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Arts Centre Melbourne And Briefs Factory Present BRAT KIDS CARNIVAL
by BWW News Desk - February 15, 2019
Fresh from a two-month run on London's West End, the high-energy mix of Brief Factory's circus and cabaret will come to life at Arts Centre Melbourne's Playhouse on Saturday 23 March in their family-friendly show Brat Kids Carnival.
PICASSO AND HIS DOG Comes to Arts Centre Melbourne
by BWW News Desk - February 15, 2019
Picasso and His Dog, inspired by the true life story of the eminent Spanish artist and his much loved canine companion Lump, will be performed at Arts Centre Melbourne on 23 & 24 March 2019. Lemony S Puppet Theatre's work for children aged five and above celebrates the animals with whom we share our lives while exploring what it is to be creative and to create.
DRACULA Announced At The Melbourne International Comedy Festival
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2019
This Melbourne International Comedy Festival comedy duo Innes Lloyd wants you to believe...
Theatrical Sketch Comedian Finds The Funny Side Of Horror At MICF 2019
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2019
A night of spooks, scares and sketch comedy awaits audiences at David Massingham's Little Sketch Book of Horrors, a solo sketch show performing at Tasma Terrace during 2019's Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Arts Centre Melbourne And CDP Kids Present BILLIONAIRE BOY
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2019
David Walliams' best-selling children's book Billionaire Boy comes to life on stage in an original Australian adaptation by playwright Maryam Master from 6 - 14 April at Arts Centre Melbourne's Playhouse.
Five New Recruits And A Medley Of Promotions Sets The Scene For The Australian Ballet's 2019 Year Of Enchantment
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2019
As the dancers of The Australian Ballet have returned to the studios following our summer break, the company has welcomed five new Australian Ballet School graduates to the barre - two dancers joining us after short-term engagements in 2018. In addition, eleven of our dancers will start the year in new positions, having been promoted at the end of 2018.
World Premiere Production Of MATADOR Comes to The Melba Spiegeltent
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2019
Inspired by a tale as old as time, re-told through the eyes of the MATADOR, this is a world premiere production featuring a fiery fusion of burlesque, dance and jaw-dropping circus acts.
Herbie Hancock to Headline the Melbourne International Jazz Festival
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2019
Herbie Hancock is the master of modern jazz - he is innovative, influential, a living legend and will close the 2019 Melbourne International Jazz Festival at Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall.
ButohOUT! Workshops Welcome Everyone Who Loves To Dance
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2019
A series of unique dance workshops is taking place this March and April as part of the ButohOUT! Festival 2019, which will allow participants to discover the engaging and liberating performance art form known as Butoh.
WELLNESS Comes to The Butterfly Club
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2019
From the mind of prolific Artist-turned-Playwright, Ella Arendelle, comes a thrilling satire shining a light on a cultural perspective on health and a generational obsession with clean living. In a world committed to giving a voice to the voiceless and pushing for equality, Wellness aims to balance the scales, offering up the perspective of a class of people completely left behind.
WOMEN OF THE WHITE HOUSE: MAKE CABARET GREAT AGAIN Comes to Hare Hole
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2019
Malignant nuclear pussy-grabbing pumpkin, or the smartest guy in the room and staunch feminist? Sure, Donald Trump presents as a tweeting Edgelord with the negotiating skills of a toddler after twelve cans of Diet Coke, but he's flanked by two of Americas strongest, most enigmatic women.
An Immersive Experience Comes to Chapel Off Chapel
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2019
Citizen Theatre's newest project Forgotten Places is an immersive theatre and art experience that imagines the future of the City of Stonnington as a musical and enchanting place, where colour rules supreme.
Carol Whitfield Returns to the Butterfly Club to Celebrate Amy Winehouse
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2019
After a sell-out season in May last year, Carol Whitfield makes a triumphant return to The Butterfly Club to once again celebrate the incredible talent of Amy Winehouse, taking audiences on a musical journey through her music, influences and legacy.
WORLD PROBLEMS By Emma Mary Hall To Get Australian Premiere
by BWW News Desk - February 12, 2019
Multi-award winning writer and performer Emma Mary Hall presents the Australian Premiere of her third work, World Problems, at fortyfivedownstairs from 12-24 March.
ONLY A YEAR Comes to Arts Centre Melbourne
by BWW News Desk - February 12, 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.
LET'S TAKE OVER - A One-Day Arts Festival Comes to The Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre
by BWW News Desk - February 11, 2019
Ten talented young people aged between 14 and 25 have been selected to program the Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre, programming the entire building for Let's Take Over presents The Reveillon, a one-day arts festival on Saturday 2 March 2019.
Stewart D'Arrietta's BELLY OF A DRUNKEN PIANO Comes to Memo Music Hall
by BWW News Desk - February 11, 2019
Stewart D'Arrietta's 'Belly Of A Drunken Piano' - Songs of Tom Waits  - Memo Music Hall - Friday 1 & Saturday 2 March 2019, 7:30pm
The Butterfly Club Presents ROCKY THE THIRD
by BWW News Desk - February 11, 2019
Rocky the Third is a Shakespearean reimagining of the classic 80's film, Rocky 3. Two 'travelling players' attempt to bring to life all the characters and transform one of cinemas most inarticulate figures into one of Shakespeare's most verbose heroes in this heavyweight epic. 
Isabella Valette Announced At Melbourne International Comedy Festival
by BWW News Desk - February 11, 2019
Isabella's not afraid of comedy. She's a kids entertainer. And kids are the worst hecklers of all. One child said to her, "You're not a real clown, you're just an old human." Which begs the question: what is a real clown?  
Anthony Warlow & Gina Riley To Star In Special Engagement of SWEENEY TODD
by BWW News Desk - February 11, 2019
The pre-eminent leading man of Australian musical theatre, Anthony Warlow, will be joined by one of Australia's best-known stage and screen performers, the incomparable Gina Riley, when the pair join forces in this spectacular re-imagined concert version of the musical thriller SWEENEY TODD: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Celebrating 60 Years Of The Sidney Myer Music Bowl
by BWW News Desk - February 11, 2019
The Sidney Myer Music Bowl has been part of Melbourne's entertainment scene since 1959, and today we celebrate 60 years. Officially opened by Prime Minister Robert Menzies in 1959, the Bowl has seen many of the world's greatest entertainers perform live.
Comedian Theo Von Will Embark On Australian Tour
by BWW News Desk - February 11, 2019
TEG Dainty and Nice Events have announced that rising star, Theo Von-creator of the Netflix Original comedy special No Offense and popular podcasts This Past Weekend & The King and The Sting-will bring his live comedy show to Australia for the very first time in 2019.
STRING SYMPHONY Comes to Arts Centre Melbourne
by BWW News Desk - February 11, 2019
This March Labour Day weekend, visitors are invited to enjoy String Symphony, a free interactive performance installation where children and families bring to life a giant illuminated puppet called Leor under Arts Centre Melbourne's iconic spire. Using more than a kilometre of rope, the four-metre handwoven giant festooned with 600 LED lights will be animated by 'a symphony of people' consisting of 12 participants and four performers. Together they can make it dance, jump and wave forming a connection through both storytelling and puppetry.
MTC Presents A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
by BWW News Desk - February 10, 2019
Steve Bastoni (Wentworth) and Daniela Farinacci (Glitch) will star as Eddie and Beatrice Carbone in Arthur Miller's tragic masterpiece A View from the Bridge alongside Marco Chiappi (The Father), Simon Maiden (Glitch), Zoe Terakes (A Doll's House, Part 2), Damian Walshe-Howling (Janet King) and newcomer Andrew Coshan, when it opens on Thursday 14 March at Southbank Theatre.
Emesha Rudolf Brings First Solo Show 'Agency' To The Butterfly Club
by BWW News Desk - February 10, 2019
Emesha shaved her head live onstage as the climax for the first ever performance of AGENCY. She lovingly weaves her way around a nineties childhood of VHS tapes, Big Bird, mental health issues and her father's escape from Communist Hungary. Coming from a theatrical background, the all singing all dancing Emesha will reach into your heart and make you laugh and cry all at the same time.

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