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Adelaide-based Brink Productions, in association with the Adelaide Festival Centre, will bring Australian Nobel Laureate Patrick White's acclaimed short story Down at the Dump (1964) to the stage in a world premiere production from 10-24 October, 2015 in the Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre.

The Helpmann Awards, which has recognised the achievements in live performance in Australia since 2001, is the Australian industry's equivalent of the Tony Awards and the Olivier Awards.

The Helpmann Awards are Australia's version of Broadway's Tony Awards and London's Olivier Awards. The annual awards recognise achievement in live performance including musical theatre, contemporary music, comedy, cabaret, opera, classical music, theatre, dance and physical theatre.

Alex Dimitriades, Steve Bisley and Greg Stone go head to head in the bear-pit of corporate capitalism when David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece rages back on stage at Melbourne Theatre Company 30 years after it was written and first performed by MTC. Explosive and enduring, and opening Thursday 10 July 2014 at Southbank Theatre, Glengarry Glen Ross exposes the testosterone-fuelled, greedy 'reality show' of capitalism and big business that is as brutal today as it ever was.

It will be a right royal Easter and beyond in Brisbane as The King and I presented by Opera Australia and John Frost opens as a glittering national premiere at the Queensland Performing Arts Center (QPAC) on Saturday 19 April 2014.

Leading Australian theatre producer John Frost and Opera Australia Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini today announced additional cast members for their 2014 production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic Broadway musical The King and I.

Lovers of musical theatre should get in quickly as new seats go on sale for the Brisbane season of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic Broadway musical The King and I from Monday 10 February at 9.00am.

Mark de Raad qill present multiple ARIA award winning pianist Sally Whitwell and acclaimed soprano Marie Angel in concert in Adelaide for the first time. They will perform a selection of contemporary songs and music by Philip Glass, Michael Nyman, Yann Tiersen and Elena Kats-Chernin. The performance will be held in the superb acoustic of Elder Hall. Three performances only, Fri 21 Feb 8pm, Sat 22 Feb 3pm & Sat 22 Feb 10pm.

Leading Australian theatre producer John Frost and Opera Australia Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini today announced additional cast members for their 2014 production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic Broadway musical The King and I.

Leading Australian theatre producer John Frost and Opera Australia Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini today announced additional cast members for their 2014 production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic Broadway musical The King and I.

After wowing New York audiences with this enchanting family tale about facing your fears and finding happiness, director Neil Armfield's acclaimed production of The Book of Everything is staged in Melbourne for the first time.

After wowing New York audiences with this enchanting family tale about facing your fears and finding happiness, director Neil Armfield's acclaimed production of The Book of Everything is staged in Melbourne for the first time.

Giuseppe Verdi's opera, filled with powerful emotions, has not been seen in Adelaide for over forty years, and this stupendous production leaves one wondering why that is so.

Opera Australia Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini and leading Australian theatre producer John Frost today announced the principal cast for Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic Broadway musicalThe King and I.

Opera Australia Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini and leading Australian theatre producer John Frost today announced the principal cast for Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic Broadway musical The King and I. Lisa McCune and Teddy Tahu Rhodes will co-star in the Tony Award-winning Australian production, which is being revived next year by the Gordon Frost Organisation and Opera Australia.

Melbourne Theatre Company celebrates the opening of its 2013 season with the Australian premiere of The Other Place by Sharr White which opens tonight, 31 January 2013, 8pm at Arts Centre Melbourne, Playhouse. Directed by multi-award-winning film and theatre director, Nadia Tass with original music by Paul Grabowsky, The Other Place stars Catherine McClements and David Roberts. Check out the official trailer below!

Melbourne Theatre Company celebrates the opening of its 2013 season with the Australian premiere of The Other Place by Sharr White which opens on Thursday 31 January 2013, 8pm at Arts Centre Melbourne, Playhouse. Directed by multi-award-winning film and theatre director, Nadia Tass with original music by Paul Grabowsky, The Other Place stars Catherine McClements and David Roberts. Check out the official trailer below!

The magical production The Book of Everything is told through the eyes of nine-year old Thomas, a little boy who dreams big and who is determined to make sense of his life and achieve his modest ambition - to be happy.