AUSTRALIA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 83

This years Melbourne Fringe Festival (September 12-29) will feature a new operatic work by young Melbourne composer Scott A.

From the backstreets of Melbourne's northern suburbsto the depths of Antarctica, a Scottish Shakespearean spectacle to Oscar Wilde's most famous comedy of lies, Malthouse Theatre brings history, culture, politics, subversion, great odysseys and truth-telling together under one roof.

Dubbed the a?oeAustralian Book Of Mormona?? DreamSong is a hilarious story of a Mega Church in Financial Crisis, so Pastor Richard Sunday and wife Whitney Sunday concoct a scheme to bring money back to the Church.

One of the most iconic pieces of English literature will leap off the page when shake & stir theatre co's new stage adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre blazes into Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC) Cremorne Theatre from 18 October to 9 November.

Lyric Opera brings Australian stories to the operatic stage with a boutique Melbourne production of Barry Conyngham's opera Fly, based on the life of pioneering Australian explorer and aeronautical engineer Lawrence Hargrave.

Sunday In The Park With George presented by Watch This is executed to perfection and is a must see for the 2019 Melbourne musical season.

After selling out his national tour in record breaking time and receiving rave  audience reviews across the country earlier this year, internationally renowned, award-winning musician, comedian, actor, writer and composer, TIM MINCHIN is coming back.

Samm Hagen leads the cast of LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL In Melbourne!

Returning for its third season is the Meeting Points Series, a contemporary concert series for the curious running from 22 September 2019 a?' 31 May 2020 in The Pavilion at Arts Centre Melbourne.

Tura New Music (WA) will take its highly acclaimed Kimberley Echoes to Victoria, ACT and NSW in November and December, the result of 5 years of development, with its award-winning Kimberley touring program.

Supersense: Festival of the Ecstatic has announced a sublime line-up of international artists taking part in the immersive, durational spectacle that is SUPERDRONE, presented as part of White Night Reimagined on Saturday 24 August, 7pm - midnight.

Anna Piper Scott, Golden Gibbo nominee and Melbourne's fierce queen of the stand up scene is here to destroy myths about transgender people and make you cry-laugh while doing it.

New Zealand born and grown Stand Up Comedian Conor Fenelon riffs on dating, social anxiety and substance abuse in his new edgy show.

After his writing debut of Tulips, Matt Bostock returns with It's Not Too Far Down, an exploration of how our expectations can shape our lives.

A star-studded cast including some of Australia's most celebrated opera, television, film and music theatre performers will join Anthony Warlow and Jemma Rix in Jekyll & Hyde, to be staged in October in Melbourne and November in Sydney 2019, Concertworks announced today.

a??a??a??a??a??a??a??The 8th annual Australian Tap Dance Festival will shuffle into Melbourne this Spring, 28 September - 5 October, featuring a world class line-up of spectacular tappers on show at Australia's premiere celebration of Tap.

Oh, here we go again! Another Fringe variety show raving about it's diverse line-up of excellent burlesque, cabaret, comedy and drag artists; each bringing to the table their own personal style and exquisite talents to entice our audiences.

Madame Elbac fortune teller to the stars? Comic psychic extraordinaire will showcase her many questionable metaphysical talents and her latest foray into matchmaking.

Tickets for the Melbourne season of the lavish and fun multi-million dollar musical comedy SHREK THE MUSICAL will go on sale this Friday, 23 August.

The Australian Ballet is set to enchant audiences young and old with one of its most beloved ballets, Sir Peter Wright's The Nutcracker.

Beth Stelling will embark on an Australian tour in October 2019.

Internationally acclaimed, wildly theatrical and incendiary circus performer Anna Lumb is about to set Melbourne Fringe alight with her new solo show Hard to Reach Places.

Following the success of his debut one-man show, Buried at Sea, Mark Salvestro returns to Melbourne Fringe with The Will To Be, a new solo work, exploring legacy, homosexuality and shame in 1960s Australia.

by Josh Stent

The international superstar, sex symbol, accordionist and Berlin boy-wonder, Hans, has announced his first ever Australian tour!