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Aussie Sci-Fi Comedy Podcast NIGHT TERRACE Will Air On BBC Radio
by BWW News Desk - March 24, 2019
Night Terrace ia half-hour narrative comedy series starring Neighbours' Jackie Woodburne (Susan Kennedy) as Anastasia Black, a government scientist who used to save the world, but now wants a quiet retirement. She's understandably miffed when her house unexpectedly starts travelling through space and time. From the ancient past to the distant future, from pre-historic Melbourne to the edges of human understanding, Anastasia fights monsters and solves mysteries, all while trying to find a way home.
Russell Morris Announced As Latest Ambassador For Record Store Day
by BWW News Desk - March 23, 2019
RUSSELL MORRIS is now announced to join KATE CEBERANO : DAVE FAULKNER : HOCKEY DAD as this year's Ambassadors for Record Store Day on Saturday 13 April.
BWW Review: BRIEFS returns to Arts Centre Melbourne for Close Encounters
by Victoria Beal - March 21, 2019
Briefs returns to Arts Centre Melbourne for Close Encounters
Damian Callinan's THE MERGER Comes to Melbourne International Comedy Festival
by BWW News Desk - March 21, 2019
Award-winning comedian Damian Callinan's hit one-man show The Merger comes full circle and returns to the stage for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival from 9-21 April. The season follows the tale's hugely successful, 2018 feature film adaptation - starring Kate Mulvany, John Howard and Callinan himself - where it was shortlisted for the Cinefest Oz Prize, scored multiple AACTA nominations and rave reviews, reverently compared by critics to cult Aussie classics such as The Castle.
Get Hooked On Drama With Bunjil Place's Black Box Series
by BWW News Desk - March 20, 2019
A series of dramatic, thought-provoking and compelling performances will captivate and move audiences at Bunjil Place with Black Box. Showcasing 4 performances over seven months commencing 4 April, Ghenoa Gela, Jacob Boehme, Andre DeVanny and Kutcha Edwards will take turns sharing unique and provocative stories of resilience. Told through spoken word, music, movement and dance, each performance will be followed by Q & A sessions to delve deeper.
The 19th Annual Helpmann Awards Will Be Presented In Melbourne This July
by BWW News Desk - March 20, 2019
Live Performance Australia (LPA) today announced the 19th annual Helpmann Awards, which will see the stars of the live performance industry come together for two remarkable nights in Melbourne, the cultural capital of Australia, for the very first time. 
Andrew Lloyd Webber & Ben Elton's Award Winning Musical THE BEAUTIFUL GAME To Premiere In Melbourne
by BWW News Desk - March 19, 2019
Manilla Street Productions is thrilled to announce the Australian premiere of THE BEAUTIFUL GAME in Melbourne in September 2019.
Red Stitch Presents The Australian Premiere Of WAKEY WAKEY By Will Eno
by BWW News Desk - March 19, 2019
Red Stitch presents the Australian premiere of Wakey Wakey, the latest work from acclaimed American playwright Will Eno. 
JENEANE'S KINKY ROOM OF ASTROLOGY & CIGGIEZ Comes to Melbourne International Comedy Festival
by BWW News Desk - March 18, 2019
Follow Jeneane through her world as she deals with boiz, bitchez, lyf & luv: the highz & the lowz, the sunsetz & the cocktailz, the brunchez & the baggiez, the pilatez & the pingerz.
POOPIE TUM TUMS Comes to Melbourne International Comedy Festival
by BWW News Desk - March 18, 2019
Following from award winning show CULL and Green Room nominated Let's Get Practical! Live, Honor and Patrick are tired of comedy and are hanging up their red noses and anal beads to endeavour on their most serious show yet, Poopie Tum Tums.
TACO KNIGHT Comes to The Butterfly Club
by BWW News Desk - March 17, 2019
Comedian and classically-trained double bassist Taco Kuiper is set to take the Melbourne International Comedy Festival by storm this year, with her exceptional debut production. Reluctantly sharing the limelight with Terry, her double bass, she will power through an all-original songbook of observations from tattoos to tofu, Peppa Pig to pastries and bisexuality to beast-mode. Taco Kuiper is a comedian, singer, actress, dancer, and double bassist - or as she would put it, Melbourne's first quintuple threat.
Megan Mullally and Her Band, Nancy and Beth, Come to Melbourne Recital Centre
by BWW News Desk - March 15, 2019
Two-time Emmy Award-winning actress and musician Megan Mullally (Will & Grace, Parks & Recreation) and musician, actress and writer Stephanie Hunt (Friday Night Lights, Californication) perform with their 'punk-vaudeville' band Nancy And Beth over two Melbourne Recital Centre performances on 12 and 13 June.
'The Voice Of Freddie' Marc Martel Returns To Tour Australia
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2019
With the extraordinary success of the Oscar nominated and record-breaking biopic 'Bohemian Rhapsody' the timing could not be better for Queen fans to experience the incredible talent of Marc Martel.
Rowan Thambar Brings 23 AND DISAPPOINTED To Melbourne International Comedy Festival
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2019
Rowan Thambar's act is just as diverse as his face. His distinctive blend of big-hearted stand up and hilarious musical comedy allow the 24-year-old to paint a unique perspective on heartbreak, family and race in Australia. Rowan now brings his 2017 Melbourne Fringe Best Comedy nominated show to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival - 23 and disappointed .
Martin Dunlop To Star In SMALL TALES OF LITTLE MERCY At MICF 2019
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2019
Martin Dunlop brings his special brand of dark humour back to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with Small Tales of Little Mercy.
COME FROM AWAY Melbourne Announces Final Casting
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2019
The critically acclaimed musical COME FROM AWAY today announced its final three cast members ahead of the Australian premiere at the newly refurbished Comedy Theatre, Melbourne in July.
ODETTE! BABY DADDY Comes to Melbourne International Comedy Festival
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2019
Fun, feisty and incredibly fertile Odette! is the larger-than-life cleaning lady everybody loves to love. Meet her in this award-nominated debut solo show, fresh from successful runs in Australia and the UK. On a quest for the passionate romance that can only come from an immaculately coiffed superstar of daytime TV, Odette! dreams of shacking up with heart-throb Ridge Forrester from The Bold and The Beautiful.
ONLY A YEAR Comes to Arts Centre Melbourne
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2019
Babies aged 0-12 months and their carers are invited to experience an immersive sensory theatre experience, Only A Year at Arts Centre Melbourne from 13 - 16 March 2019. Award-winning theatre director Sarah Austin uses shadow, light, wind, rain, sun and heat to convey the seasons of a year and the idea that the first year of life is experienced by both infant and carer as the longest, but also shortest time imaginable.
SEVEN SONGS TO LEAVE BEHIND Comes to Arts Centre Melbourne
by BWW News Desk - March 12, 2019
From the song that made them to the one that says goodbye, three stellar Australian artists will share the soundtracks to their lives in Seven Songs to Leave Behind at Arts Centre Melbourne's Hamer Hall on 18 May 2019. Musicians Sarah Blasko, C. W. Stoneking and Ali Barter will each perform the song they wish they'd written, their favourite song of their own, the song they want to share with fellow artists and more, in a concert that delves deeply into their musical lives.
The Big HOO-HAA Comes To The Melbourne Comedy Festival
by BWW News Desk - March 12, 2019
After selling out 33 of their regular Friday night shows in 2018, Melbourne's masters of improvised comedy The Big HOO-HAA! return to Melbourne Town Hall for the 2019 Melbourne Comedy Festival with three hilarious marquee nights.
Red Stitch Presents Clare Barron'S DANCE NATION, Directed By Maude Davey
by BWW News Desk - March 12, 2019
Maybe this is the year, this is the moment, this is the dance where your lives will start!
QPAC Exhibition Showcases New Research Into Evolution Of Aboriginal Song & Dance In South East Queensland
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2019
Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) will showcase the evolution of Aboriginal song and dance in South East Queensland in its new free exhibition Tomorrow's Traditions, running in the Tony Gould Gallery from 12 March to 1 June 2019.
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY To Open In Melbourne This August
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2019
The spectacular new musical Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is coming to Melbourne in August this year, playing at Her Majesty's Theatre, following a hugely successful season in Sydney. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday 15 March at 1pm.
BK Opera Presents DIRTY SEXY OPERA At The Butterfly Club
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2019
It's time to have some fun with all the naughty, sexy and downright dirty opera classics. This hilarious 'adults only' concert will entertain and amuse you, leaving little to the imagination. Come join us in the intimate Butterfly Club as we take you on a journey of seduction, manipulation and roof raising arias.
CONSTANTLY SCREAMING Comes to Melbourne International Comedy Festival
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2019
HAVE YOU EVER SCREAMED AT A BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE? HAVE YOU EVER SCREECHED AT A BUDDING FLOWER? HAVE YOU EVER CURSED LOUDLY AT THE SIGHT OF A NEW BORN BUB? IS YOUR INTERNAL SCREAM SOMETIMES LOUDER THAN YOUR VERBAL SCREAM? DO YOU FIND YOURSELF SILENTLY SCREAMING WHEN MEN CALL YOU "darlin?" DOES YOUR BRAIN HIT THE SAME NOTE AS WHITNEY (RIP) WHEN YOU GET ASKED "How queer are you though? 50/50?"

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