I grew up in Adelaide, an Australian city known for its international arts festival, and my festival memory as a teenager is of the city coming alive. At the time I didn't know how lucky I was, but I saw amazing performance - including Peter Brook's The Mahabharata and Pina Bausch's Wuppertaler Tanztheater's Kontakthof - and I also participated in community events and outdoor arts.
The Garden of Unearthly Delights the world's biggest culture playground is back for 2018. The beating heart of the Adelaide Fringe brings you an exceptional world-class program of theatre, dance, circus, comedy, live music and family shows across 31 summer days and starry nights.
If you're on the hunt for some unorthodox entertainment this Christmas, you could do much worse than a trip to see La Soir e. This 'dysfunctional family' of cabaret and variety acts have trundled into London again, this time pitching their show in the West End's Aldwych Theatre.
The Garden of Unearthly Delights - the world's biggest carnival cultural playground - is back for 2018 with another announcement of world-class art. The beating heart of the Adelaide Fringe brings you an exceptional world-class program of over 100 shows across 31 days.
The Garden of Unearthly Delights the world's biggest carnival cultural playground is back for 2018. The beating heart of the Adelaide Fringe brings you an exceptional world-class program of over 100 shows across 31 days.
After a smash-hit run over Christmas last year, Le Gateau Chocolat is back with an encore of his incredible Icons.
Contact will present a half term treat in the shape of Duckie a classic tale of identity and belonging, Family-friendly glamour and glitz takes centre stage as critically acclaimed cabaret star Le Gateau Chocolat breaks out of his shell in his first work for children, a reimagining of Hans Christian Anderson's life-affirming tale of The Ugly Duckling.
A ride like no other, Victorian Opera and Malthouse Theatre team up with Meow Meow, Paul Capsis, Le Gateau Chocolat, and Kanen Breen for the Australian premiere of Black Rider: The Casting Of The Magic Bullets a delirious journey through a vivid theatrical landscape that is part gothic, part opera, and all dance with the devil.
Back with a new look, Contact continues to be forward-looking, ambitious and diverse. It's where young people transform their lives through the arts, and where audiences of all ages experience fearless original shows.
This seems to be the year of Twelfth Night, with the National Theatre's production recently closing and several other touring companies taking it on. But what better place to bring it to life than the Globe, in Emma Rice's 'Summer of Love'? It now plays alongside Daniel Kramer's Romeo and Juliet, making it the first of Shakespeare's comedies being performed there this season.
The tables are turning in 2017 and Adelaide Festival Centre's Adelaide Cabaret Festival invites you to join the revolution and discover the sumptuous offerings in its 2017 program. Discover new venues and old friends and expect to feel upturned, challenged and delighted by incredible performers that could change your world view.
Shakespeare's Globe is delighted to announce casting for Romeo and Juliet directed by Daniel Kramer, and Twelfth Night directed by Emma Rice.
An intimate and confessional portrait of Nigerian singer Le Gateau Chocolat's life: his hopes, his fears and his battle with depression, performed with the 13-piece Psappha ensemble.
With Sinbad the Sailor opening on Monday and Rani Moorthy's Whose Sari Now? currently playing in Gerry's studio space, Artistic Director of Theatre Royal Stratford East, Kerry Michael today announces the theatre's forthcoming Spring/Summer 2017 season.
From international queer royalty to Melbourne's most wanted, Arts Centre Melbourne has assembled a Midsumma line-up to frock up and wig out to in 2017.
Southbank Centre's Winter Festival supported by NatWest returns for the holiday season with a packed programme of festive fun and entertainment for all the family from performances including a new version of hit show BIANCO by UK's leading circus company NoFit State Circus, the Tony award-winning musical Million Dollar Quartet and cabaret sensation Le Gateau Chocolat's first ever work for children (and the young at heart) Duckie, to festive concerts, social dances, creative workshops, choirs and a weekend of events inspired by the theme of giving and charity. The 21 acre site is transformed into a winter landscape with a Nordic feel, designed by Hemingway Design, with a sky-high Norwegian tree, Nordic 'Gonks'- mythological Scandinavian creatures, hundreds of Christmas trees, walks of twinkling lights and the return of the bustling Winter Market. Alternative treats are also on offer across the season including BUMP Rollerdisco and the return of the spectacular Vintage New Year's Eve Party. With the full programme on sale from today, Southbank Centre's Winter Festival programme is guaranteed to get everyone in the festive spirit this Christmas.
Southbank Centre presents its autumn and winter 2016 programme for performance, dance, theatre and comedy, celebrating an array of compelling work from across Southbank Centre's festivals including: a live reading of a specially commissioned adaptation of HG Wells' classic, The Time Machine performed by a cast of three including Christopher Eccleston; the world premiere of new immersive performance installation Seen and Not Heard by award-winning theatre company Complicite; a night of comedy with renowned comedian, novelist and actress Jenny Eclair; the Tony Award-winning and West End hit musical Million Dollar Quartet, starring Martin Kemp as father of rock 'n' roll Sam Phillips; and a new version of hit show BIANCO by the UK's leading contemporary circus company NoFit State who bring their unique Big Top to Southbank Centre for the first time.
Birmingham Repertory Theatre today announces its new season of work for Autumn and Winter 2016, including three world premieres alongside a dynamic programme of new stagings of classic plays and brilliant stories. It also announces a new initiative, Furnace, which furthers The REP's commitment to making world class theatre with and for people across Birmingham.
Led by Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver, New York-based duo Split Britches has transformed the queer art scene over the last thirty years with satirical gender-bending performances. Having challenged convention at every stage of their careers, Split Britches are now set to disrupt the way we think about getting old, as they present a series of workshops and performances across the country from 11 March - 16 April, and prepare to launch a Public Service Announcement via YouTube on sexually transmitted diseases within the ageing population.
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