AUSTRALIA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 44

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

Showmen Productions' CIRCUS is headed to back to  the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with their BIGGEST SHOW YET and it  is not to be missed Melbourne! 

Producers Jeffrey Seller and Michael Cassel have confirmed the $10 digital ticket lottery will continue for the Australian production of HAMILTON when it begins performances at Melbourne's Her Majesty's Theatre from 15 March 2022.

Ahead of his Australian season, we had a chat with Robert Fairchild - a former principal dancer with the New York Ballet who made his debut as Jerry in An American in Paris on Broadway and then reprised it for London's West End.

Circa has announced that following its Melbourne Premiere at Monash Performing Arts Centres on April 7, the company's new creation On by Circa will tour nationally.

The smash hit musical ANYTHING GOES, starring Tony Award winner Sutton Foster and directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall will sail onto Australian cinema screens for two days only on Sunday March 27 and Wednesday March 30 in a live recording filmed at London's renowned Ba

Have you ever looked at your life and wondered 'what if'? Or considered how things might have been different if it hadn't been for one small moment that changed everything? This is the idea we see explored in Theatrical's new musical, If/THEN, playing this March 4 -12 at Chapel Off Chapel.

Roaring with charisma, wit and a killer cast, Victorian Opera presents Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann’s anti-capitalist musical comedy, Happy End, from 23 – 26 March at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Playhouse.

Have you ever wondered what would happen if Fleabag and the cast of Four Weddings and Funeral had a love child? That child would be Michelle.

Director Roger Hodgman brings Pete Townsend’s Tommy to the Australian stage.

Melbourne audiences will be introduced to both familiar and new faces in the reimagined production.

Including many of the original cast, returning performers are Gareth Reeves as Harry Potter, Paula Arundell as Hermione Granger, Michael Whalley as Ron Weasley, Lucy Goleby as Ginny Potter, Ben Walter as Albus Potter, Nyx Calder as Scorpius Malfoy, Aisha Aidara as Rose Granger-Weasley/

On Thursday 24 Feb 2022, Hayley Mary will perform a live music pop up gig on the the forecourt of State Library Victoria as part of the Victorian Government On The Road Again initiative.

In her upcoming hilarious-yet-heartfelt cabaret “YOU COULD’VE HAD IT ALL: The Adele Group Therapy Sing-A-Long”, Cassidy offers audiences equal parts vulnerability and belly laughs as she pairs showstopping vocal performances of Adele power ballads with tales of her comedically unfortunately da

he acclaimed feminist theatre makers THE RABBLE are exploring the complex dynamics of power, consent, knowledge and truth through this new performance work: YES.

Monash Performing Arts Centres will present the World Premiere of On by Circa.

In this original musical to be staged at the Gasworks in Melbourne, Jane  Austen's Sense & Sensibility is brought to life with a fresh perspective.

Critically acclaimed hit musical Girl From the North Country arrives at Melbourne's Comedy Theatre on 29 April.

Sydney based theatre company Theatre Travels returns to Adelaide for the first time since their 2020 5 Star Hit Girl Shut Your Mouth with another powerful and important story about the female experience, and specifically, about female involvement in the Vietnam War.

Producers of the upcoming Tony Award winning Broadway production of Hairspray at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre are conducting a national search for a larger than life performer to play the role of the beloved Tracy Turnblad.

Who can outwit, outplay, and outlaugh? Find out April 2022 at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

The Australian Ballet has announced that Artistic Director David Hallberg will join the Company on stage in a series of special guest appearances for their production of Kunstkamer.

Victorian State Ballet will bring Cinderella, its most loved and timeless fairy tale classic to The Concourse, Chatswood, on Saturday, April 9 (2.

Roaring with charisma, wit and a killer cast, Victorian Opera presents Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann's anti-capitalist musical comedy, Happy End, from 23 – 26 March at Arts Centre Melbourne's Playhouse.

Richard Mills AM has announced he will step down as the Artistic Director of Victorian Opera at the conclusion of the state opera company’s 2023 season.