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Due to the illness of one of the actors, the show 'Educating Rita' has been postponed until further notice.

MOMO films officially announced today that '8' the new play by Academy Award winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black (Milk and J.

Today, 30 April at 9.

With a puff of glitter, and glamour galore, Australia's all-star Celebrity Female Impersonation show, Divine Divas, hits the Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC's) Concert Hall stage for one night only tonight, 28 April.

Sydney Theatre Company has released the judges' shortlist of five plays in the running for the 2011 Patrick White Playwrights' Award which will be announced with a rehearsed reading of the winning play as part of Sydney Writers' Festival at The Wharf on Friday 18 May 2012 at 8pm.

This June 9-10, musical theatre star and Disney legend, Lea Salonga, will perform with the 54 piece Adelaide Art Orchestra at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival in what will be an intimate reflection of her multi-faceted career.

Monday 30 April at 9.

Tickets for Alexander the Great: 2000 years of treasures, described as 'the most exciting and prestigious classical culture exhibition ever to be hosted by the Australian Museum in Sydney,' go on sale today, Monday 23 April 2012.

Exclusive to the Australian Museum in Sydney from 24 November 2012, tickets for Alexander the Great: 2000 years of treasures, the most exciting and prestigious classical culture exhibition ever to be hosted by the Australian Museum in Sydney, go on sale on Monday 23 April 2012.

Fans of television legend and comic great Tim Ferguson have been given a second chance to see his upcoming Melbourne Comedy Festival show Carry a Big Stick, following a sell-out of the show well in advance of opening night.

Tim Ferguson has announced that his stand-up show CARRY A BIG STICK will play at Melbourne Town Hall from April 10-22, 2012.

The Blackwood Players are set to perform the comedy of errors CRAZY CAPERS, DODGY DEALS from May 18 - June 2.

Back by popular demand, for one night only, Naturally 7 returns to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) with a collection of 'new songs and vocal tricks to excite Brisbane audiences.

In 1950, Billy Wilder wrote and directed what is now regarded as one of the finest movies ever made - Sunset Boulevard, starring silent screen legend Gloria Swanson as silent screen legend Norma Desmond.

Tee O'Neill's BARASSI, directed by Terence O'Connell, opens for a limited run 20 September 2012 at the Athenaeum Theatre.

Opening MTC's 2012 Lawler Studio Season, BOY GIRL WALL by Matthew Ryan and Lucas Stibbard is a comic romp about love, where the universe conspires to bring two lost and lonely souls together.

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Enter a fanciful world of giant creatures, storytelling, magic and illusion when Me and My Shadow comes to Adelaide from 17 - 21 April in the Space Theatre.

Building on last year's success of two critically acclaimed productions that thrilled audiences, MTC Education 2012 presents Helicopter, a brand new Australian work by recent Sydney Theatre Award-winning playwright Angela Betzien, and Boy Girl Wall, a one-man show travelling from Brisbane after thre

Multi award winning musical Next to Normal is coming to Sydney for a strictly limited season at the Capitol Theatre playing from 13 September to 7 October 2012.

The producers of the current Australian tour of Yes, Prime Minister starring Philip Quast as the suave and cynical Cabinet Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby and Mark Owen-Taylor as the embattled Prime Minister Jim Hacker, have announced an additional preview performance of the West End comedy hit on T

Artistic director Paul Dyer will conduct Bach Eternal the concert series featuring the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Brandenburg Choir May 9-19 on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7pm with a special Saturday matinee on May 19 at 2pm.

After 2011 seasons at Her Majesty's in Melbourne and Sydney's Lyric Theatre, Australia's own Melinda Schneider steps back into the shoes of American musical icon Doris Day for one special encore performance at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall on Friday 13 April at 8pm.

Sydney Theatre Company's Actor On A Box series returns during the Autumn school holidays, created and directed by the incomparable Jonathan Biggins, who turns his talents to theatre for young people for the first time with The Tale Maker.

Prince, one of music's most iconic superstars and true rock'n'roll royalty, will tour Australia in May 2012 performing his greatest hits.