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RAGTIME Will Make Australian Premiere at Arts Centre Melbourne
by BWW News Desk - November 01, 2019
Ragtime will make its Australian premiere at Arts Centre Melbourne 2 - 10 November 2019.
LIFE IS LIKE A BUNCH OF PEAS Will Come to The Butterfly Club
by BWW News Desk - November 01, 2019
Rachel Greenwood had nothing. Then she found a pea costume. Now she's a world-famous performance artist. Melbourne native Charlotte Righetti returns from New York City with a fistful of new characters, among them Greenwood, a madcap performance artist with little but that pea costume and a dream, fighting to keep it all together after the viral success of one of her first video projects.
The Melbourne Music Bus Tour Returns For A Fourth Series
by BWW News Desk - November 01, 2019
The famous Melbourne Music Bus Tour is hitting the road once more with another series of guided tours around the sacred music sites of Melbourne between November 2019 and June 2020. After three extremely successful editions, Arts Centre Melbourne and the Australian Music Vault are inviting punters to once again join Melbourne musicologist Bruce Milne and music journalist Mary Mihelakos in these two-hour guided tours twice a month.
MOZART & SALIERI Will Come to the Butterfly Club
by BWW News Desk - October 31, 2019
A bold experiment in opera and theatre, in which Rimsky-Korsakov's one-act chamber opera Mozart & Salieri will be presented side-by-side with the short Pushkin play that inspired it. The inspiration for the Tony Award winning play and Oscar winning film Amadeus, this concise, one-hour chamber drama appeals to the curious and morbid detective in all of us, reopening this historical cold case for a fresh look.
SIX THE MUSICAL Will Tour Australia In 2020!
by BWW News Desk - October 30, 2019
It was announced today that SIX The Musical will premiere at Sydney Opera House in January, along with seasons in Melbourne and Adelaide in 2020!
The Butterfly Club Announces 20th Birthday Show!
by BWW News Desk - October 29, 2019
The Butterfly Club is turning 20 and it's time to celebrate in style! 
Play It Forward Delivers BRAVO'S New Choir Program & Arts Charity Partner
by BWW News Desk - October 29, 2019
Play It Forward is thrilled and honoured to have been chosen to help deliver the exciting new community choir program on board Australia's prestigious BRAVO Cruise of Performing Arts for their 2020 season.
Arts Centre Melbourne Will Present Christmas Melodies Concert
by BWW News Desk - October 29, 2019
Christmas Melodies is the final concert of the much-loved Arts Centre Melbourne Morning Melodies series, taking place at Arts Centre Melbourne's Hamer Hall on Monday 16 December.
Lemony S Puppet Theatre TAKING THE WATERS To Have World Premiere at Northcote Town Hall
by BWW News Desk - October 28, 2019
The world premiere of Taking the Waters combines live performance, sung voice, bunraku puppets and object theatre with stunning and multi-layered shadow scenes to tell the complex story and emotional experience of being a carer for the dying. It  can be seen at Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre from 20 a?" 30 November as part of the Darebin Arts Speakeasy 2019 season.
Photo Flash: Anthony Warlow & Jenna Rix Star In JEKYLL & HYDE
by BWW News Desk - October 28, 2019
A star-studded cast including some of Australia's most celebrated opera, television, film and music theatre performers lncluding Anthony Warlow and Jemma Rix star in Jekyll & Hyde.
BILLY VS THE INTERNET Returns To Melbourne
by BWW News Desk - October 26, 2019
ASPYCADABRA Announces Final Shows For 2019
by BWW News Desk - October 23, 2019
AspyCadabra is a brand new show unlike anything you've ever seen.
Circus Oz Presents SIDESAULT AT THE MELBA
by BWW News Desk - October 23, 2019
Melba festival presents experimental works that challenge and push the notions of contemporary circus.
Fortyfivedownstairs Presents THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING By Joan Didion
by BWW News Desk - October 23, 2019
'You see me on this stage, you sit next to me on a plane, you run into me at dinner, you know what happened to me. You don't want to think it could happen to you. That's why I'm here.'
CIRQUE STRATOSPHERE Is Coming To Melbourne
by BWW News Desk - October 22, 2019
This summer, Cirque Stratosphere, a spectacular new space-based circus from the creators of THE ILLUSIONISTS, CIRCUS 1903 and LE NOIR, is heading to Hamer Hall at Arts Centre Melbourne. This strictly limited season from 3-11 January 2020 follows seasons at Canberra Theatre Centre (December 10-21) and Sydney Opera House (December 24-29).
Jonathan Holloway's Final Melbourne International Arts Festival Brings A Touch Of Magic To The City
by BWW News Desk - October 21, 2019
The 35th Melbourne International Arts Festival came to a close on Sunday after 19 spectacular days of dance, visual arts, music and theatre across various venues around the city.
COME FROM AWAY Becomes The Most Successful Musical Ever Staged At Melbourne's Comedy Theatre
by BWW News Desk - October 20, 2019
Global hit COME FROM AWAY has been named the most successful musical in the Comedy Theatre's 91-year history, this week surpassing the box office records of all other musicals staged at the theatre since it opened in 1928.
Nick Lowe Will Embark on Australian Tour in February 2020
by BWW News Desk - October 20, 2019
Nick Lowe, producer, songwriter, author and pop culture icon, will return to Australia in 2020 for his first tour in seven years. Lowe will be touring with Los Straitjackets, a band known for channelling the peak years of the guitar instrumental, and for performing in the famous Lucha Libre fighting masks. Tickets on sale from Monday, 23rd September.
Help Is On Its Way Concert Comes to Bunjil Place
by BWW News Desk - October 20, 2019
Help is definitely on its way with this heart-warming, yet poignant concert, on Sunday November 24th at 3pm in the beautiful, iconic Bunjil Place. Presented by inclusive arts organisation Play It Forward and Voices of Casey, both very active participants in Casey's local arts landscape, this concert engages the community in the arts and fosters the dialogue around family violence and positive mental health, particularly for males.
BWW Review: SIBLINGSHIP at Chapel Off Chapel
by Josh Stent - October 20, 2019
by Josh StentSiblingship is a fantastic fresh cabaret packed full of excellent song and dance numbers, as well as hits from the 90's and early 2000's. It will bring back nostalgic childhood memories for any Millennial and their parents and put a smile on your face.
Asia-Pacific Triennial Of Performing Arts Announces 2020 Program
by BWW News Desk - October 20, 2019
In its second iteration, Asia TOPA: Asia-Pacific Triennial of Performing Arts will return from January a?" March 2020 to celebrate the creative imagination of artists and cultures in the Asia-Pacific region. The stunning and multi-art form collection of works over the three-month long festival of Asian, Australian and Pacific performing arts and public programming will explore the connections between contemporary Australia and its growing diaspora.
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD Releases New Tickets On Sale Tomorrow
by BWW News Desk - October 20, 2019
Establishing itself as the premier attraction for visitors to Melbourne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has extended the booking period with new tickets made available for performances up until and including Sunday, July 12th, 2020. Tickets will go on sale to the general public at 11.00am on Tuesday 22nd October via the official website HarryPotterThePlay.com.
GENE KELLY: THE LEGACY Comes to QPAC
by BWW News Desk - October 17, 2019
Patricia Ward Kelly, wife and biographer of the late Hollywood legend Gene Kelly, will bring her acclaimed show Gene Kelly: The Legacy to Australia for the first time in February 2020.
FOURPLAY Comes to The Butterfly Club
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2019
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 The Butterfly Club. 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!
Arts Centre Melbourne And Australian Art Orchestra Present Meeting Points Series: Of Deities And Demons
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2019
Of Deities and Demons is the second concert in the Meeting Points Series taking place at The Pavilion in Arts Centre Melbourne on Sunday 8 December.

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