AUSTRALIA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 48

Acclaimed Sondheim repertory company, Watch This presents Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into The Woods, an epic fairy tale about wishes, family and the choices we make.

Following their smash-hit collaboration on Twelfth Night, director Simon Phillips and musicians Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall reunite for another spectacular slice of Shakespeare; the big-hearted comedy As You Like It, opening on Thursday 18 November at Southbank Theatre.

In a much-loved Melbourne tradition, the Aussie Pops New Year's Eve concert is back! Featuring Marina Prior, Josh Piterman and the Aussie Pops Orchestra, conducted by John Foreman, the performance will dazzle audiences with a wonderful selection of popular classics and Broadway hits on New Year's Ev

Presented just days after Melbourne’s latest lockdown lifted, Queenie van de Zandt’s CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE – ONLINE EDITION was the perfect night in for people wanting to reconnect with live performance but still a little hesitant to venture outside.

This November, Callum Straford is back with his successful comedy hour, Your Best Worst Nightmares, a whirlwind of sketch and musical comedy that names and shames everyone's (least) favourite pet peeves.

The COVID-19 crisis has kept Melbourne's many theatres in the dark for much of 2020 and 2021.

Opera fans across Australia will soon be able to enjoy performances from the Metropolitan Opera, with six new productions set to premiere in Australian cinemas nationally beginning on October 30.

Australia's Queen of Comedy Celeste Barber is bored of being stuck at home and you best believe she's ready to hit the road again.

The Australian tour of Jagged Little Pill, the Grammy and Tony Award winning Broadway musical, inspired Alanis Morissette's ground-breaking album of the same name, will open in Melbourne at the Comedy Theatre from January 2nd, after its exclusive limited season at Theatre Royal Sydney December 2nd-

After winning four Melbourne Fringe Awards last year, including Best Emerging Indigenous Artist, RECKŌNING Te Waiata Paihere Wairua -The Sounds of Woven Souls is back at this year’s Melbourne Fringe Festival, as part of the “Best of 2020”

Twenty seven ‘Creators’ have shared in $995,902 through the 2021 round of the program which supports research, development and experimentation activities that will enable Victorian creatives to expand their skills and lay the foundation for career boosting new work.

Opera Australia (OA) today announced soprano Stacey Alleaume will make her in-theatre debut as Violetta in Elijah Moshinsky’s celebrated production of La Traviata, a highlight of the Company’s 2022 Melbourne season.

An example of the incredible resilience in Australia's live entertainment industry, David Venn Enterprises is proud to announce new opening dates for the feel-good '80s spectacular, The Wedding Singer, at Sydney's State Theatre from 5 January, followed by an encore season at Arts Centre Melbourne's

Shiver in anticipation this October for the arrival of Richard O’Brien’s hilarious musical masterpiece The Rocky Horror Show when it lands in Tasmania, for the first time in nearly 40 years, with a full professional cast of both local and national stars.

A second Sydney show has been added to Ant Middleton's Mind Over Muscle Tour, after the first show sold out.

In collaboration with PYT Fairfield and the Afghan artistic community, Belvoir present Art for Afghanistan, a series of short video reflections that celebrate 5 Afghan artists, their art and their stories.

Artistic Director & CEO Brett Sheehy has unveiled his final season for Melbourne Theatre Company – a program of 11 stellar productions including both new Australian and critically acclaimed international works.

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has revealed their 2022 season.

Victorian Opera is et to stage the Australian premiere of The Who's Tommy from 22 February – 1 March 2022 at the Palais Theatre, St Kilda.

SEANCE, the first installation of the highly acclaimed multi-sensory series, DARKFIELD, invites Queenslanders to be engulfed in complete darkness and have their grasp on reality challenged when it opens on the Gold Coast.

The iconic Riverside Theatres is bringing the buzz of live theatre into homes across Australia with an exciting new season of online programming, including its popular children's festival.

The number of cancelled performances at MTC this year now outweighs those that have been staged, rising to 168 as the Company announced today that its upcoming production of Sunday will be unable to proceed.

RGM Productions is pleased to announce development and production of ROUND THE TWIST THE MUSICAL following the successful application to the Federal Government’s Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) fund.

After overcoming rehearsal disruptions during Victoria's fifth lockdown in July, the Cyrano team worked against the odds to have the show ready for its opening on Thursday 5 August.

The Canberra season of the award-winning production, COME FROM AWAY has been rescheduled to  February 2022, due to the ongoing uncertainty and disruptions created by COVID-19.