AUSTRALIA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 200

Leading Australian theatre producer John Frost today announced the international hit musical Dirty Dancing would play in Melbourne and Brisbane in 2015 following its Sydney season.

A New Brain is one of William Finn's his many exquisite musical theatre works.

Now close to selling out at the Sydney Opera House, Bangarra Dance Theatre's new show Patyegarang is on its way to Melbourne for a limited season of ten performances.

Bangarra Dance Theatre will take to the Playhouse stage at Arts Centre Melbourne from 28 August 2014 with the Melbourne Premiere of its new work Patyegarang.

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

It was announced today that LIGHT THE NIGHT will celebrate 10 years with a final benefit concert at the City Recital Hall Angel Place on Monday October 27.

After a sell-out performance at Glen Street Theatre in 2012, this feast of Gilbert and Sullivan gems is back by popular demand.

Drew Collet shatters every used car salesman stereotype and in the process delivers an often hilarious insight into life in the car yard.

Darlinghurst Theatre Company today announced the cast for Daylight Saving, the final play in their inaugural season at Eternity Playhouse.

From a long-standing and critically lauded collaboration comes the highly anticipated world premiere of a politically charged work from two of theatre and dance's most unflinching creators.

An exhibition of paintings and drawings inspired by MTC's production of The Sublime, created by artists from Arts Project Australia, will be in the Fairfax Studio foyer at Arts Centre Melbourne from 22 August to 4 October.

Showboat, Kern and Hammerstein's 1932 classic, provides an enjoyable musical experience.

Melbourne Opera will present a new production of French opera The Pearl Fishers (Les Pecheurs de Perles) conducted by Richard Divall.

The 14th Annual Helpmann Awards were presented live from Sydney's Capitol Theatre and broadcast on Foxtel's Arena.

Elmo is getting ready for one more tour down under before taking his dancing feet back to Sesame Street! This October is Australia's last chance to enjoy SESAME STREET PRESENTS ELMO'S WORLD TOUR - a live on stage, locally written and produced production.

SHOW BOAT, the first great contemporary musical opens tonight, August 16 in Arts Centre Melbourne's State Theatre for 10 performances.

Orphans is a chilling ethical journey of three family members who ultimately find that they are alone and faced with an unenviable path to repentance.

Critically acclaimed cabaret artist Amy Bodossian emerges form the depths of the Salvos Stores bin to bring you a truly unique and breathtaking evening of all original songs and beat poetry.

Hailed as one of the most influential contemporary composers of the past decade, electro?acoustic polymath Max Richter makes his Australian debut this November, accompanied by New York's 22-piece Wordless Music Orchestra in Vivaldi Recomposed.

Acclaimed actor, writer, TV travel documentary presenter, iconic comedian and member of Monty Python Michael Palin has accepted Lateral Events' invitation to tour Michael Palin - Live on Stage to Australia and New Zealand in February/March 2015.

The six Finalists for the 2014 Rob Guest Endowment Award were announced last night at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney.

Junction Arts Festival returns to energise Launceston, Tasmania from Wednesday 10 - Sunday 14 September, 2014 with five days of unexpected art adventures weaving through the city.

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

The harp is a unique musical instrument that can elicit so many emotions.

Leading Australian theatre producer John Frost and Opera Australia Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini today announced they will present a new production of Cole Porter's smash-hit musical comedy Anything Goes next year.