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.
Live at the Bowl will bring live music back to the city of Melbourne with a series of open-air concerts at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl beginning in January 2021.
Accomplished Australian and international performers are on the shortlist for the next star to shine bright on Adelaide Festival Centre's Walk of Fame.
Due to implications of COVID-19 and the current international border restrictions, we regret to announce that the 2020 edition of the Just For Laughs Sydney Comedy Festival scheduled for this November will not take place.
Last night, the fifth night of the Creative Art Emmys wrapped up this year's virtual ceremony.
Today, nominations for the 72nd annual Emmy Awards were unveiled. Leslie Jones announced the nominations, with help from Laverne Cox, Josh Gad and Tatiana Maslany The Emmy Awards will air September 20 on ABC.
Karen and Katy Koren from Gilded Balloon have curated a Fringe-worthy programme of top quality events and shows to help audiences everywhere to scratch their Fringe itch this August.
The board of Sydney Festival has today announced the appointment of their new Festival Director for 2022, Australian curator and producer, Olivia Ansell.
Netflix Is A Joke, Netflix's comedy brand, is throwing a week-long comedy festival, Netflix Is A Joke Fest. Produced by Netflix in association with Live Nation, the star-studded celebration of comedy will take over Los Angeles April 27th - May 3rd and feature live stand-up shows, special events and activations with Netflix comedians and artists from around the world. Featured Netflix talent include Ali Wong, Amy Schumer, Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle, David Letterman, Jamie Foxx, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, Kevin Hart, Martin Lawrence, Sebastian Maniscalco, the cast of Schitt's Creek and more. The fest will also include STAND OUT: An LGBTQ+ Celebration with headliners Alan Carr, Hannah Gadsby, Margaret Cho, Rosie O'Donnell, Sandra Bernhard, Wanda Sykes and more.
Sundance Institute, a nonprofit organization that provides and preserves the space for independent artists in film, theatre, and media to create and thrive, and Ucross, a prestigious artist residency program and creative laboratory for the arts, and have announced seven fellows participating in the 21st annual Sundance Institute Artist Residency at Ucross in Wyoming, currently taking place February 3-21, 2020. This year, the retreat was renamed (formerly the Sundance Institute Playwrights & Composers Retreat) to reflect its cross-disciplinary structure.
One of the most influential queer artists in the U.K.* is coming to Australia with their hilarious, ridiculous, new stand-up show, Beast.
The Guilty Feminist podcast has become a comedy phenomenon with over 70 million downloads since it launched in late 2015, and following a huge tour in 2019, they are delighted to announce a brand new UK tour between May and June 2020. The 26 date The Guilty Feminist: Live tour begins on Friday 1st May at London's Eventim Apollo, continuing until Sunday 7th June at Newcastle's Theatre Royal.
From award-winning Orlando playwright John Mark Jernigan, Goodbye runs select dates December 19 - 28 at the SoHo Playhouse in NYC as a part of the Fringe Encore Series. In recent history the Soho Playhouse Fringe Encore series has featured incredible talents such as Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Hannah Gadsby. John Mark Jernigan and team have been critically acclaimed internationally in Orlando and Canada over the last three years for their multiple one act plays including Goodbye. Awards include Patron's Pick, Critic's Choice and official selection awards between Orlando, Canada and now the Soho Playhouse. This is John Mark Jernigan's off-broadway debut as a playwright.
Due to overwhelming demand, new tickets have been released for Cinderella - the UK's first full drag pantomime in the West End. Starring RuPaul's Drag Race UK finalist BAGA CHIPZ and SHEILA SIMMONDS - best known from her outrageous performance that wowed the judges in Britain's Got Talent 2019, and comedian KEMAH BOB, fresh from supporting Hannah Gadsby on tour, CINDERELLA is a fierce and funny drag makeover of the classic pantomime this Christmas, playing at the Trafalgar Studios in the West End.
Years ago, when the popularity of cell phones started exploding, theaters in other countries started experimenting with the idea of using signal jammers to prevent cell phone use in the theater. It never took off. And more and more people started using cell phones in the theater. There is the photo before, the texting during, the random cell phone ring and sometimes the recording of the performance. Most of it is not supposed to occur. We've all heard stories about performers stopping the show until phones are put away. But some wonder what can be done to stop it or even if it should be stopped.
Writer/actress/cabaret performer Shelly Goldstein is very popular worldwide and is in a constant state of motion. In our interview she talks about her work and how she cannot live without it. Not a moment passes without a sprinkling of her extraordinary humor. First, tell our readers about your background. How did you get interested in comedy and then musical cabaret?
Due to overwhelming ticket demand, HANNAH GADSBY'S latest solo show, DOUGLAS, has extended its New York engagement for a third and final time, adding one final week of performances. DOUGLAS will now run through September 14 at the Daryl Roth Theater (101 East 15th Street).
a??a??a??a??a??a??a??Joe's Pub, a program of The Public Theater, is thrilled to present Adrienne Truscott's (Still) Asking For It (A Stand-Up Rape About Comedy Starring Her P***y and Little Else), directed and developed by Ellie Heyman, from September 20 a?" October 13. The a?oebrilliantly bolda?? (The Times UK) Truscott returns to Joe's Pub with a new iteration of her provocative and painfully relevant show, which had its U.S. debut there in 2013. Dressed only from the waist up and the ankles down, Truscott (still) stars in this sex-positive, seriously funny, unflinching, and nuanced show about rape culture, but will now be joined by cast members Jenn Kidwell (Underground Railroad Game) and Mari Moriarty (Jet of Blood). (Still) Asking For It features video and sound design by Carmine Covelli.
Due to overwhelming ticket demand, HANNAH GADSBY'S latest solo show, DOUGLAS, has extended its New York engagement for a second time, adding two additional weeks of performances. DOUGLAS will now run through September 7 at the Daryl Roth Theater (101 East 15th Street). Tickets for the extension weeks are currently available at Ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000.
Due to overwhelming ticket demand, HANNAH GADSBY'S latest solo show, DOUGLAS, has extended its New York engagement for a second time, adding two additional weeks of performances. DOUGLAS will now run through September 7 at the Daryl Roth Theater (101 East 15th Street). Tickets for the extension weeks are currently available at Ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000.
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