AUSTRALIA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 173

Watching Matilda the musical is like witnessing something as close to musical theatre perfection as you can get.

Touring to Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne in May and June 2016, The Imperial Bells of China returns to Australia with a new production which incorporates new elements including dance and folk songs.

?The rarely seen world of Northern Territory teenagers will be explored in the eye-opening new play Sugarland from 19 - 21 May 2016 in the Playhouse Rehearsal Room.

This April, Dancehouse, Carriageworks and the Keir Foundation present the premieres of eight works by outstanding commissioned artists for the 2016 Keir Choreographic Award (KCA), Australia's first major choreographic award.

Bart Freebairn (triple j, Comedy Channel) wants to tell you jokes.

Mad March Hare Theatre Company in association with Red Line Productions is pleased to present the Sydney premiere of Amy Herzog's Belleville, a thrilling drama that examines the limits of trust and dependency in a world where love can turn pathological and our most intimate relationships may not be

Are you a theatrephile or a theatre novice? Can you sustain your attention on a single program for an entire hour, or do you flick from YouTube video to YouTube video? Whether the former, or the latter, 'Two Pairs of Shorts' is bound to engage, excite & entertain!

In the fall of 1939, at 9 years old, Eleanor and her family left New York on the SS Hamburg bound for Germany.

The show Lisa has been asked to do for years is finally here.

This July, This American Life creator Ira Glass will bring his exciting live stage show THREE ACTS, TWO DANCERS, ONE RADIO HOST to Arts Centre Melbourne's State Theatre.

Producers of the new Australian production of the worldwide smash hit musical WE WILL ROCK YOU, John Frost, Queen Theatrical Productions, Phil McIntyre Entertainment and Tribeca Theatrical Productions, today announced the members of the band.

Take note Melbourne earthlings - new tickets to the monster hit cult musical LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS have just been released and are available to purchase from this Friday March 11.

Today Jeanne Pratt AC, Chairman of The Production Company, announced her Company's 2016 season, starring CAROLINE O'CONNOR, DAVID HOBSON, NANCYE HAYES, SIMON GLEESON, AMY LEHPAMER AND TODD McKENNEY.

One of Australia's most exciting and innovative young directors, Kip Williams, brings the theatrical masterpiece Miss Julie to Melbourne Theatre Company, opening on Thursday 21 April at Southbank Theatre, The Sumner.

PURGATORIO rips two classic characters from the shackles of history to ask: how do you forgive the unforgiveable? You think you know this classic story, but trust us: you don't.

Festival favourite and three time Barry Award nominee, Damian Callinan, returns to Melbourne International Comedy Festival with a brand new solo show, about taking (mid)life by the horns.

More than three decades after she left regional Queensland as a teenager to pursue her dreams on the international stage, one of Australia's most accomplished dancers, Leanne Benjamin, will return home to be appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).

More than three decades after she left regional Queensland as a teenager to pursue her dreams on the international stage, one of Australia's most accomplished dancers, Leanne Benjamin, will return home to be appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).

With Melbourne in raptures over the sold-out season of Ladies in Black, rave reviews for Lungs, four new Australian plays developed through the Cybec Electric play reading series, a swag of Green Room Award nominations, and the hotly anticipated Australian premiere of The Distance opening this Thurs

? Henry Rollins returns to Australia this September, in what will be his first all talking affair since 2012, his longest break from the Antipodes since 1995.

Can one arrogantly named girl gang save the world? Taking on gender inequality one glorious harmony at a time, Lady Sings it Better give the comedy-cabaret finger to the world's greatest male musicians, reinventing tunes by David Bowie, Prince, Kanye West, Justin Bieber, John Farnham, Maroon 5 and a

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Are you a theatrephile or a theatre novice? Can you sustain your attention on a single program for an entire hour, or do you flick from YouTube video to YouTube video? Whether the former, or the latter, "Two Pairs of Shorts" is bound to engage, excite & entertain!

Writer Tom Wright and director Matthew Lutton seem to have an acute awareness of their audience here, and what that audience brings to this picnic.

The Butterfly Club have a proud 17-year history of presenting independent cabaret, theatre, music, comedy and burlesque.