Jonathan Biggins News

The all-singing, all-dancing, side-splittingly funny solution to all the world's problems, THE WHARF REVUE 2019: UNR-DACT-D, returns to Riverside Theatres for another year of satirical genius from 18th to 21st September.

ACTORS BENEVOLENT FUND'S most popular fundraiser event a?" the INDOOR PICNIC AND CABARET is back. This year marks 75 years that The Actors Benevolent Fund has provided assistance to performing arts professionals in times of need.

Sydney Cabaret Festival Artistic Director Trevor Ashley opened the inaugural SYDNEY CABARET FESTIVAL with a delightful amuse-bouche of performances at the ALL STAR GALA. 

Sydney Cabaret Festival Director Trevor Ashley today announced that Australian Showbiz royalty Toni Lamond will emerge from retirement to perform at a special closing night Showqueen event at the Festival, alongside performances from many of the international Festival guests. Tickets to this one-night only special event, hosted by Trevor Ashley, are on sale from tomorrow at www.sydneycabaretfest.com.au

One of Australia's favourite performers, Jonathan Biggins, will morph into Paul Keating - visionary, reformer and rabble-rouser - in the critically acclaimed new comedy The Gospel According to Paul at Queensland Performing Art Centre's (QPAC) Cremorne Theatre from 9 to 13 July. 

July this year will herald the inaugural Sydney Cabaret Festival, celebrating both international and Australian cabaret stars. Tickets will go on sale from 18 March.

Direct from the Parliamentary Despatch Box, the Sydney Opera House today announced that renowned satirist Jonathan Biggins will tackle one of Australia's most memorable Prime Ministers, Paul Keating, in a highly anticipated new comedy, The Gospel According to Paul.

In its 18th year, Sydney Theatre Company's annual political parody rises to new levels of creative brilliance with THE WHARF REVUE: DEJÀ REVUE.

Merrigong Theatre Company has revealed its thrilling 2019 Season at a special launch event held at the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre (IPAC). The 2019 season will spoil audiences with an array of productions ranging from exhilarating mainstage plays, to delightful children's shows, acclaimed music theatre, world-class comedy and ground-breaking dance.

Jenny Morris and Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy? have today announced the details of the 2018 Art of Music Collection to be auctioned at Sydney's most unique and dynamic fundraising event, Art of Music, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales on Saturday, 23 June, 2018.

Monkey Baa Theatre Company's latest adaptation of Jackie French's (writer) and Bruce Whatley (illustrations) fabulous native animal stories JOSEPHINE WANTS TO DANCE is heart-warming and hilarious as it teaches young audiences to never give up on their hopes and dreams.

Monkey Baa, the award-winning theatre company for young people, is proud to present the world premiere of Josephine Wants to Dance, a new Australian play based on the celebrated picture book by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley.

The thoughts many think but will not share due to political correctness are given a voice with heart and humour in Jonathan Biggins' satirical look at small town society in AUSTRALIA DAY.

In the fictional NSW coastal town of Coriole, preparations are underway for the annual Australia Day celebrations and the organising committee are thrashing out the details amidst disagreements over politics, patriotism and progress.

Australians all let us rejoice for the return of The Wharf Revue to the Sydney Theatre Company, Wharf 1 Theatre from 25 October to the 30 December.

On Tuesday 25 July the Actors Benevolent Fund presents - along with guest appearances from the cast - a screening of THE WHARF REVUE at Dendy Quays, Circular Quay.

Direct from the stage and straight to the cinema screen, Australian National Theatre Live in partnership with the Sydney Theatre Company will premiere the wildly popular Wharf Revue, at Dendy Opera Quays on May 9th, followed by a nationwide cinema release including major Arts Centres and outback community halls.

Jonathan Biggins (writer and director) looks at the apparent state of Australian media and news reporting in his new play TALK.

The relationships that bind modern journalism, the justice system and the political establishment come under acerbic scrutiny in Talk, written and directed by Jonathan Biggins. Sydney Theatre Company's latest new play, exploring how the 24 hour news cycle is spurred on by the influence of social media, is at Sydney Opera House from 23 April to 20 May 2017, followed by seasons in Belrose and Canberra.

Maryam Master's adaptation of David Walliams' popular children's book MR STINK returns to the Sydney stage under Jonathan Biggins' direction.