SYDNEY THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 126

Acclaimed Australian actress Jacqueline McKenzie will play the role of Alice in the upcoming Australian premiere of Mosquitoes by Lucy Kirkwood, directed by STC Resident Director Jessica Arthur.

A new month-long contemporary dance festival, March Dance will take over Sydney from the 1st to 31st March 2019, 75 dance events in 31 days, 77 artists and 9 companies.

It's Christmas, and theatre director Will Drummond is having a colossal mid-life crisis.

Wunderkind composer-producer-multi-instrumentalist and Decca Records artist JACOB COLLIER has announced Australian and New Zealand dates for his global Djesse Tour.

Seven soloists of the magnificent Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra - gathered from interstate and overseas for their Madness & Confrontation and Voyage of Musical Discovery orchestral concerts on 24 and 27 March in Sydney - will also perform a special chamber program in three mouth-watering

Director and creator Kris Stewart takes the famous songs from the godfather of musical theatre, Stephen Sondheim, and presents a delightful new story in the staged concert of BOYS OF SONDHEIM.

Acclaimed Australian playwright Nakkiah Lui's latest work, HOW TO RULE THE WORLD casts a satirical eye over Australian politics from the viewpoint of minority group millennials.

Undeniably one of the most significant gay artists of the 20th century, Stephen Sondheim defined an urbane, literate and uniquely New York voice that many would call the most important in musical theatre history.

The international one-man sensation CONFESSIONS OF A MORMON BOY comes to Australia to perform as part of the 2019 Sydney Mardi Gras Festival and at Chapel off Chapel, Melbourne!

Winner of the 2016 Lysicrates Prize, Dead Cat Bounce is Mary Rachel Brown's darkly funny portrayal of unrequited love and addiction, premiering at Griffin Theatre Company from 22 February - 6 April 2019.

Louris van de Geer's short play TUESDAY presents an unusual look into the minds of four seemingly separate individuals on an apparently normal weekday.

For the first time, Riverside Theatres will present a play by the legendary absurdist playwright, Harold Pinter, live on stage! Pinter's The Caretaker is one of the most brilliant contemporary classics of our time and is a must-see in Parramatta from 21st to 23rd February 2019.

Acclaimed stand-up comedian BECCA HURD is bringing her new one-woman-show to The Old 505 Theatre in Newtown.

PETER ROWSTHORN, JIMMY REES  family panto musical spectacular will star 3D 'GIANT' a JACK AND THE BEANSTALKDirector and Producer, Bonnie Lythgoe today announced that her sixth Australian panto and LUKE JOSLIN.

Maxine Peake will play the lead role in Julia Leigh's adaptation of her powerful memoir, Avalanche: A Love Story, at the Roslyn Packer Theatre this August.

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Direct from the Parliamentary Despatch Box, the Sydney Opera House today announced that renowned satirist Jonathan Biggins will tackle one of Australia's most memorable Prime Ministers, Paul Keating, in a highly anticipated new comedy, The Gospel According to Paul.

David Walliams' hilarious novel about love and the things money can't buy, Billionaire Boy, will be brought to life on stage at Riverside Theatres on 9th March, The Concourse in Chatswood from 12th to 14th March and the Seymour Centre from 15th to 17th March.

PACT Centre for Emerging Artists will present SLURP! on Saturday 16th March as part of their celebrated Salon series - one night only SLURP!PACT Centre for Emerging Artists will present mini festivals showcasing eclectic new works.

Following seasons in Adelaide, Edinburgh and St Petersburg, Russia, CHAMBER POT OPERA returns to Sydney to play in Australia's foremost Opera venue, the Sydney Opera House for its final season, commencing 11 April 2019.

Over 100 talented musicians from the Symphony Orchestra and Opera of Shanghai Conservatory of Music (SHCM) will make their Australian debut in Tang Xianzu the Playwright in Concert on Sunday 7 April in the Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House.

Buckle up for an exhilarating ride this March! Riverside's National Theatre of Parramatta (NTofP) will present George Brant's powerful psychological thriller, Grounded, from 14th to 23rd March 2019.

Following on from successful London seasons, the Australian production of PETER PAN GOES WRONG, the encore to THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG arrives in Sydney on it's Australian tour.

The Australian Premiere of John O'Donovan's IF WE GOT SOME MORE COCAINE I COULD SHOW YOU HOW I LOVE YOU is presented with creativity and comedy by Director Warwick Doddrell.

2018 Sydney Theatre Award Winner for Best Director of an Independent Production, Dino Dimitriadis (Metamorphoses, Doubt) directs this Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece.