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Sydney Theatre Company and Allens Arthur Robinson in association with Bangarra Dance Theatre present Bloodland

The Australian Ballet, celebrating its 50th-anniversary, has announced the full program of its June, 2012 New York season, which will include four North American premieres.

Sydney Theatre Company and Allens Arthur Robinson in association with Bangarra Dance Theatre present Bloodland

Sydney Theatre Company and Colonial First State Global Asset Management present Blood Wedding by Federico García Lorca, translated by Iain Sinclair

Sydney Theatre Company and Colonial First State Global Asset Management present Blood Wedding by Federico García Lorca, translated by Iain Sinclair

Sydney Theatre Company and La Boite present Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness by Anthony Neilson

What I bring you now is no mere Freak Show. You will gasp, yes, and you will marvel and you will see your share of grotesquerie.

Sydney Theatre Company and La Boite present Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness by Anthony Neilson

What I bring you now is no mere Freak Show. You will gasp, yes, and you will marvel and you will see your share of grotesquerie.

The Green Room Awards took place at The Famous Spiegeltent in Melbourne last night, and global favorite MARY POPPINS led the night with a total of nine awards out of its twelve nominations. Yana Alana and the Paranas in Concert, a cabaret production, was a close second for total awards with six out of eight cabaret awards.

Ross Mueller's ZEBRA!, a new play commissioned by Sydney Theatre Company, features an exceptional cast of Bryan Brown, Colin Friels and Nadine Garner. Directed by Lee Lewis, the production is at Wharf 1, opening on 10 March 2011.

Ross Mueller's ZEBRA!, a new play commissioned by Sydney Theatre Company, features an exceptional cast of Bryan Brown, Colin Friels and Nadine Garner. Directed by Lee Lewis, the production is at Wharf 1, opening on 10 March 2011.

At a star-studded ceremony on January 17, the winners of the 2010 Sydney Theatre Awards were announced. Over 300 members of the Sydney theatre community packed the auditorium at Paddington RSL to celebrate the best of Sydney theatre throughout 2010.

Houston Grand Opera (HGO) continues its 2010-11 season with Peter Grimes, British composer Benjamin Britten's masterful opera about the human struggle of the individual versus the masses against the backdrop of the raging sea. Following HGO's acclaimed productions of Billy Budd (2008), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2009) and The Turn of the Screw (2010), Peter Grimes is the fourth opera in HGO's highly successful and innovative Benjamin Britten series. 'Peter Grimes is an opera that delivers a punch like no other,' explained HGO General Director Anthony Freud. 'It's an opera that has a visceral power, an emotional impact and an immediacy that is truly overwhelming.' HGO will present a series of Britten operas through the 2012-13 season, which marks the centennial of the composer's birth.

Houston Grand Opera (HGO) continues its 2010-11 season with Peter Grimes, British composer Benjamin Britten's masterful opera about the human struggle of the individual versus the masses against the backdrop of the raging sea. Following HGO's acclaimed productions of Billy Budd (2008), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2009) and The Turn of the Screw (2010), Peter Grimes is the fourth opera in HGO's highly successful and innovative Benjamin Britten series. 'Peter Grimes is an opera that delivers a punch like no other,' explained HGO General Director Anthony Freud. 'It's an opera that has a visceral power, an emotional impact and an immediacy that is truly overwhelming.' HGO will present a series of Britten operas through the 2012-13 season, which marks the centennial of the composer's birth.

Houston Grand Opera (HGO) continues its 2010-11 season with Peter Grimes, British composer Benjamin Britten's masterful opera about the human struggle of the individual versus the masses against the backdrop of the raging sea. Following HGO's acclaimed productions of Billy Budd (2008), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2009) and The Turn of the Screw (2010), Peter Grimes is the fourth opera in HGO's highly successful and innovative Benjamin Britten series. 'Peter Grimes is an opera that delivers a punch like no other,' explained HGO General Director Anthony Freud. 'It's an opera that has a visceral power, an emotional impact and an immediacy that is truly overwhelming.' HGO will present a series of Britten operas through the 2012-13 season, which marks the centennial of the composer's birth.

A highlight of Sydney Theatre Company's 2010 Main Stage Season, Oresteia, features the Company's permanent ensemble of actors, The Residents, in an adaptation based principally on the first two plays (Agamemnon and The Libation Bearers) of Aeschylus' 5th Century BC trilogy, condensed into one incisive drama. Directed by Associate Director Tom Wright, the production is at The Wharf from 1 June, opening 5 June 2010.

Sydney Theatre Company and Allens Arthur Robinson present Honour by Joanna Murray-Smith. The production, playing Sydney Opera House's Drama Theatre, has just announced that it will extend its run through 29 May. Previews begin 17 April, and the show will open Thursday 22 April at 8pm.

Sydney Theatre Company's TOT MOM will close on February 7, 2010.

Houston Grand Opera General Director and CEO AnthonyFreud announced today the company's 2010-2011 season, which runs from October 22, 2010 toMay 10, 2011 with thirty performances of six operas.