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MAMMA MIA! to Kick Off Australian Tour in Canberra Next November
by BWW News Desk - August 30, 2016
Here we go again! It was announced today that the global phenomenon, MAMMA MIA!, will tour Australia in 2017 - 2018 commencing its national tour in Canberra in November 2017 before moving on to five other capital cities. The announcement was made by the Hon. Andrew Barr, ACT Chief Minister.
BENJAMIN MAIO MACKAY - GREAT DETECTIVES OF OLD TIME RADIO LIVE
by Barry Lenny - August 30, 2016
Benjamin Maio Mackay speaks about the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Live.
White Night Ballarat 2017 EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Extended to September 11
by BWW News Desk - August 29, 2016
Due to an overwhelming response the Expressions of Interest for White Night Ballarat have been extended to September 11, 2016. The inaugural White Night Ballarat will burst to life taking over the city's streets, laneways, parklands, public spaces and cultural institutions of Ballarat on Saturday 4 March, 2017.
PAW Patrol Live! Race to the Rescue Announces Australian Tour
by BWW News Desk - August 29, 2016
Nick Jr., Life Like Touring and VStar Entertainment Group today announced the first tour stops for PAW Patrol Live! "Race to the Rescue", a music-filled adventure featuring more than a dozen characters on stage from the hit animated preschool series PAW Patrol, produced by Spin Master Entertainment. From Monday 12 September 2016 at 11am, Australian audiences can purchase tickets at www.pawpatrollive.com.au.  Fans who sign-up to be first in line at www.lifeliketouring.com will have access to pre-sale tickets fromTuesday 6 September.
TRICKSTER Set for Melbourne Limited Season Run
by BWW News Desk - August 29, 2016
The diabolical delight that has critics raving, dark cabaret performer Bradley Storer brings his malevolent monstrosity Trickster to the Butterfly Club for a strictly limited season!
Melbourne Theatre Company Reveals 2017 Season
by BWW News Desk - August 28, 2016
Melbourne Theatre Company Artistic Director Brett Sheehy AO today revealed MTC's 2017 Season - a collection of works from around the world that celebrate the art of great, live storytelling. 
BWW REVIEW: Cirque Du Soleil Brings Childhood Whimsy And Imagination Back To Sydney With KOOZÅ.
by Jade Kops - August 27, 2016
Cirque Du Soleil draws on their traditional origins to pair breathtaking acrobatics and hilarious clowning to reinvigorate a sense of wonder as the KOOZÅ box is opened.
Soothplayers Set For Melbourne Fringe 2016
by BWW News Desk - August 26, 2016
That's right. Soothplayers are so sure that Completely Improvised Shakespeare will delight and amaze you that they offer a money-back guarantee during this year's Melbourne Fringe Festival run at the Court House Hotel! Watch them conjure a full Shakespearean play from nothing but a suggested title from the audience. No plans. No scripts.
Simon Taylor Coming to The Butterfly Club This August
by BWW News Desk - August 26, 2016
The Adelaide Advertiser put it best 'Simon Taylor is not just a comedian - he is a singer, dancer, actor and magician all rolled into one.' Simon returns from the US for a limited time to perform at the club that started his career ­ The Butterfly Club ­ 2­6th of August.
Darebin Arts Brings Circus Oz TWENTYSIXTEEN to Preston in September
by BWW News Desk - August 25, 2016
Darebin Arts is bringing the circus to town this September as it presents Circus Oz's latest absurd and pants-wetting show, TWENTYSIXTEEN, at the Darebin Arts and Entertainment Centre in Preston. Circus Oz is fresh from touring the show internationally, thrilling circus lovers with its Australian larrikin humour: think boisterous flying human cockatoos! 
The Tallest Man On Earth Towers Over QPAC
by BWW News Desk - August 25, 2016
Swedish singer/songwriter Kristian Matsson, known to the world as The Tallest Man On Earth brings his powerful live show of the same name to the Concert Hall, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) for one night only on Wednesday 7 December 2016
SWITZERLAND Comes to MTC This Fall
by BWW News Desk - August 25, 2016
Joanna Murray-Smith's acclaimed two-hander, Switzerland, comes to MTC with the stunning original cast of Sarah Peirse and Eamon Farren. Under the direction of newly appointed MTC Associate Director Sarah Goodes, this Sydney Theatre Company production opens at Southbank Theatre, the Sumner on Wednesday 21 September.
Cirque du Soleil to Launch Australian Tour of KOOZA This August
by BWW News Desk - August 25, 2016
Cirque du Soleil is delighted to announce the return of its trademark blue-and-yellow big top to Australia with an all-new production, KOOZA.
Melbourne Theatre Company Presents Free Public Talk with Award-Winning British Director Jamie Lloyd on Thursday 15 September.
by BWW News Desk - August 24, 2016
Melbourne Theatre Company presents a free public talk with multi award-winning British director Jamie Lloyd on Thursday 15 September.
The Australian Ballet Revives the Classic Family Favourite COPPELIA
by BWW News Desk - August 23, 2016
The Australian Ballet will perform a special Melbourne season of Coppelia at the Palais Theatre from 23 September to 1 October, before touring to Sydney Opera House for a festive-season run from 2 to 21 December.
THE ROAD TO SHANGRI LA Announces Australian Tour
by Nora Dominick - August 23, 2016
Rehearsals Begin For DREAM LOVER: THE BOBBY DARIN MUSICAL
by BWW News Desk - August 23, 2016
Rehearsals are now underway for the World Premiere production of Dream Lover - The Bobby Darin Musical, which plays only in Sydney at the Sydney Lyric Theatre from 22 September for a strictly limited season.
EMPTYING THE BUCKET Announces Performances
by BWW News Desk - August 23, 2016
MY FAIR LADY, directed by Julie Andrews to Play Brisbane and Melbourne Following Sydney Engagement
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2016
Producers John Frost and Opera Australia's Lyndon Terracini are thrilled to announce today that Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady directed by Julie Andrews will play seasons in Brisbane and Melbourne following the Sydney season at the Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House.
BWW REVIEW: The Madcap Comedy Of Britain's Favourite Worst Hotel Comes To Life In The World Premiere Of FAWLTY TOWERS LIVE.
by Jade Kops - August 21, 2016
The much loved British Television Series is given a new life in John Cleese's stage adaptation of FAWLTY TOWERS LIVE
Andi Snelling Returns to Melbourne Fringe with DEJÀ VU (AND OTHER FORMS OF KNOWING)
by BWW News Desk - August 20, 2016
Andi Snelling returns to Fringe with physical theatre at its most warped. Welcome to the realm of deja vu, where dreams and intuition collide. Where secret signals are lost and found in the subliminal mind. It's the futile grasp of dissolving vision, which possibly never existed. The mysterious warp of knowing the unknown, and re-living the predicted.
White Night Melbourne Extends Deadline for Artists and Performers
by BWW News Desk - August 19, 2016
White Night Melbourne will return to the streets, laneways and gardens of the CBD from dusk till dawn on Saturday 18 February, 2017 and due to an overwhelming demand the Expressions of Interest have been extended to August 30, 2016.
Australian Tap Dance Festival Arrives in Melbourne This September
by BWW News Desk - August 18, 2016
The 5th Annual Australian Tap Dance Festival stomps into town these September school holidays as a cavalcade of world class dancers arrive in Melbourne from across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and the U.S.A. With an action-packed week of tap and choreography master classes, jam sessions, dance-offs and special events, the ATDF offers something fun for all ages and levels and is the only festival of its kind in Australasia.
THE SECRET NOISE Gets Victorian Premiere 14 – 15 October 2016
by BWW News Desk - August 18, 2016
The Secret Noise poetically and playfully explores the threshold of music-making as a public and private exchange - from the sacred forms of ceremonial music and legally extinguished compositions to 'backmasking' (playing an LP backwards to reveal a subliminal, satanic message), private love songs and the proliferation of personal music players.
MTC Honours Benefactors with Lifetime Patrons Award
by BWW News Desk - August 17, 2016
Melbourne Theatre Company honoured three of its benefactors with MTC Lifetime Patron Awards last night at a special preview event for MTC's 2017 Season.

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