AUSTRALIA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 219

They said it would never happen: Helen Reddy is back on stage after more than a decade off the road.

Melbourne Theatre Company has announced its NEON Festival of Independent Theatre has been named Best of Australian Arts 2013 in the theatre category awarded by The Monthly - Australia's leading national magazine about politics, society and culture.

Joining television and theatre star Craig McLachlan in the new production of Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show will be a fresh, exciting and talented cast of Australia's best musical theatre performers.

The 39 Steps is a fast-paced, side-splitting comedy featuring over a hundred characters played by four actors.

Melbourne's first live, improvised soap opera, Spinnaker Bay began life in 2004.

The National Theatre of China and PlayKing Productions have announced a Sydney season of their award winning Chinese-Australian production Cho Cho, comprising six performances at The Concourse Theatre, Chatswood from tonight, September 24-28 then at the Arts Centre Melbourne from 2-6 October.

Legendary Broadway composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz travels to Melbourne for Children of Eden at Melbourne Recital Centre today.

In an all-singing, all-dancing musical theatre show, children's book and television favourite Angelina Ballerinawill perform live in a brand new stage 'Mousical' at the State Theatre, Wednesday 15 January - Sunday 19 January 2014 at Arts Centre Melbourne.

WICKED Australian Co-Producer John Frost today announced that preview tickets for performances from 7-9 May for WICKED's 2014 Melbourne season will be available for sale on September 30.

STRICTLY BALLROOM THE MUSICAL will tango, sashay and bogo pogo its way onto the Sydney Lyric stage from 25 March 2014, thanks to the original creative team behind the classic 1992 film, director and co-writer Baz Luhrmann, set and costume designer Catherine Martin, choreographer John 'Cha Cha' O'Con

The Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC's) popular FREE Green Jam Sessions will be returning to the Melbourne Street Green to celebrate Brisbane's warm summer season, from the 18 October to 20 December 2013 (inclusive) every Friday afternoon starting at 5pm.

Marina Prior will take centre stage at upcoming Morning Melodies concerts this Monday 23 September atArts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall.

There are 35 male aerialists, circus performers, puppeteers, actors, singers and dancers in KING KONG's massive cast of 51 - and now, audiences can see a whole lot more of them in DNA Magazine's issue #166 (on sale worldwide 24 October 2013).

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

The Estate of Michael Jackson and Cirque du Soleil previously announced that Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour would arrive in Australia in September this year.

Twenty three year old violist, Katie Yap, joins 105 of Australia's finest classical musicians under the baton of Zubin Mehta when she performs with the Australian World Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House and Hamer Hall next month.

Arts Centre Melbourne presents Play Me, I'm Yours as part of the internationally touring artwork devised by British artist Luke Jerram for three weeks from 9 January 2014 - 27 January 2014.

Brett Sheehy, Melbourne Theatre Company's Artistic Director today revealed his 2014 Season in an evening launch at Hamer Hall.

Since EMPIRE by Spiegelworld opened in Australia in January this year, it has been seen by over 130,000 people around the country with rave reviews, sold out performances and standing ovations.

Producers Howard Panter and John Frost today confirmed that the new Australian production ofRichard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show will play a limited season at Melbourne's Comedy Theatre opening April 26 following seasons at the Brisbane's Lyric Theatre in January, the Crown Theatre, Perth in Febr

The National Theatre of China and PlayKing Productions have announced a Sydney season of their award winning Chinese-Australian production Cho Cho, comprising six performances at The Concourse Theatre, Chatswood from September 24-28 then at the Arts Centre Melbourne from 2-6 October.

The future of contemporary Australian circus can be seen right now.

After a successful Sydney debut, the laughter-filled shake-your-booty extravaganza that is BLUE MAN GROUP must continue on its Australian tour.

Arts Centre Melbourne has announced it will present a free exhibit featuring the Academy Awards won by John Truscott for Camelot.