AUSTRALIA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 271

IMPRO MELBOURNE is proud to launch its 2011 season at an all-new venue - The Space.

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 .

Two icons of Australian Theatre, Nancye Hayes and Reg Livermore, take to the stage for the world premiere tour of Turns - a reflection on identity, family, show business .

From the team that brought you Hamlet comes Julius Caesar.

Nominations are in for the 2011 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award and it's going to be a hot year of competition! Six dancers with a diverse range of backgrounds and styles have been announced in Melbourne today as contenders for the annual award.

Mixed Salad Productions is auditioning local actors for the remaining two roles in the SA Premiere of the award-winning political comedy ‘Feelgood' by Alistair Beaton.

From the team that brought you Hamlet comes Julius Caesar.

The new musical DOCTOR ZHIVAGO began performances in Sydney February 11, but the first performance was affected due to an injury sustained by the show's star, Anthony Warlow.

The Bakehouse Theatre will be cooing up no less than six treats a night during the 2011 Adelaide Fringe.

The New South Wales Minister for Tourism, Jodi McKay, announced today that in 2011, Sydney (Australia) will host the World Premiere of a new musical, DOCTOR ZHIVAGO starring Anthony Warlow.

La Boite's 2010 sell-out Hamlet was called 'the most downright gripping Shakespeare production seen in Brisbane for many a year' (The Courier-Mail).

Queensland Theatre Company has postponed its upcoming production of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion until November this year due to delays in re-opening the Playhouse at QPAC.

Sir Michael Parkinson and Sir David Frost are in Australia to present two informative and hilarious evenings when they interview each other on stage at the Sydney Theatre.

Peter Allen was one of the greatest and most acclaimed Australian performers of all times.

Sir Michael Parkinson and Sir David Frost are in Australia to present two informative and hilarious evenings when they interview each other on stage at the Sydney Theatre.

Tim Stubbs, Quentin Grafton and Chris Miller discuss water reform in the Murray-Darling Basin.

Sydney Theatre Company's first main stage production for 2011 is the Australian premiere of Sarah Ruhl's acclaimed Broadway comedy In The Next Room or the vibrator play.

Brisbane audiences now have an additional season of plays to choose from in 2011.

The final week of the Midsumma Identity exhibition and following the huge success of the Midsumma theatre events, February kicks off with the Melbourne premiere of Skin Tight by Gary Henderson.

Next Stage, Sydney Theatre Company's artform development strand presented in Wharf 2 throughout 2011, features the work of emerging artists and offers distinctly different experiences to the Company's Main Stage program.

Sydney Theatre Company presents Before/After by Roland Schimmelpfennig, translated from the German by Dr Marlene J Norst from 4 - 19 February 2011.

La Boite's 2010 sell-out Hamlet was called 'the most downright gripping Shakespeare production seen in Brisbane for many a year' (The Courier-Mail).

Ross Mueller's ZEBRA!, a new play commissioned by Sydney Theatre Company, features an exceptional cast of Bryan Brown, Colin Friels and Nadine Garner.

The Wharf Sessions are Sydney Theatre Company's regular series of free post-show gigs at The Wharf.

The final week of the Midsumma Identity exhibition and following the huge success of the Midsumma theatre events, February kicks off with the Melbourne premiere of Skin Tight by Gary Henderson.