AUSTRALIA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 232

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is an interesting show to define.

Arts Centre Melbourne's much-loved concert series Morning Melodies returns in 2013 to Hamer Hall and celebrates 29 years of popular daytime entertainment.

Malthouse Theatre & Chunky Move present 247 DAYS at the Merlyn Theatre, Malthouse, 15 March - 23 March 2013.

KAGE presents the world premiere of Flesh and Bone in March 2013, a bold new work exploring the construction of attraction and our primal need to be connected.

Windmill Theatre, riding high on a run of accolades, has won a major grant from Arts SA towards the commissioning of a new work as part of a trilogy to be presented at the Adelaide Festival in 2014.

Some of Australia's best independent music artists including David Bridie, Robert Forster, Archie Roach and Kavisha Mazzella will converse and perform live music in a series of very special events hosted by music journalists Lisa Palermo and Kate Welsman aka Systa bb.

Melbourne Theatre Company celebrates the opening of its 2013 season with the Australian premiere of The Other Place by Sharr White which opens tonight, 31 January 2013, 8pm at Arts Centre Melbourne, Playhouse.

In a very special celebration of the Chinese New Year, The People's Republic of China (PRC) Ministry of Culture and the Shanghai Municipal Government join the China Shanghai International Arts Festival, China's premier international performing arts festival, and the China National Opera House to pre

Dean Bryant directs musical theatre legend Trevor Ashley in the divinely decadent drag cabaret, I'm Every Woman at The Famous Spiegeltent from Tuesday 19 - Saturday 23 February.

Tim Lawson, Producer of CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG and Director Roger Hodgman have been thrilled with the audience's response to the Sydney season of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and are excited to be opening in Melbourne on 30 January at Her Majesty's Theatre.

Green Street Theatre will present PORNOGRAPHY by Simon Stephens, directed by David Myles, 20 February - 3 March 2013 at the Malthouse Theatre (113 Sturt St.

Club Spiegel in Melbourne's most-loved pop-up venue The Famous Spiegeltent is once again set to become the city's night-time hotspot this summer.

Paul Dyer's achievements as co-founder and artistic director of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Brandenburg Choir have today been recognized by his inclusion in the Australia Day Honours List.

Sydney Opera House and Melbourne Recital Centre today announced the premiere visit to Australia of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra (MCO).

Arts Centre Melbourne will be centrestage at White Night Melbourne from 7pm-7am Saturday 23 February with shows on all five mainstages, a sub-sub-culture sound experience five floors down, ghostly backstage tours, puppets on show, burlesque and revelry in The Famous Spiegeltent, sights and sounds in

Jump on board for a fun-filled journey with Mickey and all your favourite Disney Live friends with Disney Live - Mickey's Rockin' Road Show, opening in Melbourne today, January 24.

St Kilda-based dancer Nadiah Idris will replace Demi Sorono for the Melbourne season of Blaze the Show.

So You Think You Can Dance finalist and leading Melbourne hip hop dancer Demi Sorono will join the cast of international dance sensation, Blaze The Show.

After a nation-wide search for Australia's best streetdancer, Melburnian Sid Mathur has been selected to join the cast of Blaze the Show for its Melbourne season at Hamer Hall from tonight, 23 - Sunday 27 January 2013.

London UK Records is proud to present the Australian premiere of The Saints of British Rock at the 2013 Adelaide Fringe Festival.

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

One of the world's greatest orchestras, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam will perform at Hamer Hall in November for two concerts only as part of its first-ever Australian tour, announced Arts Centre Melbourne Chief Executive Judith Isherwood today.

Leading Australian theatre producer John Frost and London theatre impresario David Ian today announced that the ever popular musical GREASE will return to Australian stages later this year.

Melbourne Theatre Company will welcome its new leadership team - Artistic Director Brett Sheehy and Executive Director Virginia Lovett - as the Company celebrates sixty years with an exciting new season and direction.

Tim Lawson, Producer of CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG and Director Roger Hodgman have been thrilled with the audience's response to the Sydney season of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and are excited to be opening in Melbourne on 30 January at Her Majesty's Theatre.