Robert Helpmann News

The joy springs from stage to stalls and back again in a wondrous update on Pinocchio

Feel like a star this Christmas at Adelaide Festival Centre with a magical lunch and exclusive backstage tour of the Festival Theatre. Indulge in a three-course shared style lunch and explore the famous 'star alley' graced by legends of stage and screen. Celebrate the festive season in style!

This week, The Royal Ballet’s signature production of The Sleeping Beauty hits the big screen. The revival will be broadcast to 1312 cinemas this spring, reaching audiences in 43 countries around the world.

Good Theater continues its 20th anniversary season with NUREYEV'S EYES, running February 22nd through March 12th. Directed by James Noel Hoban, the production will star Joseph Bearor as Jamie Wyeth and Michael Grew as Rudolf Nureyev, and feature a set by James Noel Hoban and Craig Robinson, props by Annon Bill, costume design by Michelle Handley, lighting design by Iain Odlin, and stage management by Michael Lynch.

This season, The Royal Ballet's signature production of The Sleeping Beauty returns to the Royal Opera House.

State Opera South Australia has announced the return of 'the honeymoon killers' in a two-month national tour of the hugely popular opera, Love Burns.

The National Library will celebrate the performing arts in a major new exhibition that opens to the public. On Stage: Spotlight on Our Performing Arts runs Friday 4 March to Sunday 7 August 2022.  On Stage celebrates Australia's love of the performing arts.

Today, the Royal Opera House has announced that, in addition to both The Dante Project and Giselle, a further five productions will be released on select dates from New Year's Eve, offering audiences across the globe a rich range of ballet and opera this New Year.  

The new Ian and Pamela Wall gallery will become the designated home to Adelaide Festival Centre's Performing Arts Collection, starting with the first exhibition featuring historic images, memorabilia, architecture plans, video and décor celebrating the recent $66 million redevelopment and 108 years of performing arts history of the transformed Her Majesty's Theatre.

Need something new to read, watch, or listen to? Check out this week's list of new and upcoming releases! This week's list includes new music from Andy Karl and Orfeh with Andrew Logan, a debut album from Joshua Henry, a new Randy Rainbow parody, and more!

In what will now be a formidable double bill, ballet superstar Natalia Osipova and her partner, the spell-binding contemporary dancer Jason Kittelberger, will present SIX YEARS LATER, a 25-minute duet choreographed by noted Israeli choreographer Roy Assaf.

The 2021 Adelaide Festival program, prepared over this past turbulent year under ever-changing circumstances, may just turn out to be one of the most necessary – and memorable.

Following a $3.3million renovation Carrick Hill, the 1939 estate and former residence of Sir Edward and Lady Hayward in the Adelaide foothills will re-open to the public from Saturday 28 November. The house been closed since July 2019 for the work.

The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) has partnered with the V&A to co-curate a free to enter display to mark the iconic dance education organisation's centenary.

The National Ballet of Canada mourns the passing of former dancer and Senior Ballet Mistress Joanne Nisbet. In her over 40-year career, Ms. Nisbet was instrumental to the success of the National Ballet and will be deeply missed by many.

Acclaimed ballerina, Julia Farron, has died on July 3 at the age of 96. Her death has been confirmed, but it is unknown where she passed, according to The New York Times.

Ron Vincent is about to embark on a tour to perform in a world-class celebration of one of the greatest artists of our time, CAT STEVENS.  The tour will take in theatres in both Melbourne, Regional Victoria and Mt Gambier SA.

Enchanting illumination and mystical darkness will unfold as Patch Theatre's latest creation ZOOM opens across Adelaide and regional South Australia.

This June, The Royal Ballet pays tribute to Prima Ballerina Assoluta Dame Margot Fonteyn with a special programme of works celebrating the centenary of her birth. Margot Fonteyn: A Celebration will take place on 8 June 2019, with a performance of The Firebird, one of her signature ballets, alongside a selection of other works closely associated with one of ballet's most revered and influential dancers.

In 2018 Alex Williamson has played six comedy festivals across Australia, New Zealand and the UK, eleven shows in England and Ireland, twenty-six shows at the Edinburgh Fringe and a massive 34 dates in every State and Territory in the country. But he won't stop there! Before the 2019 comedy festival season kicks in, Australia's most popular comedian and social media creator is adding two final shows to his Aussie tour. Alex will descend on the Horsham Theatre on Fri 8 Feb before heading to Mt Gambier's Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre on Sat 9 Feb.