David Atkins News

Hot Shoe Shuffle, the Tap Musical, closes the Sydney Lyric today, August 4 with no extension possible. Hot Shoe Shuffle, which opened to rave reviews and standing ovations, will move to Melbourne's Her Majesty's Theatre on August 9 to complete the 2013 Australian Tour.

Lunchbox Theatrical Productions, David Atkins Enterprises, 105.9 Radio High and Concertus, in cooperation with WICKED Worldwide, are indeed bringing Stephen Schwartz's 'Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz,' one of the most popular Broadway musicals of all time, to Manila. More details will be announced on Wednesday, August 14.

The 13th Annual Helpmann Awards ceremony will feature some of Australia's most talented and celebrated performers. This year joining co-hosts Eddie Perfect and Christie Whelan Browne on stage as presenters will be Bert Newton, Tina Arena, Erika Heynatz, Patrick Brammall, Chloe Dallimore, Rob Mills, Ashley Zuckerman, Miranda Tapsell, John Watersand Sharon Millerchip. These presenters and more will be announcing the winners of the 43 awards recognising distinguished artistic achievement and excellence across the major disciplines of Australia's live performance industry. In addition to the star studded list of presenters, the ceremony will include a line-up of incredible performances showcasing Australia's unique and diverse live performance industry. Tim Minchin fresh from his role in Jesus Christ Superstar and his huge success with Matilda on Broadway will be making a very special appearance on the night.

Hot Shoe Shuffle, the Tap Musical, is now playing at the Sydney Lyric until August 4 with no extension possible. Hot Shoe Shuffle, which opened to rave reviews and standing ovations, will move to Melbourne's Her Majesty's Theatre on August 9 to complete the 2013 Australian Tour.

The 13th Annual Helpmann Awards ceremony will feature some of Australia's most talented and celebrated performers. This year joining co-hosts Eddie Perfect and Christie Whelan Browne on stage as presenters will be Bert Newton, Tina Arena, Erika Heynatz, Patrick Brammall, Chloe Dallimore, Rob Mills, Ashley Zuckerman, Miranda Tapsell, John Watersand Sharon Millerchip. These presenters and more will be announcing the winners of the 43 awards recognising distinguished artistic achievement and excellence across the major disciplines of Australia's live performance industry. In addition to the star studded list of presenters, the ceremony will include a line-up of incredible performances showcasing Australia's unique and diverse live performance industry. Tim Minchin fresh from his role in Jesus Christ Superstar and his huge success with Matilda on Broadway will be making a very special appearance on the night.

Hot Shoe Shuffle, the Tap Musical opened in Brisbane in May to rave reviews and a standing ovation at every performance and opens in Sydney on July 5 before moving to Melbourne's Her Majesty's Theatre on August 9 to complete the 2013 Australian Tour. Hot Shoe Shuffle is one musical that is not to be missed, and is one that you will want to see again and again.

Hot Shoe Shuffle, opened in Brisbane to rave reviews and a standing ovations every night and now the Tap Musical is coming to the Sydney Lyric from July 5. This is one musical that is not to be missed, and is one that you will want to see again and again.

The nominations for the 2013 Helpmann Awards have been announced simultaneously at events in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart and Perth. This is the first time the Nominations events were held concurrently in 6 cities and a first for Adelaide, Hobart and Perth.

Hot Shoe Shuffle, the Tap Musical opened in Brisbane in May to rave reviews and a standing ovation at every performance and opens in Sydney on July 5 before moving to Melbourne's Her Majesty's Theatre on August 9 to complete the 2013 Australian Tour. Hot Shoe Shuffle is one musical that is not to be missed, and is one that you will want to see again and again.

The multi award-winning international sensation SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW storms into Australia for a limited season playing at the Theatre Royal from today, 11 to 23 June 2013. Tickets on sale 18 February.

It's that time again! As the temperatures drop here in Melbourne, we find the best ways for Southern Hemisphere theatre lovers to stay warm and entertained. From hit shows to much-loved revivals, through flying visits from a Broadway legend - Melbourne has much to get us through the winter months!

A special industry 'by-invitation-only' staged reading of the new Broadway-bound play COFFEE STAINS will be presented tonight, May 20th at the award-winning Colony Theatre in Burbank, Calif. The reading will be directed by acclaimed Ovation Award winning director Jenny Sullivan (The Geffen, Pasadena Playhouse, Laguna Playhouse, Williamstown, Lucille Lortell, The Rubicon, Ensemble Theater of Santa Barbara, The Falcon).

A special industry 'by-invitation-only' staged reading of the new Broadway-bound play COFFEE STAINS will be presented on May 20th at the award-winning Colony Theatre in Burbank, Calif. The reading will be directed by acclaimed Ovation Award winning director Jenny Sullivan (The Geffen, Pasadena Playhouse, Laguna Playhouse, Williamstown, Lucille Lortell, The Rubicon, Ensemble Theater of Santa Barbara, The Falcon).

Some of Australia's hottest tap dancers and musical theatre performers auditioned for their part in the 25th anniversary tour of Hot Shoe Shuffle and after a nationwide search, the talented Tap Brothers have been cast.

To celebrate the national anniversary tour, the cast of Hot Shoe Shuffle are asking dancers aged 8 and above whether they be beginners, pros, adult tappers, students - everyone, to participate in this world record attempt for the largest tap dance. Initially in Brisbane, with further record attempts in Sydney and Melbourne, this unique and exciting event will determine which city will become the Tap Capital of Australia.

Some of Australia's hottest tap dancers and musical theatre performers auditioned for their part in the 25th anniversary tour of Hot Shoe Shuffle and after a nationwide search, the talented Tap Brothers have been cast.

The multi award-winning international sensation SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW storms into Australia for a limited season playing at the Theatre Royal from 11 to 23 June 2013. Tickets on sale 18 February.

Helpmann nominated performer Trevor Ashley, known most recently for his performance as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray, channels the superb talents of cabaret's most idiosyncratic superstar, Liza Minnelli, in the charismatic hit drag show Liza (On an E) in the De Parel Spiegeltent from 10 to 16 February, 2013.

Journey through the last one hundred years of musical theatre through the lives and music of Richard Rodgers (Oklahoma, The Sound of Music), his daughter Mary Rodgers (Once Upon A Mattress) and his grandson Adam Guettel (The Light in the Piazza) in The Sweetest Sounds: A Century of Song from Rodgers to Guettell, a musical retrospective of one of Broadway's most important and enduring musical families. Conceived and written by Adrian Marchuk, the show will be presented for one exclusive performance at Birdland Jazz Club (315 West 44th Street- between 8th & 9th Avenues) tonight, February 3 at 5:00 p.m. (Doors open at 4:30).

Dean Bryant directs musical theatre legend Trevor Ashley in the divinely decadent drag cabaret, I'm Every Woman at The Famous Spiegeltent from Tuesday 19 - Saturday 23 February. A diva of multiple personalities, Trevor Ashley will delight audiences with a degustation of drag interpretations of Whitney Houston, Liza Minnelli, Shirley Bassey and many more.