club in January
by BWW News Desk - November 22, 2017
Newly minted Melbournian, Kitty Van Horne makes her cabaret debut at The Butterfly Club in January, presenting her original show iDenTITTY - A cabaret adventure into the world of breast ownership. One woman, two boobs (and one piano man).
Arts Centre Melbourne's PLAY ME I'M YOURS Set To Create Beautiful Music This Summer
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2017
Twenty beautifully decorated 'street pianos' will pop up around Arts Centre Melbourne, the CBD and in suburbs across Melbourne for everyone to enjoy from 19 January 4 February 2018 when the interactive installation Play Me I'm Yours returns as part of the internationally touring artwork devised by British artist Luke Jerram.
PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT 10th Anniversary Tour Finds Full Company
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2017
Alright girls, let's get this show on the road! Following the announcement of Australian theatre royalty Tony Sheldon as Bernadette , David Harris as Tick and Euan Doidge as Felicia , the full cast of Australia's most successful homegrown musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert has been confirmed.
Katie Weston and Andrew Kroenert to Star in THE LAST FIVE YEARS at The MC Showroom
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2017
Tickets are now on sale for the strictly limited Melbourne 2017 season of THE LAST FIVE YEARS at The MC Showroom, Prahran from 21st - 26th November.
FizzWack Theatre Presents Enda Walsh's MISTERMAN
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2017
Set in an Irish village called Inishfree, Enda Walsh's riveting and Drama Desk Award winning masterpiece of one man's journey towards judgment day taunts and haunts and dares you to look away.
Australian Philharmonic Orchestra to present Star-Studded New Year's Eve Concert
by BWW News Desk - November 20, 2017
For two shows only, the Australian Philharmonic Orchestra will proudly present their much-loved annual New Year's Eve Concert at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne.
CELL, BLOCK TANGO: SHOWTUNES ON MODERN DATING to Play The Butterfly Club
by BWW News Desk - November 20, 2017
Did he ghost me? Should I block her? What is poly? Will I ever meet a guy not posing with sedated tigers? Presented by The Butterfly Club, Cell, Block Tango: Showtunes on Modern Dating is a cabaret about the perils and pitfalls of app 'romance' - a Bob Fosse-style, vaudeville lament on love in the time of Tinder.
StageArt Announces 2018 Season Including FALSETTOS, BARE, and NINE
by BWW News Desk - November 17, 2017
After a stellar 2017 of ground-breaking musical theatre, StageArt announces the shows that will be included in the upcoming 2018 season. All three shows will play at Prahran's Chapel off Chapel, featuring captivating performances that explore modern issues through music and theatre.
RAMSHACKLE & KITSCH Debuts In Melbourne
by BWW News Desk - November 16, 2017
The lovechild of Starsky & Hutch and The Mighty Boosh, Ramshackle & Kitsch is a completely improvised comedy show based on audience suggestions starring Perth's very own Libby Klysz and St John Cowcher. Members of the original Big Hoo Ha! in Perth the two will be joined by Melbourne's very own Bri Williams (The Bachelorette Unpacked, MUMMY) and Ben Russell (Aaron Chen Tonight, The Tokyo Hotel) and a line-up of Melbourne's funniest actors.
Barry Humphries THE MAN BEHIND THE MASK Tour Announced
by BWW News Desk - November 15, 2017
Celebrated Australian performer Barry Humphries AO, CBE will take Australian audiences on a revelatory trip through his colourful life and theatrical career when he tours Australia in May 2018 with Barry Humphries: The Man Behind the Mask.
Circus Oz Collaborates with the Best Rock Band in the World
by BWW News Desk - November 14, 2017
Artistic Director Rob Tannion is creating an original circus rock opera with Berlin's Prince and Princess of art rock and Europop, Otto & Astrid from the band Die Roten Punkte, featuring the evocative physicality of Circus Oz acrobats.
Em Rusciano: 2nd Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane Shows Added By Demand
by BWW News Desk - November 14, 2017
Frontier Comedy and the Hit Network are pleased to announce that due to overwhelming demand, second Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane shows have been added to Em Rusciano's upcoming Evil Queen tour. Tickets to the additional shows in Melbourne (Fri 16 Feb at Palais Theatre), Sydney (Fri 13 Apr at State Theatre) and Brisbane (Fri 20 Apr at Queensland Performing Arts Centre) will be on sale at 9am local time today.
RECEPTION: THE MUSICAL Will Play Two Final Performances at The Butterfly Club
by BWW News Desk - November 14, 2017
HOLD THE PHONE! Following sold-out seasons, national tours, awards and nominations, Reception: The Musical will wrap its dream run with TWO final performances at The Butterfly Club in Melbourne on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 November 2017.
Katy Christie Comes to The Butterfly Club With SHE'S GONNA BLOW
by BWW News Desk - November 14, 2017
Katy is heavily pregnant, red-headed, plays the French horn, stupidly short, and with all the odds stacked against her she's putting on a show. New to Australia from the U.K., there's no time like the present to make your mark, even if that mark is an actual baby.
Comedian Julia Morris Announces Lift and Separate Golden Jubilee Tour
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2017
Multi-talented Australian comedian Julia Morris returns to the stage in 2018 with her one woman show, Lift and Separate Golden Jubilee Tour. The 18-show tour from May until June will see Morris performing the show for the first time in 15 regional towns and centres around the country, as well as return seasons in Geelong, Parramatta, Chatswood and Brisbane after completely sold out seasons in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in 2017.
Arts Centre Melbourne Announces 2018 Summer Autumn Families Program
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2017
Families have the opportunity to embark on an array of heart-warming, hilarious and inventive theatrical adventures and interactive experiences as part of Arts Centre Melbourne's 2018 Summer Autumn Families program. The exciting and extensive line-up features new stage adaptations of the popular books Emily Brown and the Thing and The 78-Storey Treehouse, heart stopping circus and magic, a children's republic, interactive angels, First Nation story-telling for babies and a modern retelling of the much-loved Australian tale, Dot and the Kangaroo, Creature.
Cameron Daddo Joins Craig McLachlan Led ROCKY HORROR
by BWW News Desk - November 12, 2017
Producers Howard Panter, John Frost and GWB Entertainment today announced that stage and screen leading man Cameron Daddo will join the cast of the world's favourite rock and roll musical.
Tickets for Melbourne Run of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME Now On Sale
by BWW News Desk - November 12, 2017
Tickets are now on sale for the highly anticipated Australian premiere of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, presented by Melbourne Theatre Company and Arts Centre Melbourne.
THE DATE Comes to The Butterfly Club
by BWW News Desk - November 11, 2017
Are you looking for the perfect date night out? Why go to the movies and sit in silence for two hours or go to dinner and be forced into clunky conversation for up to 2 hours, when you can go to The Butterfly Club an eclectic cocktail bar festooned in fairy lights and then see The Date which discusses Love, Sex and Dating and only goes for an hour!
Temporary Adults to Make Butterfly Club Debut with LIVE IN THE SHED
by BWW News Desk - November 10, 2017
Temporary Adults are the sort of people who set alarms to remind themselves to sleep. It may take all three to make one functional adult, but Temporary Adults have been trying really hard at... life.
Katie Weston and Andrew Kroenert to Star in THE LAST FIVE YEARS at The MC Showroom
by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2017
Tickets are now on sale for the strictly limited Melbourne 2017 season of THE LAST FIVE YEARS at The MC Showroom, Prahran from 21st - 26th November.
GREAT SOUTHERN BAND: DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN... is Bringing Rock and Roll to the Butterfly Club
by BWW News Desk - November 08, 2017
GREAT SOUTHERN BAND: DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN... is coming to The Butterfly Club from November 29-December 3. GREAT SOUTHERN BAND takes the songs you love (but never admit to loving) and tells the stories you can't quite remember (but will never fully forget). When a big-city guitarist returns home, his two best mates await with nothing but beers and time, ready to hear all about life outside their two-pub town. Whilst he may have been the one to leave, the others have managed to find escape of their own to pass the days.

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