AUSTRALIA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 64

In line with current government advice to prevent the spread of COVID-19, performances of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at Melbourne's Princess Theatre will be suspended for a further six weeks.

While in self isolation in a Sydney hotel, I caught up via Zoom with Australian musical theatre performer Daniel Downing and deliciously divine drag queen Karla Bear.

BLEED (Biennial Live Event in the Everyday Digital) is a new ten-week digital festival presented away from gatherings in auditoriums and conceived pre-COVID-19 by Arts House (Melbourne) and Campbelltown Arts Centre (Sydney).

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) will celebrate Queensland Day by welcoming artists back to the Concert Hall stage for the first time in nearly three months as it presents an online concert for Queensland Day.

The Sydney Morning Herald has reported that theatre companies in Australia are pleading with the government to let them reopen their doors.

The Australian tour of Jim Steinman's BAT OUT OF HELL - THE ROCK MUSICAL has been postponed to May 2021.

Play It Forward, together with Dr Jonathon Welch AM, is thrilled to announce that round one of Permission to Shine is open.

SIMA'S new virtual online season Jazz:NOW Wired airs bi-weekly from this Saturday June 6 AT 8PM until the end of August.

During the current Covid-19 restriction, the arts community has been compelled to move their creativity online due to the inability of people to attend theatre productions.

Arts Centre Melbourne will begin welcoming Victorians back to its Theatres Building, under the iconic spire, in time for the winter school holidays in the first part of a staged reopening beginning with the opening of its outdoor café, Protagonist.

Digital variety series Arts Centre Melbourne's Big Night In with John Foreman has been extended until July 8 due to popular demand.

Stranger Than Kindness: The Nick Cave Exhibition will now open on Monday 8 June at the Black Diamond - Royal Danish Library.

STORY HACK brings award-winning interactive & multi-platform expert Christy Dena to the virtual table as part of a series of intimate workshops for local writers and creatives.

Arts Review has reported that Melbourne Fringe has announced festival structures and payment support packages for artists as it prepares to present its 2020 festival.

No fan of Holmes and Watson should miss this excellent production.

A raunchy, chaotic and full-on fringe experience, Stamptown Comedy Night is a late-night variety show featuring the best alternative performance on the international scene.

Victorian Opera has announced the postponement of its previously announced production of The Who's Tommy.

Australian pop icons and ARIA Hall Of Fame inductees, Human Nature, much-loved drag performer Courtney Act and musical theatre power couple Christie Whelan Browne and Rohan Browne are set to entertain viewers.

Antipodes Theatre Company has announced the artists who will be participating in their inaugural Winter Development Retreat.

The NSW government is offering a $50 million lifeline for arts organizations suffering from severe financial distress due to the health crisis.

A new web series has launched, called Love in Lockdown, starring Lucy Durack and Eddie Perfect.

Victorian-based emerging composers under the age of 30 can now apply for award-winning Arts Centre Melbourne mentorship program, 5x5x5.

Next week, the Melbourne International Jazz Festival (MIJF) was scheduled to present their twenty-third festival featuring more than 500 Australian and international artists in over 25 venues across Melbourne.

Play It Forward, created by founding artistic director Dr Jonathon Welch AM, announces the upcoming launch of Permission to Shine, which will be a true celebration of voice!