AUSTRALIA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 251

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.

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

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.

Simon Taylor loves psychology.

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.

After a sell-out season at the end of 2009 at Sydney Opera House, an 18 month Australia wide tour, a tour of New Zealand and a Helpmann Award for Best Contemporary Australian Concert, THE MAN IN BLACK is back, with Australian rock legend Tex Perkins taking to the stage as Johnny Cash for a strictly

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.

Producers Howard Panter and John Frost today announced the lead cast for the hit musical LEGALLY BLONDE, which will have its Australian Premiere at Sydney's Lyric Theatre on October 4, 2012.

The international award-winning hit Legally Blonde The Musical is coming to Sydney from Oct 4 2012 at Sydney Lyric.

The 2012 Out of the Box Festival for Children was launched today, marking 20 years in the history of this landmark cultural event.

ONE FLESH is a new Australian play written by graduating NIDA student Micharne Cloughley and produced by Makayla Bishop.

Kate Grenville's award-winning novel, The Secret River, will be adapted for the stage by Andrew Bovell (When The Rain Stops Falling, Lantana) for performance in for early 2013 by Sydney Theatre Company.

2012 sees the return of the Maj Monologues Competition, the theatrical initiative created by The Brainbox Project, to scour WA for today's hottest new writers!

Joined by world-class performers, the Queensland Pops Orchestra will perform genres ranging from jazz and classical to musical theatre and country in their excitement-filled 2012 season at Queensland Performing Arts Centre.

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

The all-new Australian production of the American Broadway musical A CHORUS LINE will play at Sydney's Capitol Theatre for 21 performances only from 20 July, 2012.

Mike Wilmot is not afraid to be filthy.

Bell Shakespeare's travelling acting ensemble The Players will tour a restaging of their 2011 ROMEO AND JULIET at the Sydney Opera House 4/20-5/25 at the National Theatre, St Kilda, Melbourne 7/23-7/27.

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

Adelaide's own dance company, Australian Dance Theatre will present a new world premiere as part of Adelaide Festival 2012, at Her Majesty's Theatre from 24 February - 3 March.

Unseen Theatre Company will present 'Pratchett Pieces Three': original short stories written by Sir Terry Pratchett.

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.

The Disney and Cameron Mackintosh premiere of Mary Poppins in Brisbane, Australia has broken box office records, selling out more than 180,000 tickets, to become the biggest selling show at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) in over a decade and the biggest of this century.

Martha Lott of Holden Street Theatres will umbrella thirty nine productions from around Australia, the UK, Canada, New Zealand, Russia and the USA including a number of Australian and South Australian premieres at this year's Adelaide Fringe.