AUSTRALIA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 216

Chunky Move willpresent the world premiere of AORTA, a new work by award winning choreographer and dancer, Stephanie Lake.

From today 21 November to 1 December 2013, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with Chief Conductor Mariss Jansons will present concerts in Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.

Before the company relocates to Sydney, The Hayloft Project will update the Elizabethan murder mystery Arden of Faversham in their Melbourne swan song Arden v Arden at Northcote Town Hall from tonight 20 November - Sunday 8 December, 2013.

The Mike Walsh Fellowships enable young theatre practitioners to travel overseas to further their knowledge and experience in their chosen fields of the performing arts, before returning to Australia to pursue their careers.

Headlining Arts Centre Melbourne's summer season is The Illusionists, a grand and spectacular celebration of the art of magic by the most innovative illusionists working today, which will be leaving State Theatre audiences speechless from 3 to 12 January 2014.

Noel! Noel! - A Celtic-inspired Christmas concert with the BRANDENBURG CHOIR and AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBURG ORCHESTRA will feature guest soloist, countertenor MAXIMILIAN RIEBL.

In an Australian exclusive, German Minimal Techno producer Pantha Du Prince (Hendrik Weber) headlines Melbourne Music Week with his astonishing Elements of Light live concert at the Melbourne Recital Centre in November.

Experience the glitz, glamour and intense competition as Australian and International champions of dancesport kick up their heels at Australia's only International dancesport event, the 68th Australian DanceSport Championship at Hisense Arena on 6, 7 and 8 December, 2013.

After a record number of nominations and careful proofing by our local editors for eligibility, we are VERY excited to announce that voting has begun for this year's BWW Awards.

After 5 years of development, 6 months of rehearsal, 4 season extensions and 293 curtain calls, KING KONG will have its final performance on Sunday 16 February 2014 as the production ramps up planning for a northern hemisphere season.

Melbourne Theatre Company today announced that Tiffany Lucas takes up the role of Development Director, commencing this week.

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.

Leading Australian theatre producer John Frost and Opera Australia Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini last night announced that the role of the King in the 2014 Melbourne season of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic Broadway musical The King and I will be played by international stage and screen star

Australia's largest performing arts centre, Arts Centre Melbourne has recently launched their 2014 Education Program for performing arts, music and learning workshops.

Victorian Arts Centre Trust President Mr Tom Harley has today announced that Ms Judith Isherwood will step down as Chief Executive of Arts Centre Melbourne.

One of Australia's leading onstage performers, Bernadette Robinson is returning to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) for one night only tonight 8 November 2013, to perform live in concert, on the Concert Hall stage.

LES MISERABLES Australia was launched on October 14th at The Chapter House.

Today, the news was let 'out of the box' at the 2013 Educators Performing Arts Market (EPAM) that there are extended dates for the 2014 Out of the Box Festival.

Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes and Dirty Beasts, a spectacular new live show combining two of his most famous and best-loved rhyming storybooks, will make its world premiere at La Boite's Roundhouse Theatre these school holidays from 8 to 18 January.

Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton's children's book The 13-Storey Treehouse will come to life on stage from Saturday 5 - Sunday 13 April, 2014 at Arts Centre Melbourne's Playhouse.

It was announced today by Lateral Events that Bill Bryson, one of the world's most accomplished and loved authors will travel to Australia to appear in a live show entitled Bill Bryson - Many a True Word, an Illuminating Interview.

Impro Melbourne unleash the dead with this festival of nightmarish live performances.

In addition to their performances at Hamer Hall on 26 and 27 November, members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam will lead timpani and flute master classes at the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) at 10:00am, 27 November 2013.

Fruitful Productions presents CLOSET LAND, a psychological thriller by Radha Bharadwaj.

Performing arts leaders from Europe and Asia will descend on Melbourne next May as part of a knowledge and cultural exchange event to increase international collaboration and engagement.