AUSTRALIA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 43

Following his SOLD OUT national 'People Are Gonna Lose It' tour in 2021, My Cousin Vlad  has taken the past 12 months to prepare something even bigger and more shredded for 2022! 

After two triumphant seasons at The London Palladium, the sensational brand new production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat will come direct to Australia, opening at the Regent Theatre, Melbourne on 10 November 2022.

A brand-new arena production of Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice's EVITA the Musical is coming to Australia soon!

After their packed out 2021 MICF run of cult hit show 'Emma's Debutante' Award-winning comedian Frankie McNair now screams their favourite jokes in their debut Melbourne International Comedy Festival solo show!

Wit Incorporated presents.

On Monday 23rd of May Britni Leslie Returns to The Butterfly club debuting her brand new show Who writes this stuff?

New tickets for the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella for the Sydney and Melbourne seasons are on sale this week, with pre-sales from today and general public sales from Friday 25 March.

Frontier Touring has announced six special shows, A Hot Night with Abbie Chatfield.

Originally premiering on Broadway in 2009, Next to Normal was nominated for 11 Tony Awards of which it won three, including for Best Original Score.

Steeped in the Word of The Mother and packing a punch of Hip Hop politics, Hot Brown Honey – THE REMIX is an extraordinary production that spins tradition on its head, going above and beyond to challenge boundaries and embrace resilience.

In his Melbourne International Comedy Festival debut, Isaac Haigh bursts onto the stage with a whacky hour of musical comedy in 'Tell Me I Suck', a show where he attempts to brutally murder his own ego with his weapons of choice – song, sketch and stand-up.

Following sell out shows and critical acclaim at Adelaide Fringe, Sparkle Society's rip-roaring circus-cabaret show is coming to town as part of this year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Following enormous successes in the UK and US, Lightscape is making its Australian debut at Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne in June 2022 and will be a highlight of Melbourne's highly anticipated winter events calendar.

The Marvellous Elephant Man stomps into the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 12 - 17 April 2022 at The Jazzlab, Brunswick.

THIS IS YOUR CITY is a live theatre adaptation of the 1986 classic Albury Wodonga board game, where you, your family and friends watch a show, drive in your car and play live through our twin cities, in an afternoon of pure fun!

Grammy and Emmy Award winning comedian, actor, director, writer and producer, Chris Rock, has announced his highly anticipated return to Australia with his Ego Death World Tour 2022.

Following incredible demand during pre-sale, a second and final Foo Fighters concert at AAMI Park has been added for Tuesday 6 December 2022.

Darlinghurst Theatre Company will present Malthouse Theatre’s world premiere production of Stay Woke, written by Aran Thangaratnam and directed by Bridget Balodis.

The fast-paced musical comedy Schapelle, Schapelle will head to Canberra, Orange, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane this March to June.

Sketch comedians Annie and Lena are bringing their third whip-fast sketch comedy show to MICF 2022.

On International Women's Day, the National Gallery is launching its inaugural Gender Equity Action Plan, the first by a major public visual arts-collecting institution in Australia.

Starring Christie Whelan Browne as Rosalind and James Mackay as Orlando, this joyous rendition of Shakespeare's greatest rom-com is the latest addition to MTC's growing catalogue of filmed productions, with more to be released later this year.

Given the current devasting world events, A Midsummer Mechanical's Dream sounds like the perfect show to take our minds of what is happening.

Midnight Oil will play their classic “10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1” album in its entirety at St Kilda’s historic Palais Theatre on Monday 7 March, alongside other material including songs from their latest ARIA Chart topper, Resist.

Following a complete sell-out 26 show run at this year's Perth and Adelaide Fringe, Showmen Productions are once again returning to Melbourne with The Greatest Magic Show - with more  whimsical wonders than ever before! Having garnered international acclaim in countries such as Scotland,  New Zeal