Underbelly News

Due to an unforeseen scheduling conflict, Rebel Wilson has withdrawn from Sydney Theatre Company's production of The Beauty Queen of Leenane. New casting for the Martin McDonagh comedy will be announced in the coming weeks.

MC Theatrical Productions today announced that it will present MIDNIGHT STREET, a dramatic new musical written and directed by Arnold L. Cohen, with music direction by Matt Castle, May 29th - June 22nd at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street). The official opening will be on Wednesday, June 5th at 7PM.

BLINDED BY THE LIGHTS is now available on HBO NOW, HBO GO, HBO On Demand and partners' streaming platforms. Produced in Poland, the critically acclaimed eight-episode thriller is the latest series from HBO Europe to be made available to U.S. subscribers.

Audible, the world's leading producer and provider of spoken-word entertainment, today deepens its commitment to UK theatre announcing a new London production of Radio written by Al Smith. Josh Roche directs Adam Gillen as Charlie Fairbanks in a one-man play about memory, love and spaceships. The production opens at Arcola Theatre on 24 June, with previews from 19 June and runs until 13 July. To coincide with the opening of the stage show, a studio recording of Radio will also release exclusively on Audible this summer, available for members to download worldwide.

The UC San Diego Department of Theatre and Dance presents The Jefferson Middle School Monthly, written by Mara Nelson-Greenberg and directed by Carla Harting, as part of the 2019 Wagner New Play Festival.

Carlow Arts Festival, the first big cultural event of the Irish Summer, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year with a host of events taking place in Festival HQ at Carlow College, St. Patrick's and VISUAL, as well as at local landmarks from 4 - 9 June 2019.

Having blown Edinburgh's mind, the multi-award-winning Queen of Weimar punk kabarett Bernie Dieter (star of La Clique) took Little Death Club to Adelaide picking up the 'Best Cabaret' weekly award on its way.  Now the darkest, funniest and most debauched variety show this side of the Berlin wall now comes to London with a new travelling family of misfits, miscreants and fantastic freaks.

Join Helen Wood's daring one-woman quest to visit every National Trust property and become a certified super-fan. The National Trust Fan Club follows hot on the heels of her The O.S. Map Fan Club in 2018. It's packed to the brim with Goretex, cream teas, and a loyal canine assistant - when NT rules allow. Using a combination of personal stories, historical anecdotes, poetry, sketches and selfies, Helen takes the audience on a whirlwind tour of National Trust properties and outdoor spaces around Britain.

Internationally renowned circus troupe FLIP Fabrique will this Spring be bringing their aerial adventures to Underbelly Festival Southbank for a six-week run as one of the headline acts of this year's jam-packed festival. Inspired by what it means to be a member of a high-flying touring troupe, the company will flip, tumble and spring their way through the ups and downs of being on tour, the friendship and fun of being together, and the transient nature of life itself. With infectious warmth, FLIP Fabrique merge heart-stopping aerial routines, first-class circus skills and a jaw-dropping trampoline-wall, for an audience of children and grown-ups alike.

After a long week of treading the boards, what better way for performers to unwind than with the affection of a furry friend? In BroadwayWorld's Tails of Broadway, photographer Jessica Fallon Gordon is capturing priceless moments between Broadway's brightest stars and their pets. In this edition, meet Ali Ewoldt's adorable pup, Mia Belle!

American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), under the leadership of Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director Diane Paulus and Executive Producer Diane Borger announced its 201920 Season programming today, including subscription offerings, A.R.T. Breakout, Afterglow @ OBERON, Live @ OBERON, the Run AMOC! Festival, The Donkey Show, and A.R.T. in the World.

This Fringe, prepare to be transported to a dystopian fair ground at the end of the world where acrobatic chaos reigns supreme. Let Finnish circus superstars Race Horse Company be your guide in a circus spectacle like no other, bringing with them some of the most daring, gravity-defying and downright ridiculous stunts humanly possible in Super Sunday. The company are setting up camp at the home of circus at the Fringe, the Underbelly Circus Hub on the Meadows, in the Lafayette Big Top from 2-24 August 2019.

Drag sensation Courtney Act has just been announced as runner-up of Dancing With The Stars Australia 2019. She made history on the show as the first drag contestant to compete on Dancing With The Stars internationally, as well as performing out of drag on last week's show and becoming the first same-sex couple to be seen on screen on the Australian series.

231 productions presented NEXT TO NORMAL last month at Koppang, Norway. Considering the fact most performers on that stage had next to no (!) experience doing musicals and this was their debut, I was floored. And what a debut it was. Great performances from everyone on stage, wonderful (full) orchestra and inventive direction!

Renowned actress Janie Dee is currently playing Phyllis in Follies at the National Theatre. Next month, she takes a break to be part of Hal Cazalet's new musical adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince. 

Other People's Money explores the difference between price and values.

Today Underbelly announces 86 new shows joining its Fringe programme. Exploring everything from mental health, millennials' issues, sibling competition, addiction and current state of politics to dinosaurs, 19th century palaeontology, ancient Troy, novels of Jane Austin, Mary Shelley and Brothers Grimm and, of course, the ultimate quest to find the love of your life, Underbelly's new additions to Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme have everyone covered!

From their decorated histories as part of the drum and bass echelon, right through to their commercial success amongst some of pop's greatest figures, Matrix & Futurebound pride themselves in their versatility. Their style of cross-over, expertly written drum & bass has enabled their longevity as one of the genre's biggest exports. Matrix & Futurebound's music can be heard both on daytime radio and rolling through underground club speaker stacks which is why they're an imperative force; this ascent is about to accelerate through their forthcoming 'Mystery Machine' album, scheduled for release on 12th April.

Bated Breath Theatre Company invites you to experience the Moulin Rouge through the eyes of legendary post-impressionist painter Henri de Toulouse Lautrec with UNMAKING TOULOUSE-LAUTREC. This immersive, environmental production is conceived and directed by Mara Lieberman, devised by Bated Breath Theatre Companyand features choreography by Tara O'Con (Then She Fell, Ghost Light, The Grand Paradise), Matt Mastromatteo, and the Company. Previews begin May 8 at "the sexiest bar in New York City,"Madame X, in Manhattan's historic Greenwich Village with opening set for May 29.

Marking its 5th year on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Underbelly's Circus Hub 2019 programme announced today offers audiences of all ages a tantalising balance of world-leading innovative contemporary circus, traditional theatrical clowning, gravity-defying trial riders and debauched late-night cabaret and burlesque, all of which will take your breath away.