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The 2011 Schools Spectacular, now in its 28th year, will showcase 3,500 NSW public school students in a cleverly orchestrated and choreographed performance like no other.

According to published reports, Sydney's Verge Festival will feature a new musical about the life of musician Kanye West.

The project is built around the nucleus of songwriter, performer & vocalist Lucinda Shaw and composer & percussionist James Lees.

GWB Entertainment and Shanghai Grand Theatre ARTS Centre announce the opening show of a major new theatre in Shanghai, China - The Shanghai Culture Square Theatre - Ultimate Broadway.

Australia's own multi-talented Melinda Schneider, fresh from Dancing with the Stars, steps into the shoes of a great musical icon, American chanteuse Doris Day.

In partnership with the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, Sydney Theatre Company presents The Wentworth Talks, a series of free bi-monthly presentations and panel discussions at The Wharf led by guest speakers addressing a wide range of topics relating to climate change and the environment.

The Sydney Fringe and James Balian present THE NEW DEAL, written and Directed by JAMES BALIAN with lighting Design LARRY KELLY

Dueting it for the Kids will be a night full of surprises with a massive roster of artists collaborating for one night only at Sydney's State Theatre on Monday 22 August.

The Bakehouse Theatre will present THAT FACE from 23 Sep 2011 - 8 Oct 2011.

To see the future one must only look to the past.

Two major events draw to a close this week, the Victorian Indigenous Art Awards 2011, and the production Café Scheherazade.

On Monday 10th October, the 3rd annual Rob Guest Endowment Concert presented by ANZ Trustees will be held at Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne.

The 2011 Schools Spectacular, now in its 28th year, will showcase 3,500 NSW public school students in a cleverly orchestrated and choreographed performance like no other.

After a marathon 9 weeks, The Burlesque Hour has folded away its red velvet curtains, making way for the golden ones of Café Scheherazade in its landmark return season - tickets are again selling fast, so don't miss out!

Queensland Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company present Harold Pinter's classic No Man's Land, starring Australian theatre greats Peter Carroll and John Gaden.

To see the future one must only look to the past.

Morning Melodies announces another season at His Majesty's Theatre.

The magical production The Book of Everything is told through the eyes of nine-year old Thomas, a little boy who dreams big and who is determined to make sense of his life and achieve his modest ambition - to be happy.

This spring one of the greatest of the baroque ‘covers', a little known re-invention of the Spring concerto from Vivaldi's iconic The Four Seasons, will be revealed in Celestial Vivaldi.

Slide welcomes you to the GRAND LAUNCH of MONDAY NIGHT LIVE:Cabaret Open Mic Night on August 15.

Queensland Theatre Company and Black Swan State Theatre Company present Tennessee Williams's classic family drama Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - a Pulitzer Prize-winning drama that takes audiences into the Deep South and the Pollitt family's web of deceit and desperate pursuit of happiness.

Hot on the heels of its April/May success, this new version of Chris Wallace's show opens at The Butterfly Club in South Melbourne on Tuesday, 9th August and runs through Sunday, 14th August.

Since 2002 fortyfivedownstairs, a not-for-profit organisation, has offered an evocative urban space and a personalised service to an eclectic mix of artists for theatre, visual arts, forum, music and dance .

After an extensive European tour, world-renowned Australian Dance Theatre returns home to the Adelaide stage with the world premiere of its new work, Worldhood, by Garry Stewart featuring Thom Buchanan with TAFE SA Adelaide College of the Arts, from 10 - 13 August at Her Majesty's Theatre.

My Romantic History by D.