AUSTRALIA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 213

Sunday night, Hugh Jackman celebrated Australia Day with his wife Deborra-Lee Furness and his children, Oscar and Ava at Refinery Rooftop.

Radiant jazz singer Stacey Kent has been quietly gathering devotees around the world with her impeccable musicality and hypnotic voice.

He's garnered standing ovations and unanimous rave reviews all around the country, and now the irrepressible Trevor Ashley is returning to Melbourne to channel the one and only Dame Shirley Bassey in Diamonds are for Trevor, a spectacular, over-the-top concert extravaganza at Arts Centre Melbourne's

The UK's critically acclaimed Bite-Size Plays debuts in Australia with a new show developed in collaboration with Interactive Theatre International, the people behind Faulty Towers The Dining Experience.

Australia's much feted tribute to the BBC's best-loved sitcom continues to tour at home and abroad.

From stolen tea to online dating, experience electrifying new stories from five playwrights in MTC's Cybec Electric, a series of semi-staged readings in the Lawler, at Southbank Theatre between 6 to 22 February 2014.

In a show like no other, The Empire Strips Back takes the classic characters from the beloved Star Wars film franchise and drops them into the world of Burlesque.

One of Britain's hottest young playwrights, Mike Bartlett, explores sexuality and the agony of confusion in the Australian premiere of Cock.

The Boy from Oz is BACK! This time in his own show.

Heats of The Your Theatrics International Cabaret Contest (YTICC) wrapped this week after heats in Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Auckland.

Thirteen directors will participate in Melbourne Theatre Company's new Women Directors Program, a first for a major theatre company in Australia.

It's the graveyard shift and three women find themselves in an industrial wasteland, willing to risk everything in their interplay with each other and a moving machine.

"The Perfect Partnership", starring Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn, is an outstanding documentary that features never before seen footage, interviews and dance selections between two of the greatest classical dancers to ever grace the world's stages - many critics will say the most magnificent an

Heats of The Your Theatrics International Cabaret Contest (YTICC) wrapped this week after heats in Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Auckland.

It's the graveyard shift and three women find themselves in an industrial wasteland, willing to risk everything in their interplay with each other and a moving machine.

Normie Rowe, Johnny Young and Colleen Hewett will come together for a memorable night featuring all their chartbusting hits and some wonderful stories reaching back to the beginning of their incredible careers in the 60's.

A brand new celebration of 50 Years of TV's favourite Time Lord, The Doctor! Benjamin Maio Mackay and Rob Lloyd are Doctor Who's biggest fans and are kidnapped by the Dalek's creator Davros.

Angelina Ballerina is coming to life in an all-singing, all dancing blockbuster West End musical.

To celebrate the imminent Opening of a truly Sydney musical, Strictly Ballroom The Musical (previewing from 25 March), Baz Luhrmann has collaborated with Global Creatures and Destination NSW to create STRICTLY SYDNEY, the largest outdoor ballroom dancing event ever seen in Australia.

Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show is back! Fish out the fishnets and sharpen those stilettos for the rockiest ride of your life! Producers Howard Panter and John Frost today announced that the much loved iconic musical is now playing in Brisbane followed by seasons at the Crown Theatre, Perth

The Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) is calling for participants to be involved in the Clancestry Pathways Project, which has been created with support from the Newman Government's Super Star Fund.

25 pianos will be played by more than 30 people tomorrow to launch Play Me I'm Yours on Arts Centre Melbourne's Lawn at a rehearsal at 4.

Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show is back! Fish out the fishnets and sharpen those stilettos for the rockiest ride of your life! Producers Howard Panter and John Frost today announced that the much loved iconic musical opened in Brisbane followed by seasons at the Crown Theatre, Perth in Febru

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The new stage musical KING KONG - one of the greatest love stories ever told - features an all-Australian lead cast and a line-up of International Artistscontributing to the score.