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Part cabaret, part vaudevillesque variety sketch, and all intriguing and amusing, THE RECIDIVISTS is a dark and twisty journey into the depths of the human mind and ambition and the repeated behaviours that return even after attempts at rehabilitation.

To begin 2020 at the iconic Old Fitz Theatre, Red Line Productions and Mantaur present The Recidivists, a surreal sketch and cabaret show playing from 21 - 26 January.

There's just one final week to submit votes for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Columbus Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! Vote today to make sure your favorite local theatre's achievements and performers are recognized!

We're heading into the final week of voting for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Columbus Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! Vote today to make sure your favorite local theatre's achievements and performers are recognized!

There's just two weeks left to vote for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Columbus Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! The people have spoken nominations are set, and now you can vote to make sure your favorite local theatre's achievements and performers are recognized!

There's just a few weeks left to make your voice heard and submit your votes for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Columbus Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! The people have spoken nominations are set, and now you can vote to make sure your favorite local theatre's achievements and performers are recognized!

It's December! Voting is now underway for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Columbus Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! Now you can vote to make sure your favorite local theatres and performers are recognized. Check out the first set of stats below.

The Theatresports Cranston Cup has been an institution of the Sydney Comedy season for over thirty years and this year's battle of comic wits is no different. After a gruelling series of heats and semis, six teams of the fastest and funniest improvisers in the country pit their wits against each other to get their hands on the biggest, ugliest, most prized trophy in the known worlda?? the two metre-high Cranston Cup (pictured left!). It all takes place at the iconic Enmore Theatre on Sunday 8 December from 5.30pm.

Voting is NOW OPEN and the first votes are in for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Columbus Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! The nominees are set, and now you can vote to make sure your favorite local theatres and performers are recognized!

Australian writer Oriel Gray's Playwright's Advisory Board co-winner for Best Play in 1955, THE TORRENTS, finally gets a Sydney Premiere thanks to Sydney Theatre Company and Black Swan State Theatre Company.

Celebrity Theatresports is the night the stars come out to play. Celebrities and star improvisers take to the Enmore Theatre stage without a script to create comedy magic and fundraise on behalf of CanTeen.

Black Swan is thrilled to be co-producing the rarely seen Australian classic The Torrents by Oriel Gray with Sydney Theatre Company from Saturday 15 to Sunday 30 June in the Heath Ledger Theatre at the State Theatre Centre of WA.

The classic comedy stylings of Monty Python kicks off Hayes Theatre's 2019 season with One Eyed Man Production's new take on SPAMALOT.

NowThis, the most-watched news publisher on mobile; Abigail Disney, Founder of Fork Films; and Erica Payne, Founder of Patriotic Millionaires, today announced a partnership on a new docu-series that will provide viewers with a unique insight into the perspectives of some of the most powerful voters in the country. SWINGERS takes viewers inside the personal lives and political minds of Obama voters who supported Trump in 2016 in the key swing state of Pennsylvania, which is widely considered a bellwether of the country's broader political dynamics.

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women and the statistics further reveal that African American women are disproportionately affected by breast cancer. According to Susan G. Komen Foundation, African-American women are almost 40 percent more likely to die of breast cancer than white women in the U.S. and in some cities, that number is as high as 74 percent*. Today, BET Networks announces its national, multi-platform call-to-action campaign, BET GOES PINK, dedicated to raising awareness, encouraging early detection and initiating dialogue about the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the black community. The Network's integrated approach includes BET Her's first original film “HER ONLY CHOICE”, the second annual “BET HER FIGHTS BREAST CANCER” hosted by comedian and talk show host Loni Love, original PSAs and more.

BroadwayWorld Sydney Guest Critic George Farmakidis Shares His Views on Richard Carroll's CALAMITY JANE at Belvoir St Theatre

Following the success of the sold out season at Hayes Theatre Co in 2017, Belvoir is proud to bring Calamity Jane to the iconic Belvoir St Theatre stage from 23rd August to 30th September.

A monster stalks a boy through a formless wasteland; a brilliant psychoanalyst defies the limits of time and space; a carnival talent show goes drastically wrong. And all the while the question lingers: Who are the recidivists?

Sydney audiences have only two weeks left to see the extraordinary musical GYPSY before it leaves the Hayes Theatre Co on 7 July. Breathing new life into a beloved classic musical, audiences have been enthralled by the gritty yet thoroughly entertaining new take of this remarkable musical further cementing the belief that GYPSY is heralded by many as the greatest musical ever created.

The second annual Burien Pride festival, sponsored by Blissful Knead and Kaiser Permanente, will take place in Burien Town Square Park on Saturday June 2, 2018 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. with FREE admission to the public. Live musical performances will grace the stage throughout the day on Saturday. In addition, the super popular kids' area will return, as will the 21+ beer garden (sponsored by local brewpub Elliott Bay Brewhouse).