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Arts Centre Melbourne Closes Venues To The Public From Midnight Sunday Night
by BWW News Desk - March 15, 2020
Arts Centre Melbourne has today announced the cancellation of all scheduled performances and events and temporary closure of its buildings to the public, commencing midnight on Sunday night (15 March, 2020).
LIZ AND MIL WALK INTO A BAR Comes to The Butterfly Club
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2020
An uptight lesbian and a bisexual disaster walk into a bar. They're both there to remind you that even in the face of a pandemic, sometimes the most romantic relationships of your life are the platonic ones a?" exactly the medicine Melbourne needs right now.
CMC Rocks QLD Announces Postponement
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2020
The CMC Rocks QLD team has announced the postponement of the 2020 event, due to take place in Willowbank, QLD next week.
Arts Centre Melbourne Events and Performances Will Continue as Scheduled Through This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2020
Arts Centre Melbourne has today announced all scheduled performance and events will continue over the weekend of 13a?"15 March, based on the health recommendation provided to the states and territories at COAG today.
BWW Review: AS YOU LIKE IT at Melbourne Shakespeare Company
by Josh Stent - March 12, 2020
Melbourne Shakespeare Company's fresh take on one of Shakespeare's most cherished comedies, As You Like It, provides a fun and enticing outdoor theatre experience in an intimate enclave at Central Park, Malvern. Just make sure to bring your picnic blanket!
IMPROVISED JANE AUSTEN Comes to MICF 2020
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2020
Are you an obstinate headstrong woman who doesn't mind getting their hem dirty? Or a tall handsome man who's not too keen on dancing? Brought to you by the makers of Improvised Potter and Improvised Shakespeare - Improvised Jane Austen is the comedy show for every true Austen fan and lover of words.
Arts House Presents SPECTRAL Installation Series
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2020
Arts House has built a new transmission of Spectral a?" a series of immersive installations and performances that dive into the interruptions created when sound and light collide. 
EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE Will Embark on Australian Tour
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2020
The critically acclaimed, Olivier Award nominated, West End hit musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie will have its Australian Premiere Season at the Sydney Opera House from 18 July 2020 prior to a national tour.
AYO's 2020 Season Includes Renowned Australian Cellist Pei-Sian Ng
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2020
The Australian Youth Orchestra, comprised of the finest young musicians from around Australia aged 13-25, will launch into 2020 with two April concerts which celebrate the first twenty years of a new century, at Ulumbarra Theatre Bendigo on Thursday, April 16 and at Melbourne Recital Centre on Friday, April 17.
Australian Youth Orchestra Returns To Victoria In April
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2020
The Australian Youth Orchestra, comprised of the finest young musicians from around Australia, will launch into 2020 with two April concerts which celebrate the first twenty years of a new century at Ulumbarra Theatre Bendigo on Thursday, April 16 and at Melbourne Recital Centre on Friday, April 17.
FOURPLAY Comes to MICF
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2020
FOURPLAY written by Katie Lee is the story of four friends, enjoying a few quiet drinks together on a Friday night and sharing their own salacious and scandalous personal sex stories. The show stars Sasha Kerdel, Peter Bevin, Matt Tester, Clare Regan and is on at Club Voltaire for the 2020 International Melbourne Comedy festival. As they each reminisce about their own embarrassing 'sexcapades', they come to realise that we all have those sexual moments we wish we could forget, but at the end of the day, WE ALL LOVE SEX!
BWW Review: TWELFTH NIGHT at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
by Josh Stent - March 04, 2020
The Australian Shakespeare Company's production of Twelfth Night is a fun night out for the whole family at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Best described as 'picnic theatre', make sure to bring some indulgent nibbles and bubbles to enjoy in this enchanting garden setting.
The Tap Pack Heads To Queensland
by BWW News Desk - March 03, 2020
Following sold-out houses on London's West End, the Sydney Opera House, and most recently on tour in the USA, Australia's hottest tap dance sensation, THE TAP PACK are bringing their high energy, tap comedy show to 16 venues across Queensland this June and July!
Playhouse Pantomimes Brings THE FROG PRINCE To Doncaster
by BWW News Desk - March 03, 2020
This Easter school holidays, Playhouse Pantomimes is proud to present their original musical adaptation of 'The Frog Prince' at the Doncaster Playhouse!
PERHAPS NEXT TIME Comes to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
by BWW News Desk - March 03, 2020
Comedian and classically-trained double bassist Taco Kuiper returns to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival this year, with another hilarious and absurdly relatable double bass comedy production. Reluctantly sharing the limelight with Terry, her double bass, she will power through an all-original songbook, providing hysterical insights on current affairs, the beauty of hindsight, sexism, bisexuality, looking after your mental health and the perils of working in the accounting profession. Perhaps Next Time is a show about how to turn regrets into a guide on what the hell you're supposed to be doing as a twenty-something in the twenty-first century. Taco Kuiper is a comedian, singer, actress, dancer, and double bassist - or as she would put it, Melbourne's first quintuple threat.
Circus Oz Brings NEON: Reboot and Bubblegum Cabaret to MICF
by BWW News Desk - March 03, 2020
Circus Oz presents two shows at Melbourne International Comedy Festival this year!
The Australian Ballet Appoints David Hallberg As Artistic Director
by BWW News Desk - March 03, 2020
The Australian Ballet today announced the appointment of David Hallberg to succeed current Artistic Director David McAllister who retires in December 2020. David Hallberg is currently The Australian Ballet's Resident Guest Artist and is a Principal Dancer with both American Ballet Theatre and The Bolshoi Ballet, and is Principal Guest Artist with The Royal Ballet. He has been a regular guest artist with The Australian Ballet for ten years.
THE WEDDING SINGER Australian Premiere Announced
by BWW News Desk - March 02, 2020
David Venn Enterprises has announced the Australian professional premiere of the Broadway musical, The Wedding Singer.
The Butterfly Club & Sevenfold Theatre Company Present LAW AND ORDER: PTV
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2020
The guy with his feet on the seats. The woman who litters on the train. The teenager who fails to produce a valid concession card. These are just a few of the violent offenders our brave Authorised Officers encounter on trains and trams every day.
TRASH TEST DUMMIES Return To Melbourne
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2020
Wheeling into Melbourne after a world-touring two years away, the multi award winning Trash Test Dummies return with their riotous trash-can antics to surprise and delight audiences of all ages at Melbourne International Comedy Festival from 28 March - 12 April.
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD Breaks Records as it Enters Second Year at the Princess Theatre
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2020
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has established a new standard for blockbuster plays in Australia, drawing more than 325,000 attendees through the doors of the Princess Theatre in a run now entering its second year.
Queensland Ballet Presents Ben Stevenson's SWAN LAKE
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2020
Be swept away by Tchaikovsky's luminous music score, Ben Stevenson's magnificent choreography and Kristian Fredrikson's ethereal costumes, as Queensland Ballet opens Swan Lake at Arts Centre Melbourne's State Theatre on April 17, returning the timeless love story of romance, tragedy and heartbreak to the stage.
OEDIPUS SCHMOEDIPUS Comes to Union Theatre House, The University of Melbourne.
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2020
Democratic theatrical extravaganza 2,500 years in the making Oedipus Schmoedipus makes its return to the stage as part of Asia TOPA from 18 a?" 28 March at Union Theatre House, The University of Melbourne.
Ensemble Cast Announced For Australian Run of 9 TO 5
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2020
Producers John Frost, Suzanne Jones and Ambassador Theatre Group Productions today announced the group of performers who will comprise the ensemble in the upcoming Australian Premiere of Dolly Parton's smash-hit musical 9 TO 5. London's West End hit 9 TO 5 will play at the Sydney Lyric Theatre from 19 April followed by a season at Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne from 25 July.
Sell-Out Improvised MURDER VILLAGE Returns For Melbourne Comedy Fest
by BWW News Desk - February 25, 2020
Following a critically acclaimed sell-out run at last year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Melbourne's favourite comedic improvisers are bringing the off-the-cuff whodunnit Murder Village to festival hub venue Trades Hall in 2020.

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