Dame Edna Everage News

A state memorial service was held on December 15th for world-renowned entertainer, author, actor and satirist Barry Humphries AC CBE.

Feel like a star this Christmas at Adelaide Festival Centre with a magical lunch and exclusive backstage tour of the Festival Theatre. Indulge in a three-course shared style lunch and explore the famous 'star alley' graced by legends of stage and screen. Celebrate the festive season in style!

Barry Humphries, comedian and creator of Dame Edna Everage, passed away surrounded by family at a hospital in Sydney, Australia on Saturday, April 22.

Fifteen musical artists will be honored for their cabaret and/or jazz artistry at the 38th annual Bistro Awards gala on Monday, April 17, 7:00 pm, at Gotham Comedy Club, 208 W. 23rd Street, Manhattan. Learn more about those being honored here!

Due to overwhelming public demand, celebrated Australian and national treasure Barry Humphries is to perform his new show, Barry Humphries: The Man Behind the Mask, for an extra night in the West End.

Celebrated Australian performer Barry Humphries AO, CBE will take British audiences on a revelatory trip through his colourful life and theatrical career when he tours the UK in April & May 2022 with Barry Humphries: The Man Behind the Mask.

Adelaide Festival Centre's star-studded Walk of Fame will feature three new names of accomplished performers in recognition of their artistry and hit shows presented in 2019.

Accomplished Australian and international performers are on the shortlist for the next star to shine bright on Adelaide Festival Centre's Walk of Fame.

Did you know that right in college town of Newark DE, lives the one and only Honorary Dame Edna Understudy?

This February, British comedian Myra DuBois - a.k.a. the self-declared 'Siren of South Yorkshire' - invites Australian audiences to attend her hysterically funny 'funeral' celebrations at the Opera House during the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. After all, who could deliver a better eulogy about Myra than Myra?

The grand dame of world theatre, Dame Edna Everage, has been forced out of retirement by the demands of her adoring a?oePrecious Possumsa??, announcing a surprise tour of Australia in September and October. 

The grand dame of world theatre, Dame Edna Everage, has been forced out of retirement by the demands of her adoring a?oePrecious Possumsa??, announcing a surprise tour of Australia in September and October.

Sydney Coliseum Theatre's all-star opening week program goes on pre-sale 10am Monday 5 August and GP on-sale 12noon Tuesday 6 August.

Today, Grammy Award-winning global star Keith Urban has announced that Australian artists Amy Shark and John Butler will join him for the official Grand Opening of the Sydney Coliseum Theatre, West HQ on Saturday 21 December in a specially created show titled “Keith Urban and Friends”. ARIA award winning Butler and Shark have both been hand selected by Urban to accompany him on what is set to be one of Australia's biggest venue opening nights of the decade.

The grand dame of world theatre, Dame Edna Everage, has been forced out of retirement by the demands of her adoring "Precious Possums", announcing a surprise tour of Australia in September and October.

As one of the UK's top female impersonators, Ceri Dupree has been delighting audiences in Britain and around the world for almost 30 years. Aside from writing and producing his own shows, his extensive musical theatre credits include Hello Dolly, The Wizard of Oz and The Rocky Horror Show. He famously appeared at Madame Jo Jo's in London's West End for two years followed closely by a three-year residency at Minsky's Music Hall in Cardiff. Over the years he has impersonated almost every female star in the business in shows such as The Ceri Dupree Spectacular, Duprees a Crowd, Totally Frocked Up and Missleading Ladies, to name but a few.

Ceri Dupree heads back to Gate69 with Immaculate Deception, from 6 February to 16 March 2019 As one of the UK's top female impersonators, Ceri Dupree has been delighting audiences in Britain and around the world for almost 30 years.

As one of the UK's top female impersonators, Ceri Dupree has been delighting audiences in Britain and around the world for almost 30 years. Aside from writing and producing his own shows, his extensive musical theatre credits include Hello Dolly, The Wizard of Oz and The Rocky Horror Show. He famously appeared at Madame Jo Jo's in London's West End for two years followed closely by a three-year residency at Minsky's Music Hall in Cardiff. Over the years he has impersonated almost every female star in the business in shows such as The Ceri Dupree Spectacular, Duprees a Crowd, Totally Frocked Up and Missleading Ladies, to name but a few.

The Georgetown Palace Playhouse brings us silly Christmas fun from across the pond with FARNDALE AVENUE HOUSING ESTATE TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD DRAMATIC SOCIETY'S PRODUCTION OF A CHRISTMAS CAROL by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin, Jr, based on the work by Charles Dickens. In the United Kingdom, Christmas 'panto' is an annual holiday tradition. Panto is of course short for pantomime and includes send ups of fairy tales (or other well known stories) with over the top characters and lots of audience participation. The Georgetown Palace production, directed by Jonathan Young contains all of these elements and more.

There is something thoroughly fabulous about watching a performer who knows exactly who they are doing what they were born to do. THE FABULOUS CERI DUPREE SHOW offers Capetonian audiences an opportunity to see just such an artist at Gate69, with Ceri Dupree having returned to South Africa for this limited season at the Mother City's Purple Palace on Bree.