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SIMON TAYLOR: FUNNY Set for FRINGE WORLD Festival 2015
by BWW News Desk - January 02, 2015
After getting his start on the Melbourne comedy scene, Simon Taylor became a writer for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno within two years of his stand-up career. Once that show came to an end he signed on to write for Shaun Micallef's ABC show, Mad as Hell. Simon spends most of his time touring his stand-up in places diverse as New York, Albuquerque & Cambodia.
LA SOIREE Coming to FRINGE WORLD Festival 2015
by BWW News Desk - January 02, 2015
Fresh from sell-out seasons in NYC and London, this award-winning, five-star theatrical phenomenon makes its Perth debut as part of their 10 year anniversary world tour. A cocktail of jaw-dropping acrobats, mind-bending contortionists and thrilling chanteuses, spiced with a pinch of the exotic and the erotic and well-seasoned with humour.
THE SWING REVUE to Play FRINGE WORLD Festival 2015
by BWW News Desk - January 02, 2015
Perth's own scintillating songstress Jessie Gordon presents FRINGE WORLD favourite, The Darling Buds of May, with special guests in this explosion of feel-good jazz and swing!
TELL MAMA: THE MUSIC OF ETTA JAMES Set for FRINGE WORLD Festival 2015
by BWW News Desk - January 02, 2015
FRINGE WORLD Festival 2015 - Tell Mama: The Music of Etta James
Simon Gallaher to Join WICKED in Perth & Brisbane
by BWW News Desk - December 29, 2014
Leading Australian theatre producer John Frost today announced that the role of the Wizard for the Brisbane and Perth seasons of the Broadway musical will be played by much loved musical theatre star Simon Gallaher.
THE BROKEN SLIPPER & A PIECE OF CAKE Set for Fringe World 2015
by BWW News Desk - December 12, 2014
CINDERELLA and Marie Antoinette - both as you've never seen them before - are the subjects of two comedies featured in FRINGE WORLD this February.
LA SOIREE Coming to Fringe World Festival 2015
by BWW News Desk - December 11, 2014
Roll up, roll up - the circus is finally in town! The multi award-winning cult hit LA SOIREE makes its West Australian
Jason Robert Brown's 13 Set for Fringe World Festival 2015
by BWW News Desk - December 11, 2014
THE first Broadway production to star an all teenage cast is being staged in Perth as part of the FRINGE WORLD Festival 2015, focusing on the life of 13-year-olds.
DIRTY DANCING Coming to Crown Theatre in August 2015
by BWW News Desk - November 28, 2014
Leading Australian theatre producer John Frost today announced that his new production of the iconic musical Dirty Dancing will be heading to Perth in August 2015 for a limited season at the Crown Theatre. Ten years after its world premiere in Sydney, the worldwide hit Dirty Dancing returns to Australia and begins previews tonight at the Sydney Lyric Theatre, then tours to Melbourne's Princess Theatre from 1 March 2015, the Lyric Theatre, QPAC from 27 May, and finally to the Crown Theatre, Perth from 2 August.
Old Mill Theatre to Present THE WIZARD OF OZ
by BWW News Desk - November 12, 2014
AN enchanting family pantomime version of The Wizard of Oz lands at the Old Mill Theatre in late November and December.
Photo Flash: First Look- Limelight's ANYTHING GOES
by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2014
The Cole Porter favourite Anything Goes comes to Limelight Theatre this November and December, directed and choreographed by Terry Pirlo, with its all-singing, all-dancing tale aboard the ocean liner SS American. BroadwayWorld brings a first look at the production below!
Elfin Productions to Present THIS IS CHRISTMAS at Latvian Centre Theatre
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2014
From the North Pole through to Bethlehem and back, Elfin Productions is delivering never-before-told tales of Christmas at the Latvian Centre Theatre.
Photo Flash: IntotheMask Theatre and Phoenix Theatre Present A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by BWW News Desk - November 02, 2014
A PINT-sized Puck, diminutive Demetrius and tall Titania are among the many characters in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream being brought to life by The Drama Club, IntotheMask Theatre's youth drama class. Presented by Phoenix Theatre and directed by youth coordinator and teacher Alethea Bevilacqua, the 50-minute version has been adapted for the students and combines the seriousness of power and love with the silliness of magic and mayhem. Check out a first look below!
WICKED to Head to Perth for Performances at the Crown Theatre
by BWW News Desk - November 01, 2014
WICKED Australia Co-Producer John Frost today announced that the award-winning musical theatre blockbuster will fly to Perth in May 2015 as part of its 10th Anniversary tour. The Perth season at the Crown Theatre, Burswood will follow the Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane legs of the tour.
Melville Theatre to Present WIFE AFTER DEATH
by BWW News Desk - October 24, 2014
A SECRET life will soon be exposed at a funeral and the bombshell will cause tempers - and ashes - to fly.
Nominations Open for the 2014 Australia - Perth Awards
by - October 13, 2014
Nominations have now opened for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Australia - Perth Regional Awards!
Garrick Theatre Presents NINETY, Now thru Oct 18
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2014
Written by Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith, Ninety is a short portrait of a failed marriage where an artist and her ex-husband have one last 90-minute conversation before he gets re-married to a young European starlet, playing at the Garrick Theatre today, October 2 through the 18th.
Aussie Rock Helps Shine a Light on Male Depression
by BWW News Desk - September 15, 2014
WHAT does it take for a man to pull himself back from the brink of death? It's a question explored in the Aussie pub rock musical Merry Go Round, premiering at Belmont's Latvian Centre Theatre this October.
Photo Flash: Limelight Theatre Presents TOM, DICK AND HARRY
by BWW News Desk - September 14, 2014
COMEDY chaos comes to Limelight Theatre this October in a show for lovers of old-fashioned farce. Written by veteran playwright Ray Cooney and his son Michael, Tom, Dick and Harry is the story of Tom Kerwood and his wife trying to adopt a baby - but their attempts to impress a busybody social worker are jeopardised by Tom's useless brothers Dick and Harry.
Melville Theatre Company Presents SPIKE HEELS, Now thru 27 Sept
by BWW News Desk - September 12, 2014
A PLAY from an award-winning NYPD Blue writer comes to the Melville Theatre this August, evoking the themes of Pygmalion and My Fair Lady with a more intense approach for 2014.
Phoenix Theatre Presents THE BRAIN FROM PLANET X, Now thru 9/21
by BWW News Desk - September 11, 2014
Phoenix Theatre has released a new still from their Australian musical premiere of '50s sci-fi movie spoof, THE BRAIN FROM PLANET X. Pictured here is Cody Fullbrook as 'the brain.'
Neil Simon's LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR Runs Now thru 9/21
by BWW News Desk - September 06, 2014
Written by Neil Simon (one of the most Oscar and Tony Award-nominated writers of all time), and based on his time as one of Sid Caesar's comedy writers, the non-stop gags keep on rolling in this clever comedy about clever comedians.
Garrick Theatre Presents NINETY, 10/02-18
by BWW News Desk - August 31, 2014
Written by Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith, Ninety is a short portrait of a failed marriage where an artist and her ex-husband have one last 90-minute conversation before he gets re-married to a young European starlet, playing at the Garrick Theatre October 2-18.
Phoenix Theatre Presents THE BRAIN FROM PLANET X, 9/11-21
by BWW News Desk - August 30, 2014
Phoenix Theatre has released a new still from their Australian musical premiere of '50s sci-fi movie spoof, THE BRAIN FROM PLANET X. Pictured here is Cody Fullbrook as 'the brain.'
Royal Flying Doctor Service of WA Hosts ALTITUDE Black Tie Ball Tonight
by BWW News Desk - August 23, 2014
The prestigious black tie ball established to raise essential funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service of WA (RFDS WA) is set to return with a new name - ALTITUDE - and a stunning new venue, the Grand Ballroom at Crown Perth, this evening, 23 August 2014.

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