AUSTRALIA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 238

Em O'Loughlin, National Raw Comedy winner, is set to present her ode to the elderly, LADIES LOUNGE, as part of Melbourne Fringe at The Butterfly Club.

We are used to calling them triple threats - musical theatre performers who can sing, dance and act.

The Australian Ballet has announced that Ella Havelka will be joining the company.

Promises promises is a 'musical' of two halves.

Hamer Hall's reputation as the "people's concert hall" will be strengthened as a raft of free entertainment is rolled out from today, 5 October, including weekly lunchtime concerts, dance sessions and music-making workshops using iPads.

And in exciting news, the rock anthem Long Way To The Top has been added to the vaults with the announcement by the federal Arts Minister, Simon Crean, that AC/DC's 1975, "It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Want to Rock n Roll)", with its reverberating bagpipe riff, has been selected for inclusion i

Following the success of two stellar productions in season 2012 The Producers and Chess, The Production Company's final production for 2012 is the award-winning Broadway musical Promises, Promises.

'Normie,' an exciting new musical charting the highly successful and controversial 1960s experiences of Australia's first King of Pop, will have its world premiere in Melbourne on November 23.

Windmill Theatre presents the award winning Canadian born acrobatic clown Jamie Adkins (Cirque du Soleil soloist, and Montreal's Cirque Éloize) in his internationally acclaimed one man show Circus Incognitus for nine performances from today, 2 through 6 October at Her Majesty's Theatre.

West End hit Potted Potter, The unauthorized Harry Potter Experience is set to open in Australia, playing limited seasons in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide from today, 2 October.

After the successful launch of BroadwayWorld Regional Awards in 2010, we have expanded, updated, and are ready for this year's awards!

A true star of the Australian and New Zealand stage, Delia Hannah was my first ever leading lady.

Trevor Ashley returns to the Arts Centre in his riorous four hander Fat Swan.

Sport and theatre collide in this biographical depiction of AFL legend Ron Barassi written by Tee O'Neill and directed by Terence O'Connell.

Hamer Hall's reputation as the "people's concert hall" will be strengthened as a raft of free entertainment is rolled out from Friday 5 October, including weekly lunchtime concerts, dance sessions and music-making workshops using iPads.

Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC's) popular FREE Green Jam Sessions kick off for summer 2012 next Friday 5 October, in everybody's favourite outdoor lounge set on the Melbourne Street Green.

Slow Clap, return to the Melbourne Fringe Festival with their 'spectacular mix of storytelling, character-based comedy and dance.

TRUTH, presented by Slow Clap at the Melbourne Fringe Festival, will play tonight, September 28 - October 5 at the Fringe Hub - The Ballroom, Lithuanian Club, a 7:45 p.

From Wednesday 31 October - Saturday 3 November, peek into the hearts of Melbourne's teenagers as they experience love for the very first time in Love Letters.

Australian cultural champion and business leader John Haddad AO has been appointed Chairman of the Arts Centre Melbourne Foundation, announced the President of Arts Centre Melbourne Janet Whiting today.

Double Helpmann Award nominee (Best Cabaret Performer - Diamonds Are For Trevor / Best Lead Male in a Musical -Fat Swan) Trevor Ashley is back.

Award-winning entertainer Mr Simon Taylor performs 1 MAN DEBATE, a brand new comedy show that redefines manhood.

Returning to Brisbane and Melbourne for the first time in more than 20 years, Buffett will take the party to the iconic Palais Theatre in Melbourne tonight, Sunday 23rd September.

Mockingbird Theatre brings to Melbourne audiences the return of the acclaimed Green Room award-winning staging of The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman and Members of The Tectonic Theatre Project.

Live Performance Australia™ (LPA) announced today that Liza McLean will be the Executive Producer of the Helpmann Awards® in 2013.