AUSTRALIA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 250

Paul Dainty, Chairman of Dainty Group has announced that the iconic performer, satirist, artist and comedian Barry Humphries will take his final bow to Australian audiences during his farewell tour, 'Eat Pray Laugh!'.

Sandgate Theatre presents 'Allo 'Allo! (Theatre Restaurant).

La Boite Theatre Company in Kelvin Grove, Queensland presents William Shakespeare's comedy AS YOU LIKE IT from February 18 to March 24.

La Boite Artistic Director David Berthold has announced a cast of 18 in one of La Boite's biggest productions yet, Shakespeare's As You Like It.

Fireworks, a harbour stage and a giant chandelier will transform opera in Sydney like never before when Opera Australia presents La Traviata on Sydney Harbour for an exclusive three-week season starting 24 March 2012.

Simon Taylor loves psychology.

THE MAN IN BLACK, with Australian Tex Perkins taking to the stage as Johnny Cash, will return for a strictly limited season at The Playhouse, Sydney Opera House from 10 to 22 April.

Six-time Tony and three-time Drama Desk Award-winning play Red by John Logan is an account of one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century, Mark Rothko, who struggles to accept that his growing ambition for praise and riches will ultimately become his undoing.

This showcase by BlakDance Australia Limited provides a platform for Australian First Nation independent contemporary choreographers to work alongside international First Nation contemporary choreographers and will include performances, post?production forums, an artist symposium and master classes.

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

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.

Commencing on Wednesday 21 March His Majesty's Theatre will feature the tunes of Cole Porter in You've Got That Thing, a tribute to his life and music.

The New York Times reports today that comedian Barry Humphries, best known for portraying his female alter-ego Dame Edna Everage, will officially retire the beloved character following her final tour, EAT PRAY LAUGH!, which launches in Australia and is anticipated to make stops in the US and the UK.

Now in its fourth year, the ever popular FREE Green Jam Sessions kick off this Friday 23 March in an outdoor lounge set on the Melbourne Street Green at Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC).

After sell-out seasons of FAT SWAN at the Seymour Centre Sydney and at the Spigeltent in Melbourne, Natalie Portly is back - but this time she has brought with her a couple of new friends.

Producers John Frost and Sharleen Cooper Cohen, along with NSW Minister for Tourism, Major Events and the Arts, George Souris, today welcomed the full cast and crew of the new musical An Officer and a Gentleman to their first day of rehearsals, ahead of the World Premiere on 18 May, 2012 at the Sydn

Mike Wilmot is not afraid to be filthy.

Following a sell out season at last year's Edinburgh Fringe and Melbourne Comedy Festival (which included a Barry nomination), Paul Foot debuts in Adelaide.

The Adelaide Chamber Singers (ACS) 2012 season opens with two performances for the 2012 Adelaide Festival of one of the greatest aural works of Western Civilisation - J S Bach's Johannes Passion (St John Passion) - St John's account of Christ's trial and execution was an innovative and dramatic port

Hundreds of supporters today saved the Melbourne Cabaret Festival, far exceeding its $15,000 fundraising goal via crowdfunding site pozible.

OPERA WARRIORS showcases the newest and best of Chinese modern theatre arts in a show which combines a story of the Peking Opera told through martial arts and modern dance.

Michael Jackson HIStory II, a musical biography of Michael Jackson and the follow-up to last year's sold-out live concert tour HIStory, will be staged in theatres across Australia in August/September 2012 with an exclusive Sydney season on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 August at the State Theatre.

Broadway favorite Michael Crawford, who just released a new album in Australia titled 'The Story Of My Life,' just visited 'Mornings.

Princess Sheherazade knows all about the power of an enchanting story as she flies in on her magic carpet to spin tales to a Very Grumpy Sultan.

THE MAN IN BLACK, with Australian Tex Perkins taking to the stage as Johnny Cash, will return for a strictly limited season at The Playhouse, Sydney Opera House from 10 to 22 April.