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Company Of Rogues Farewells Founder And Artistic Director Goldele Rayment
by BWW News Desk - June 17, 2019
Company of Rogues announces the departure of their Artistic Director, Goldele Rayment, who founded the Sydney-based independent theatre company in 2015. Goldele leaves to pursue her artistic practice as a teacher, dramaturg and director, and to enjoy time with family after her recent wedding to educator Aston Kwok.
Griffin Theatre Company Presents CITY OF GOLD
by BWW News Desk - June 17, 2019
  In a powerful and confronting theatre event, Griffin Theatre Company and Queensland Theatre present the world premiere of Meyne Wyatt's City of Gold, directed by award-winning actor and dramaturg Isaac Drandic. Partly inspired by Wyatt's own experiences, this is a wryly funny, at times brutal play about the modern Indigenous experience in Australia today.
PACT Plays Host To Premieres Of New Works By Martin Del Amo and Big Muscles Sad Heart
by BWW News Desk - June 17, 2019
PACT Centre for Emerging Artists' Generations program returns in 2019 to premiere exciting new performance works from Big Muscles Sad Heart, and Martin del Amo in collaboration with Anton from July 10th to 13th.
Sydney Season of ZIRK! CIRCUS Extends
by BWW News Desk - June 17, 2019
Due to popular demand, the Sydney Premiere season of ZIRK! CIRCUS - The Big Top Circus Spectacular has been extended by a week and will continue through to 21 July. A brand-new global experience which thrilled audiences in South Africa and Singapore and had critics raving, ZIRK! CIRCUS - The Big Top Circus Spectacular will play in a brand new Big Top Chapiteau in the Showring, Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park from 3 July.
World-Renowned Aussie Artist Returns With New Gallery
by BWW News Desk - June 16, 2019
The new and impressive Concetta Antico gallery in Paddington - set in a spectacular Oxford Street heritage building - will host its Grand Opening event on Saturday, July 13 from 6 pm to 10 pm.
Inspiration Lives At The Opera House These Summer School Holidays
by BWW News Desk - June 16, 2019
Find inspiration, adventure and magic at the Sydney Opera House these December school holidays with a newly announced summer program featuring Spot, the loveable dog, David Walliams' The Midnight Gang, the zany TV doctors from Operation Ouch! and a page-to-stage adaptation of Julia Donaldson's classic picture book The Snail and the Whale.
SHREK The Musical Is Coming To Australia
by BWW News Desk - June 16, 2019
Australia's leading theatre producer John Frost today announced that the Broadway smash hit SHREK THE MUSICAL is coming to Australia. This lavish and fun multi-million dollar musical will open at the Sydney Lyric Theatre, The Star in early January 2020, followed by seasons at Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne and the Lyric Theatre, Brisbane.
BWW REVIEW: Transgenerational Trauma Is Considered In The Captivating ANATOMY OF A SUICIDE
by Jade Kops - June 16, 2019
ANATOMY OF A SUICIDE delves into the difficult subject of mental health, suicide and the debate between nature and nurture.
Chaika Album Launches in Sydney, Gosford, and Wollongong
by BWW News Desk - June 15, 2019
Balkan vibrancy, Turkish markets, Celtic stories and Australia's own stunning landscapes are the inspiration for a lush new album from 'indefinable' crossover band CHAIKA - to be launched in three June concerts.
BWW REVIEW: The Days of Radio Plays Are Recreated in MURDER ON THE WIRELESS
by Jade Kops - June 15, 2019
The audience is transported to the days of live broadcast radio plays with MURDER ON THE WIRELESS, a double bill of murder mysteries complete with live sound effects.
Review Roundup: SWEENEY TODD at Darling Harbour Theatre; What Did The Critics Think?
by BWW News Desk - June 14, 2019
Anthony Warlow returns to the Australian musical theatre stage to take on the dark twisted tale of SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET. In celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Stephen Sondheim(music and lyrics) and Hugh Wheeler's (book) multi award winning musical's Broadway premiere in 1979, director Theresa Borg presents the piece in an elaborately staged concert with a new twist.
Photo Flash: SWEENEY TODD at Darling Harbour Theatre
by BWW News Desk - June 14, 2019
EG Life Like Company are delighted to announce they have cast musical icon DEBRA BYRNE in the role of the Beggar Woman; one of Australia's most diversely talented entertainers, MICHAEL FALZON as Pirelli; and celebrated international bass baritone opera star DANIEL SUMEGI as Judge Turpin, to star in this spectacular re-imagined concert version of the musical thriller SWEENEY TODD: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Acclaimed Composer Nico Muhly To Premiere New Work In Sydney With Omega Ensemble
by BWW News Desk - June 13, 2019
Acclaimed composer Nico Muhly to premiere new work in Sydney with Omega Ensemble.
Bilingual Comedy SKYDUCK Brings Action Movie Spectacle To Belvoir
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2019
Why don't more people go to the theatre? Because there aren't enough explosions. Skyduck: A Chinese Spy Comedy is coming to Belvoir's 25A season to change that.
BWW REVIEW: The Cost Of Ambition And Arrogance Over Humanity And Compassion In The Corporate Cubicle Farm Is Considered In GLORIA
by Jade Kops - June 12, 2019
Centred in the potentially declining world of magazine publishing, GLORIA poses a possibility of what happens when ambition overrides the courtesy and compassion vital for a functioning society.
Grammy-Winning Conductor Arnie Roth Heads To Melbourne DISTANT WORLDS
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2019
MJR Presents is proud to announce the eagerly anticipated return of Distant Worlds: Music from FINAL FANTASY to Australia in 2019.
Woollahra Philharmonic's Opener DESTINATIONS AND ADVENTURES Begins This Month At St Columba
by BWW News Desk - June 10, 2019
There's magic and adventure, cinematic spectacle and melting moments aplenty when the Woollahra Philharmonic returns with a sparkling program in June.
BWW REVIEW: Bobby Fox Treats Sydney Opera House Audience To The World Premiere Of His New Cabaret THE IRISH BOY
by Jade Kops - June 08, 2019
A treat of traditional and contemporary music, Irish hard-shoe dancing and amusing personal stories of growing up in Longford Ireland, THE IRISH BOY is an entertaining insight into Bobby Fox's background.
Kev Carmody Announced As The Recipient Of The 2019 JC Williamson Award
by BWW News Desk - June 07, 2019
Live Performance Australia (LPA) today announced that one of Australia's most celebrated musicians and singer songwriters Kev Carmody will be the recipient of the 2019 JC Williamson Award.
Casting Announced For STC's LORD OF THE FLIES
by BWW News Desk - June 07, 2019
Sydney Theatre Company Artistic Director Kip Williams will direct an exciting ensemble of adult actors to retell the William Golding masterpiece Lord of the Flies at the Roslyn Packer Theatre this July, in what is set to be the theatre event of the year.
Hugh Sheridan, Paulini, Prinnie Stevens, And More Set For Australian Production Of HAIR
by BWW News Desk - June 05, 2019
The sensational star of The Voice, PRINNIE STEVENS and a talented tribe of emerging Australian musical theatre stars join the brand new Australian production of HAIR, performing nationally alongside the four-time Logie award winning TV and theatre star, HUGH SHERIDAN, and two time ARIA Award winning PAULINI.
Sydney Fringe Festival Announces 2019 Program Highlights And 10th Anniversary Plans For CBD
by BWW News Desk - June 05, 2019
Celebrating their 10th anniversary in 2019, Sydney Fringe Festival, New South Wales' largest independent arts festival, today announced its most ambitious program yet including a take-over of Sydney's historic City Tattersalls Club in a month of activations ending in a giant CBD party. Presented from 1 until 30 September, the Fringe will program performances, exhibitions, large-scale events, a festival club and more, in venues in and surrounding Sydney's CBD.
Australian Premiere Of GIRL IN THE MACHINE Comes to Riverside Theatres
by BWW News Desk - June 03, 2019
Following the outstanding success of Grounded, National Theatre of Parramatta will present another powerful and provocative work, Girl in the Machine, directed by Claudia Barrie, from 20th to 29th June.
Playwright Mark Rogers Wins The 2019 Griffin Award For His Play SUPERHEROES
by BWW News Desk - June 03, 2019
Griffin Theatre Company has awarded Mark Rogers the 2019 Griffin Award for new Australian writing for his play Superheroes.
BWW REVIEW: That Struggle For Signs Of Love And Humanity In A Dark Dystopian Future Doesn't Seem That Far Away When Considering MERCURY FUR Over A Decade Later.
by Jade Kops - June 01, 2019
The blackest of humour comes together for a captivating 110 minutes of theatre that challenges how far someone would go to protect the people they love in Kim Hardwick's (director) presentation of MERCURY FUR. 

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