The 16th Annual Helpmann Awards, presented by Live Performance Australia, will be held on Monday 25 July at 7.30pm at the Sydney Lyric Theatre. The Helpmann Awards are the premier celebration of Australia's vibrant live performance industry and recognise distinguished achievement and excellence in Australia's live performance sectors. Nominations for this year's 41 awards were announced on 20 June across the country. Excitement is building for the announcement of the 2016 winners on Monday 25 July.
The cast for The Production Company's new staging of the Broadway whodunnit, Curtains was announced today. Ken Mackenzie-Forbes, Artistic Director said 'Colin Lane, John Wood and Nicki Wendt are joining Simon Gleeson, Alex Rathgeber, Lucy Maunder, Melissa Langton and Alinta Chidzey in this Kander & Ebb murder mystery musical comedy. For this hilarious detective thriller we have cast artists with the personality and skill to create Rupert Holmes' colourful backstage characters. This cast re ects the depth of artistic excellence we have here in Melbourne.'
Hairspray. The Craft. Jawbreaker. Mean Girls. Can't Hardly Wait. Buffy. We would have none of these without Heathers. The flop-turned-cult-phenomenon film starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater in 1988 was a black comedy that took on every young-adult issue and shot it in the face. It's perfect fodder for a musical unlike any you've ever witnessed before, rightfully making its return to Sydney after touring the nation, to shock and shine at the Sydney Opera House. We've had a few cast changes since the Australian premiere at Hayes Theatre - don't worry they're all still alive, most of them just bailed to become Queens of a new musical - and the latest cast have really sensationalised the sass, camped it up like Christmas and made the vocals so very! If you missed it last time, it's a must-see moxie-fest. If you did catch it last time, then you definitely have to get back and see how it takes on the big stage with new choreography, design and drama!
The Royal Shakespeare Company, Louise Withers, Michael Coppel and Michael Watt announced today that Lucy Maunder will join the Australian company as Miss Honey for the Brisbane and Perth seasons of MATILDA THE MUSICAL.
Today Jeanne Pratt AC, Chairman of The Production Company, announced her Company's 2016 season, starring CAROLINE O'CONNOR, DAVID HOBSON, NANCYE HAYES, SIMON GLEESON, AMY LEHPAMER AND TODD McKENNEY.
The Glugs proudly announce the nominees of the 2015 Glugs Theatre Awards to be presented Monday 1 February 2016 at Sydney's Castlereagh Boutique Hotel.
Melbourne Theatre Company opens its 2016 season in glittering fashion with the glorious new musical Ladies in Black, a celebration of glamour, gowns and growing up in 1950s Australia. Adapted from the Madeleine St John novel, The Women in Black, and brought to life by director Simon Phillips with songs by Tim Finn (Split Enz, Crowded House), this QTC production opens on Wednesday 20 January at Southbank Theatre, The Sumner.
HEATHERS THE MUSICAL now playing at Hayes Theatre Co has received rave reviews from all members of the media. The season must close on Sunday 9 August however one extra show has been added at 1.30pm on the last day.
HEATHERS – THE MUSICAL blends the spirit of the dark and disturbed cult movie with fabulous music and an amazing Australian cast resulting in a must see show. Laurence O'Keefe and Kevin Murphy's (Book, Music and Lyrics) adaptation has been bought to the Sydney stage by theatre favourite Trevor Ashley in his directorial debut.
This is the moment! Producers John Frost and Opera Australia Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini today announced the cast for the Australian premiere of the reimagined production of the acclaimed musical thriller Jekyll & Hyde, which will play from 8 December, 2015 at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne, followed by a season from 6 March, 2016 at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney.
The one and only Trevor Ashley brings the Australian Premiere of HEATHERS THE MUSICAL, a darkly, hilarious comedy to Hayes Theatre Co. from 16 July. HEATHERS THE MUSICAL is based on the 1988 cult film Heathers that starred Winona Ryder and Christian Slater.
The Program Launch for the second half of 2015 shows that the Independent Music Theatre team comprising Luckiest Productions (David Campbell, Lisa Campbell and Richard Carroll), Neglected Musicals (Michelle Guthrie), and Neil Gooding Productions, the driving force behind Hayes Theatre Company, have no intention of slowing down are staying true to their vision to provide a permanent home for small-scale musical theatre and cabaret.
Enda Markey will present his acclaimed production of Willy Russell's Blood Brothers at Melbourne's brand new theatre complex - Alex Theatre St Kilda - for a strictly limited three-week season beginning 14 July, following an extended Sydney season early this year, which sold-out at every performance, with plaudits from critics and audiences making it the talk-of-the-town. Check out photos from the show below!
The audience at Hayes Theatre are transported to a smoky 1920's Bowery district Speakeasy with their latest cabaret offering, IRVING BERLIN: SONGS IN THE KEY OF BLACK which merges the fabulous voice of Lucy Maunder with the music of one of the greatest American songwriters.
Neil Gooding Productions presents LUCY MAUNDER in Irving Berlin: Songs In The Key Of Black. This sensual tribute to Irving Berlin, as performed by one of Australia's leading ladies of musical theatre Lucy Maunder, will play at Hayes Theatre Co from tonight 7 April to Sunday 12 April for eight performances only.
Neil Gooding Productions presents LUCY MAUNDER in Irving Berlin: Songs In The Key Of Black. This sensual tribute to Irving Berlin, as performed by one of Australia's leading ladies of musical theatre Lucy Maunder, will play at Hayes Theatre Co from Tuesday 7 April to Sunday 12 April for eight performances only.
Neil Gooding Productions presents LUCY MAUNDER in Irving Berlin: Songs In The Key Of Black. This sensual tribute to Irving Berlin, as performed by one of Australia's leading ladies of musical theatre Lucy Maunder, will play at Hayes Theatre Co from Tuesday 7 April to Sunday 12 April for eight performances only.
