AUSTRALIA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 253

Sydney Theatre Company is delighted to announce the return of The Wharf Revue - Debt Defying Acts! in early 2012, coming to STC's Wharf 2 from 8 February to 19 February, 2012.

NSW Minister for Tourism, Major Events and the Arts, George Souris and President of Disney Theatrical Productions, Thomas Schumacher today announced that one of the most popular musicals in history, THE LION KING, will play Sydney's Capitol Theatre from December 2013.

On January 26 1974 the first taped session of a group of dancers was recorded at the Nickolaus Exercise Centre in New York.

Six talented young dancers are in the running to take home The Australian Ballet's highest honour, with the 2012 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award (TBDA) nominations announced today in Melbourne.

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

Following sell-out performances in 2007, BAFTA®-award winning actress Miriam Margolyes returns to Adelaide from 15 - 18 February to present her one-woman tour-de-force, Dickens' Women in the Dunstan Playhouse.

Sony Music Entertainment and The Gordon Frost Organisation today announced the release of the Australian cast recording of the new production of ANNIE which was recorded on Opening Night, January 5, 2012 at the Lyric Theatre, Sydney.

Be enchanted by the playful and beautiful world of White presented by Adelaide Festival Centre and Windmill Theatre from 31 January - 11 February.

Sydney Theatre Company will present PYGMALION by George Bernard Shaw between 31 January and 3 March 2012.

Adelaide Festival Centre's Performing Arts Collection will present a collection of one of the greatest dramatic actors of the 20th Century, Dame Judith Anderson.

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

Unseen Theatre Company is set to present 'Pratchett Pieces Three': five bite-sized comedies adapted by Pamela Munt from short stories by SIR TERRY PRATCHETT.

Sydney's most famous cabaret venue, Slide, will produce its first annual Cabaret Festival from Monday 6 February - Saturday March 3, 2012 announcing over 23 artists from the United States of America, France and Australia including interstate artists from Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

Monster Media will present Miss Lilly Monster and her best friend Kris as they explore what romance and relationships really are in the 21st Century in I LOVE LILLY.

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.

The Board of BridgeClimb has appointed Richard Evans as the new Managing Director.

The Seed opens Wednesday 22 February 2012 at 8pm at Arts Centre Melbourne, Fairfax Studio.

Fresh from an Award for Excellence in Cabaret at Melbourne Fringe, comedian and mother-of-three Jenny Wynter's 'An Unexpected Variety Show' is set to tour Australia in early 2012.

Adelaide Festival Centre presents the 2012 Film Program: 'bringing the best in dance and musicals to the Dunstan Playhouse'.

Fiona Della Ca and Kellie Higgins are Kelfi & Fikel at The Butterfly Club.

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.

At a ceremony last night, the winners of the 2011 Sydney Theatre Awards were announced.

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

Will the Chelsea cinema become Adelaide's newest Arts entertainment venue?