AUSTRALIA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 177

Following a triumphant debut tour of China, Melbourne Opera (MO) has returned to stage their first opera for 2016 - Mozart's rarely performed singspiel The Abduction from the Seraglio, not staged professionally in Melbourne for over 20 years.

Kate Atkinson (Wentworth, The Waiting Room) and Bert LaBonte (Birdland, The Mountaintop) star in Lungs, a funny, tender and profound new play by critically acclaimed British writer Duncan Macmillan.

An evening with Lisa-Skye and Daisy Berry: The queerest all-female double-bill going 'round.

Cameron Mackintosh's acclaimed new production of Boublil & Schonberg's legendary musical, LES MISERABLES, premiered in Melbourne on June 22nd 2014 and is now preparing for its final bow this coming Sunday 17th January in Brisbane.

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The award-winning hit show VELVET will have its Melbourne premiere at The Coopers Malthouse from 23rd March 2016, for a strictly limited season.

The country town of Coriole is getting ready for Australia Day - a time to crack open a frothy, stick a snag on the barbie and celebrate what it means to be a true blue Aussie.

Performing in the final week of the Midsumma festival, BUTCH MASTERS: MAN OF DESTINY is a hilarious celebration of musical theatre sexiness and rockin' power ballads.

It's been two years since Wayne Tunks' one man show, 'Everything I Know I Learnt From Madonna' filled the seats at La Mama for Midsumma.

After much anticipation, applause fills the Princess Theatre as the stage is lit to reveal the wonderful Anthony Warlow as Tevye on opening night in the new Australian production of Fiddler On The Roof!

The supernatural power of love will explode onto the Australian stage in GHOST THE MUSICAL, directed by Matthew Warchus, starting today 8 January 2016, headed by ROB MILLS as 'Sam Wheat', JEMMA RIX as 'Molly Jensen' (Wicked fans will be overjoyed), ALEX RATHGEBER as 'Carl Bruner' (direct from his

The Melbourne Season of the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of MATILDA THE MUSICAL features four young actresses who will share the title role.

?Red Line Productions at the Old Fitz Theatre is pleased to be partnering with the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras again to present the Australian Premiere of The Whale by Samuel D.

Hot off the back of a New York Times best-selling memoir NOT MY FATHER'S SON, Scottish actor-singer-author Alan Cumming is making his debut in Melbourne for a raucous adults-only one-man cabaret show, ALAN CUMMING SINGS SAPPY SONGS, at Arts Centre Melbourne's Playhouse from tonight 5 - 7 January, 20

Exploding onto the stage of the Gasworks Arts Park, Gender Spanner is a joyous hour of comedy, self-examination and empowerment.

Melbourne's beloved laneway style precinct, QV Melbourne, is thrilled to announce the January-February summer program for their new outdoor cinema in the QV Square.

Submissions open today for the 2016 Australian Jazz Bell Awards, the only awards in Australia to acknowledge excellence specifically for jazz performance, creativity and presentation.

Arts Centre Melbourne and Room 8 will present AT LAST - THE ETTA JAMES STORY with Vika Bull from February 16th - 21st 2016.

opening at the Capitol Theatre on 30 October with an extra week of performances (25 to 29 November).

An impressive line-up of Australian talent has been assembled for the new production of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, opening at Melbourne's Princess Theatre from tonight, December 29th.

She's back! After a sell-out Australian tour in 2015, the Queen of the Queens and winner of RuPaul's Drag Race, Bianca Del Rio is back with her brand new comedy show in May 2016.

A new Australian musical had its world premiere last night and Georgy Girl - The Seekers musical is a show that will do Australians and theatre in this country proud.

An international geography DJ, Chopper has taken the former countries of New Zealand and Australia, thrown out the shit bits, and created the worlds newest superpower Anzakistan, and hes just the bloke to run it.

One of Australia's most versatile and acclaimed actors, Carol Burns has passed away, aged 68, after a short battle with cancer.

Melbourne's beloved laneway style precinct, QV Melbourne, is thrilled to announce the January-February summer program for their new outdoor cinema in the QV Square.