AUSTRALIA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 187

Producers Howard Panter and John Frost gleefully announced that the author of The Rocky Horror Show, Richard O'Brien, would join the production at certain special performances during the Melbourne season, playing the role of the Narrator.

Making their Melbourne debut, the acclaimed Sydney Chamber Opera brings David Malouf's classic novel Fly Away Peter to the Fairfax Studio stage in three shows from October 21 - 24 2015.

Tunks Productions are offering an all new take on love, sex, flirting and dating in the modern era with their 2015 production of The Subtle Art Of Flirting.

Glen Street Theatre and John Buchanan join forces to present a brand new show, The Life and Music of Scott Joplin.

Magic, music, mime and mayhem, puppetry and pizza will explode across the kitchen in Theatre Beating's The Magic Chicken at Arts Centre Melbourne's Fairfax Studio from 8 - 12 July.

Producers Howard Panter and John Frost announced today that due to extraordinary demand, The Rocky Horror Show will play an extra week at the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne.

Making LEGENDS a family affair, Producer John Frost's latest show teams Hayley Mills, Juliet Mills and Maxwell Caulfield in the update of James Kirkwood's 1986 comedy.

Impro Melbourne is proud to take part in an international Impro movement to raise awareness of and money for mental illness in Robin Williams' memory.

A love letter to the subtlest of soundscapes: on the 40th anniversary year of Brian Eno's classic Discreet Music, a slew of artists present a live interpretation of this shimmering monument of ambient elegance.

The Australian Chamber Orchestra will present 'A French Celebration with Susan Graham' running 11-22 July 2015.

Elton John and his band are set to return to Australia from 5 December as part of his international All The Hits Tour.

Tonight the 2015 Helpmann Awards nominations will be announced concurrently in 6 cities across Australia.

Melbourne Theatre Company announced today that strong box office results in 2014 helped deliver a modest operating surplus for the Company which, along with several other key artistic and executive achievements, led to a wonderful year for Victoria's state theatre company.

Tonight, the countdown to the 2015 HELPMANN AWARDS began with the announcement of the 2015 HELPMANN AWARDS Nominees.

After the critically acclaimed season of Mad Women's Monologues, Melbourne based Late Bloomers Productions are set to bring the 80's back to The Butterfly Club.

The inaugural 2015 St Albans Writers' Festival, the newest writers' festival in Australia focusing on Australian authors and writing, will take place from Friday 18 September to Sunday 20 September in the rural setting of historic St Albans Village, located in the beautiful Hawkesbury River area les

Set amidst a crumbling suburban dream, Lisa D'Amour's award-winning Detroit is an ecstatic and dangerous comedy that brilliantly captures our precarious economic times.

The complex identities of young African emerging artists will be explored in a series of dramatic art installations projected on Arts Centre Melbourne's forecourt and Hamer Hall terrace for a month from July 3.

Some plays maintain their relevance because some horrors never go away.

?Producers Howard Panter and John Frost gleefully announced today that the author of The Rocky Horror Show, Richard O'Brien, would join the production at certain special performances during the Melbourne season, playing the role of the Narrator.

On January 15th, 1847, Marie Duplessis - courtesan, party girl, liar and legend - got out of bed, put on a dress, ordered a bottle of champagne, and sat alone in her Paris apartment to celebrate her birthday.

Following sell-out seasons in Melbourne, Canberra and Glasgow, Janet Seidel returns to Glen Street Theatre to celebrate Johnny Mercer, the famous songwriter and founder of Capitol Records.

Given the choice, would you save your family and yourself from persecution or condemn others to certain death? A question of morality that challenges the audience to think, 'what would you do'?

To coincide with Bastille Day, Slide has announced a Diamond VIP Package for the month of July that includes a premium table for two, a delicious 3 course dinner and a bottle of fine French or NZ wine.

The 2015 Helpmann Awards nominations will be announced on Monday, 22nd June 2015 at 6 p.