AUSTRALIA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 72

Melbourne Theatre Company's annual play reading series, Cybec Electric, returns from Thursday 27 February a?" Saturday 29 February at Southbank Theatre, with new writing from nine astonishing playwrights.

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) and Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra are pleased to announce a special concert, to celebrate the 90th birthday of the legendary Stephen Sondheim presented on his actual birthday, Sunday 22 March 2020, in QPAC's Concert Hall.

Broadway veteran Shoshana Bean (Wicked, Waitress) returns to Australia this February

Melbourne Theatre Company has welcomed Petra Kalive as the Company's new Associate Director.

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble.

One of the most influential queer artists in the U.

The international one-man sensation CONFESSIONS OF A MORMON BOY returns to Australia after its successful season as part of the 2019 Sydney Mardi Gras to perform in the 2020 Midsumma Festival at Chapel off Chapel in Prahran.

The multi-award winning, record breaking musical CHICAGO has razzle dazzled across Australia selling out in Sydney and Brisbane with now only 4 weeks to go in Melbourne! Audiences have been flocking to the State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne throughout the Summer and are agreeing that this show is

Dance has become an art form where language transcends traditional forms of communication and this idea has been explored in the Asia TOPA dance curation.

This February, come take refuge at the Motley Bauhaus for a new festival celebrating the diversity of voices and experiences in this beautiful multicultural municipality.

The Board and staff of Melbourne Theatre Company congratulate MTC Chair Jane Hansen on her appointment as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the Australia Day Honours, for 'distinguished service to the community, to education and cultural institutions, and through philanthropic support f

Marking 50 years of David Williamson's plays on Australian stages, this Melbourne Theatre Company and Queensland Theatre co-production is a high-octane, wisecracking commentary on contemporary values, opening on Wednesday 11 March at Southbank Theatre and directed by Sam Strong (Jasper Jones).

Newly established company Clovelly Fox Productions will present their debut production by renowned Australian playwright Andrew Bovell, When The Rain Stops Falling from 2 a?" 11 April at Space 28 at the Victorian College of the Arts.

Ciouxe (pronounced Sue) is the woman of Australia, a beacon of success and style.

The first one-person show to be performed in the UK Houses of Parliament, Marlon Solomon's Conspiracy Theory: A Lizard's Tale is a piece of documentary theatre which tells the often bizarre and sometimes terrifying story of Marlon's year-long journey through the conspiracy underworld after he found

The CEO of Arts Centre Melbourne, Claire Spencer AM has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to the field of performing arts in the 2020 Australia Day honours list.

The glitz and glamour is back with the latest edition of the Midsumma Extravaganza at Arts Centre Melbourne's Hamer Hall on February 1 as a part of the Midsumma Festival.

After a Best Comedy Nominated run at the 2019 Melbourne Fringe Festival, Annie Lumsden and Lena Moon's This is Out Pilot returns to Trades Hall for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

The Asia TOPA Public Program, a series of creative interventions, talks and panel discussions, masterclasses and performances, is for curious audiences who wish to connect more deeply with Asia TOPA's shows, artists, their lived experiences and performance practices.

Acclaimed Icelandic singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and collaborator, Ásgeir, will kick off his 2020 Australian tour in Brisbane on Monday 11 May in Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC's) Concert Hall.

In yet another spectacular triumph, global hit COME FROM AWAY has smashed the highest weekly gross income for the week ending 19 January, surpassing the weekly box office records of all other productions staged at the theatre since it opened in 1928.

The comedic storytelling of Ms.

For the first time, English born, Jamaican raised Ian Edwards will tour Australia with his brand new show, Women Are Miraculous.

The hit solo shows Mother starring Noni Hazlehurst AM, and The Gospel According to Paul featuring Jonathan Biggins, are returning to QPAC this year following sold-out runs in 2018 and 2019 respectively.