AUSTRALIA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 86

 Back to Back Theatre's newest work, The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes asks its audience to consider a history we would prefer not to remember, and a future that is ambivalent.

Ron Vincent is about to embark on a tour to perform in a world-class celebration of one of the greatest artists of our time, CAT STEVENS.

The Melbourne season cast for the epic, award-winning immersive theatre show A Midnight Visit has been announced, starring eleven multidisciplinary performers of scintillating local and national talent.

My Wife Peggy is a new Australian work from Melbourne based theatre maker Gavin Roach.

After a sell-out, world premiere performance at the 2019 Midsumma Festival, cabaret icons Mama Alto and Maude Davey return to the stage with the next iteration of Gender Euphoria as part of the Melbourne International Arts Festival from 15 - 20 October in The Famous Spiegeltent on Arts Centre Melbou

Melbourne's favourite cabaret wineo Tash York and her very good Friends take you through a night of stories, songs and stripping - without being too emotionally involved.

Brendan Wan is an incredible new talent on the Melbourne comedy scene, and it's easy to see why Sweet and Sour Dilemmas is tipped to receive excellent critical reception.

COME FROM AWAY, Irene Sankoff and David Hein's (Book, Music and Lyrics) multi award winning musical about the other side of the 9/11 story, has captivated Melbourne hearts in its beautiful heartwarming celebration of the best of the human spirit.

Bell Shakespeare's latest touring production of Much Ado About Nothing delivers a fresh take on a classic.

Morgan has consistently come second her whole life, especially in her calisthenics career.

Sparkling with sass and inspired by the cult 90s movie starring Kristen Dunst, this high energy hit comes from the minds of Broadway's creative royalty, while the death-defying stunts performed by world-class cheerleading champions ensure broad appeal.

In the ridiculously short time since Christian Hull & Tanya Hennessy announced their debut joint tour of Australia & New Zealand, tickets have proven so hot that Frontier Comedy have added three new shows to satisfy thirsty fans.

Sparkling with sass and inspired by the cult 90s movie starring Kristen Dunst, this high energy hit comes from the minds of Broadway's creative royalty, while the death-defying stunts performed by world-class cheerleading champions ensure broad appeal.

Set within Supersense, Art Centre Melbourne's three-day festival of ecstatic performance curated by Sophia Brous, sits Supersense MINIMAL - a program of master artists from across 20th century performance mining worlds of intense sonic beauty, contemplation and sublime minimalism.

Arts Centre Melbourne's Arts Wellbeing Collective is thrilled to announce the launch of a new pilot program, the Support Act Wellbeing Helpline, as part of its suite of mental health and wellbeing initiatives, tailored for those who work in the performing arts.

Widely regarded as the pinnacle of bel-canto operas, Melbourne Opera's upcoming production of Norma boasts a superb cast of singers and musicians - led by international opera sensation Helena Dix.

Sci-fi, television, film and musical theatre fans alike will be thrilled to hear they can spend an intimate evening of songs, stories and laughter with the incomparable John Barrowman exclusively at Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC).

He smashed a set at Glastonbury 2019 and now Irish singer-songwriter Ryan McMullan will perform an exclusive, one-off headline show in Melbourne for Frontier Touring on Friday 9 August at The Curtin.

American pianist Kenny Broberg is set to return to Australia for two special recitals, presented by the Sydney International Piano Competition (The Sydney), in Melbourne on August 21st and Sydney on September 8th.

The eternally endearing bloke that is NICK CODY is propping up the proverbial bar again in 2019 with a spin around the country with his festival show, OLD MATE.

Arts Centre Melbourne's acclaimed Morning Melodies started in 1985 when performer Betty Pounder and producer Sandy Graham decided it was time to make good use of an otherwise empty theatre on a Monday morning.

A commissioned highlight of the upcoming 2019 Melbourne International Arts Festival, Token Armies is epic in scale, ambitious in conceit and utterly unforgettable in execution.

After selling out the majority of his 23 show-run at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) this year, Frontier Comedy is thrilled to announce that Australia's most hilarious sports satirist Titus O'Reily is taking his hit show Better Living Through Sport on the road in a national tour!

Adelaide Festival Centre's Adelaide Cabaret Festival and DreamBIG Children's Festival are celebrating two wins at this year's Helpmann Awards announced in Melbourne last night.

The 2019 Helpmann Awards Act II tonight was a star studded black-tie gala event hosted by the fabulous dynamic duo of comedian, writer and actor, Susie Youssef, and Artistic Director of State Theatre SA, Mitchell Butel.