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Santa's Magical Kingdom, in collaboration with Santa Claus North Pole, have signed an exclusive deal to once again bring all the magic of Christmas to Melbourne in 2014 at a new home, Caulfield Racecourse.

Stage legend Rhonda Burchmore and Olympic gold medalist-turned-theatre sensation Matthew Mitcham bring the vibrancy of the Midsumma Festival to Arts Centre Melbourne's Fairfax Studio this summer.

The Producers of THRILLER LIVE today announced that The Voice finalist PRINNIE STEVENS will headline THRILLER LIVE on its national tour of Australia beginning in December this year in Perth then touring to Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.

Ralph Towner, Wolfgang Muthspiel and Slava Grigoryan are acclaimed as three of the world's finest guitarists in their own fields.

Mainstage Theatre Company announces principal cast for their new production of multi-award winning Broadway musical YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN, at Hobart's Peacock Theatre this October.

Back to knock some sense back into the nation, The Grumpy Old Women return with their brand spanking new show FIFTY Shades of Biege!

Luckiest Productions, Neil Gooding Productions and Tinderbox Productions are proud to announce the return of the smash-hit production Sweet Charity, playing Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Wollongong from January to March 2015.

Producers Howard Panter and John Frost today announced that beloved theatre and television performer Bert Newton would play the Narrator in the Sydney season of Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show.

Melbourne Festival heads Northside in 2014 for Melbourne-premiere season of MKA's The Trouble with Harry by Lachlan Philpott from today 18 October to Sunday 9 November, 2014.

THRILLER LIVE, a spectacular concert production that celebrates the music of the world's greatest entertainer, Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five has played in London's West End since 2009, and last month entered the record books as the 20th longest running musical in West End history.

POTTED POTTER toured Australia in 2012 and played to sold-out houses across the country, and now by popular demand this hugely entertaining show makes a welcome return.

Melbourne Recital Centre and Melbourne Festival 2014 in association with Playking Foundation present LOFTY MOUNTAINS AND FLOWING WATER, featuring the Jun Tian Yun He Ensemble, led by founder and director Wang Peng.

Nominations have now opened for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Australia - Melbourne Regional Awards!

Following the hugely successful 2013/2014 Australian tour of EMPIRE by Spiegelworld, it was announced today that Spiegelworld will be bringing its smash-hit Las Vegas show ABSINTHE to Australia in 2015.

On 29 October 2014 Arts Centre Melbourne will celebrate its 30th Anniversary! October 29 1984 marked the date when all three venues - the Theatres Building with its famous spire, the Melbourne Concert Hall (now Hamer Hall), and Melbourne's premier outdoor music venue Sidney Myer Music Bowl - came un

Next Wave is recruiting.

Sinful Pleasures Burlesque, an elaborate showcase featuring Classic, Neo, Unique, Boylesque and Dark Neo styles of Burlesque, is set for the Butterfly Club tonight 9th and 30th October 2014.

Blue Saint Productions is a fresh company based in both Sydney and Melbourne that are striving toward producing original and existing works.

For the first time in Australia, renowned playwright Craig Wright's The Pavilion will be presented by Melbourne's Boutique Theatre company 30 October - 14 November at the Abbots- ford Convent.

Once, the musical adaptation of the film by the same name is quite possibly the most complete display of craftsmanship and creativity in modern theatre.

The Sound of Waves is an allegorical tale that traces the emotional landscape of performer Jodie Harris' journey through losing her hearing, receiving a Cochlear implant and then discovering how to navigate her world once more.

Tickets for the tour of Michael Palin - Live on Stage across Australia and New Zealand will go on sale on Monday October 20.

The biggest magic show on the planet returns with a brand new show! Don't miss this stunning sequel that features seven new masters of magic and illusion.

Five years after the runaway success of Songs for Nobodies, Joanna Murray-Smith, Bernadette Robinson and Simon Phillips team up once again for Pennsylvania Avenue, a brilliant new music theatre work opening Thursday 13 November 2014 at Southbank Theatre, The Sumner.

I was able to watch the unstoppable, nearly nine-year-old touring production of two-time Olivier Award nominees Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner's parody POTTED POTTER: The Unauthorized Harry Experience twice: the first time was at Little Shubert Theatre Off-Broadway, which starred Clarkson and