AUSTRALIA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 87

Hoos birfdays are it? It's yours and we're about to give you the gift you've been begging for.

One of the UK's most significant performance makers, Bryony Kimmings, returns to Melbourne to present the Australian premiere of her solo masterpiece, I'm A Phoenix, Bitch from 11 - 15 September, 2019.

After its hugely successful run earlier this year, Briefs Factory are back by popular demand with a return season of their dazzling show, Briefs: Close Encounters once again taking over Arts Centre Melbourne's Playhouse Theatre from 23 - 27 October.

This year, for the very first time, 43 Helpmann Awards are being presented across two nights and two events in Melbourne, at the Victorian home of the performing arts, Arts Centre Melbourne.

Depression, anxiety and PTSD affect many people in western society today.

Thirteen of the real-life inspirations behind Broadway hit musical Come From Away arrive in Melbourne tonight ahead of its premiere at the Comedy Theatre on Saturday 20 July, including former Mayors of Gander and Appleton, Claude Elliot and Derm Flynn; the first female captain for American Airlines,

Arts Centre Melbourne is offering a rare opportunity to see inside its Australian Performing Arts Collection on 27 - 28 July as part of Open House Melbourne 2019.

The highly anticipated collaboration between The Australian Ballet and the Houston Ballet will see a brand-new production of Sylvia make its debut to Australian audiences at Arts Centre Melbourne from 31 August to 10 September, and at Sydney Opera House from 8 to 23 November 2019.

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In a messy Coburg apartment we meet Angus (Lachie Hewson), a semi- accomplished Author, and his Long Time Boyfriend Mark (Callum O'Malley), An Executive Assistant.

The star of Portlandia, Fred Armisen, will be touring Australia for the first time, bringing his show Comedy For Musicians But Everyone Is Welcome to Australian in August 2019.

Due to strong demand, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will extend its booking period by an additional eight weeks.

Discover fresh faces and new perspectives as the Abbotsford Convent's historic spaces come to life at Music in the Round

Performance readings of extracts from The Tree of Man by stars of the Australian stage and screen including Neil Pigot, Caroline Lee, Denis Moore and Naomi Rukavina will be performed on Tuesdays in August at the Old Treasury Building.

Green Room Award winning duo Andrew Strano and Casey Gould are joined by Abigail King and accompanied by Lucy O'Brien in Nick Payne's Constellations - a play about quantum theory, love.

A new exhibition, Triumph & Tragedy: Catherine, the Romanovs & Faberge, will showcase 150 pieces of some of Russia's most opulent pieces of decorative art from the 18th and 19th  Centuries, many of which have never been seen before.

In his first ever Australian performance supported by a live orchestra, New Zealand's Marlon Williams will take to the Hamer Hall stage on Friday 23 August as part of Supersense: Festival of the Ecstatic for one special night of music in Make Way For Love MARLON WILLIAMS with The Impossible Orchest

In this scintillating collaboration, star soprano Mirusia (Andre Rieu and the Johann Strauss Orchestra) shares the bill with the Original Seekers - the three founding members of The Seekers; Athol Guy, Keith Potger and Bruce Woodley, joined by long-time Seekers producer and guitaristsinger extraordi

For every child who grows up burying the emotional scars their father gave them, there's a dad trying and failing to be the man he wanted to be.

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Over the spring school holidays, the Circus Oz Big Top will return to Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne Gardens to premiere the latest Circus Oz creation: Aurora directed by Circus Oz Artistic Facilitator: Kate Fryer with creative input from outgoing Circus Oz Artistic Director: Rob Tannion.

Lucas, Marcus, Cyrus and Darius are the Dobre Brothers, YouTube personalities with 14 MILLION subscribers, who have amassed over 2 BILLION YouTube views.

After 117 mind-blowing acrobatic performances to an international audience of over 66,000 people, Humans by Circa is making its way back to our shores for their only Australian performance this year.

Helpmann and ARIA Award-winning singer David Campbell is returning to the stage in his first solo tour in eight years for his Back in the Swing Tour.

Supersense is thrilled to announce a once in a lifetime line-up bringing together two legendary ensembles of contemporary music, jazz and improvisation: ground breaking pioneers of American free jazz the Art Ensemble of Chicago and transcendent, internationally revered Australian trio The Necks.