Heath Ledger News

Although it comes across as 'The Breakfast Club' meets 'Natural Born Killers,' it's powerful as hell.

The National Theatre production of Network, produced by David Binder, the National Theatre, Patrick Myles, David Luff, Ros Povey and Lee Menzies, opens tonight, December 6 at Broadway's Belasco Theatre. Some theatre goers may not know, however, that Network is based on a Oscar-winning film of the same name!

Hillsboro High School's Tim Russell is deep into tech week with his castmates for their upcoming production of Bertolt Brecht's The Causasian Chalk Circle, which opens Thursday night, November 1, and is presented by The Hillsboro Players under the direction of Will Butler and Kristin Moon.

In the final pairing for the year CONVERSATION 4: Girls just want to have fun - we embrace the feminine and look at the roles and representation of women across a century.

The colorful and complex true story of six-time world champion prizefighter Emile Griffith is told in Man in the Ring, a new play written by Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cristofer, directed by Michael Greif, and presented by the Huntington Theatre Company from Nov. 16 to Dec. 22, 2018 at the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts.  Imbued with the warmth of Griffith's character and the joyful music of his childhood home, Man in the Ring chronicles Griffith's sweeping life story, from his humble beginnings in the Virgin Islands to his passionate love affairs and the tragedy that changed his life.

Following a successful debut season in 2018, artistic director Clare Watson continues her daring, imaginative programming. In 2019 the company explores 'Where the Heart Is' about family, and in particular, the myriad of Australian families. Clare sees the programme as 'a collection of characters and stories that explore belonging. 'It asks us what it means to be a citizen and belong to a community."

Paramount Network Presents I AM PAUL WALKER Premiering Today, August 11

It may not be everyone's taste, but that doesn't stop it from being the greatest musical yet written.

Paramount Network Presents I AM PAUL WALKER Premiering Saturday, August 11

Join Black Swan State Theatre Company for Conversation Two as the company enlivens the winter months of June and July, with the multiple Tony Award-winning musical Assassins , music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by John Weidman, directed by Roger Hodgman (As You Like It, Twelfth Night) from 16 June to 1 July in the Heath Ledger Theatre.

Game of Thrones' EUGENE SIMON, Casualty's LLOYD EVERITT and England is Mine's ADAM LAWRENCE have been cast in For King and Country coming to Southwark Playhouse from 28 June.

Our greatest Australian classic and a hilarious cutting edge, new American play sit side by side in the month of May. Ray Lawler's Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, is a beautiful 1950's drama of love and homecoming. Set in working class Melbourne, this classic is directed by Adam Mitchell and is paired with the subversive and gender bending American kitchen sink drama, HIR by Taylor Mac (24 Decade History of Popular Music), directed by Zoe Pepper.

Frontier Comedy are thrilled to announce that author, podcaster and comedian Rosie Waterland has added a second Sydney Comedy Festival show by popular demand - before the festival has even begun!

Clock the hair, clock the mug, clock the nails, clock my skirt. Clock the bag, clock the shoes, now punch the clock, it's time to werk! Shangela is SHOOK! and she's on her way down under to tell ya'll about it. That's right baby, she's the spitfire from the Haus of Edwards and she's bringing her fabulous, brand new, one woman show to a theatre near you.

Frontier Comedy announce eight world class shows for the 2018 Perth Comedy Festival. There's something for everyone; from online superstars Alex Williamson, Neel Kolhatkar & Rosie Waterland; to critically acclaimed gems Alice Fraser & Amos Gill; cult hit Pauly Fenech; to international comedy icons Jonathan Pie (UK) and Shawn Wayans (US)!

Atlantic Theater Company's Hangmen begins previews tonight, January 18th and will open Monday, February 5th for a limited engagement through Sunday, March 4th, 2018 Off-Broadway at Atlantic Theater Company's Linda Gross Theater (336 West 20th Street).

FOUR men performing four shows across four weeks including one focusing on the impact of a coward punch make up The Actors' Hub offering 4x4x4 at this year's Fringe World. All directed by Amanda Crewes at their East Perth headquarters, the actors are performing a different show each night: Know Your Enemy, One Punch Wonder, Pool (no water) and Why?

A man can change his stars. A quote popular to any fan of Heath Ledger's A Knight's Tale, and a quote British writer and director Kieran Gould-Dowen from Thatcher's Boy Theatre has seized 2017 with.

Julien's Auctions, the world-record breaking auction house, has announced its highly anticipated event Icons & Idols: Hollywood AND MORE to take place today, November 17, 2017 at their pop up auction gallery 805 North La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, California and live online.

Atlantic Theater Company has announced casting for the US premiere of the Olivier Award-winning Royal Court Theatre production of Hangmen, written by Academy Award winner Martin McDonagh and directed by Olivier Award nominee Matthew Dunster.