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Queenie Van De Zandt, Mitchell Butel And Todd McKenney Return To Ensemble Theatre
by BWW News Desk - July 19, 2018
Returning to the Ensemble Theatre after its sell-out season last year, POP UP CABARET, is an intimate series of music, conversation and song by three of Sydney's best-known cabaret performers.
Three Finalists Chosen To Compete For ABC Young Performers Awards 2018
by BWW News Desk - July 18, 2018
After 8 months of intense preparation and memorable performances the three finalists have been chosen who will battle it out to win the coveted title of ABC YOUNG PERFORMER OF THE YEAR. The three finalists are Kevin Chow from Perth (piano); Emily Sun from Concord West (violin) and Oliver Shermacher from Marrickville (clarinet).
Sydney Symphony Orchestra announces 2019 Season
by BWW News Desk - July 18, 2018
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra today announces its 2019 Season, the first developed under the joint leadership of Chief Conductor and Artistic Director, David Robertson, and newly appointed Chief Executive Officer, Emma Dunch.
BWW REVIEW: LETTERS TO LINDY Gives An Amazing Insight Into One Of Australia's Most High Profile Cases Through The Archive Of Letters Sent To Lindy Chamberlain.
by Jade Kops - July 18, 2018
Alana Valentine blends the detail from the thousands of letters sent to Lindy Chamberlain with a reconstruction and re-imagination of events to deliver an insight into what life was like for one of Australia's most iconic figures following the disappearance of baby Azaria Chamberlain on August 17 1980.
Ten Tonne Sparrow Search For the Perfect Love Song in a Post-Truth World in LOVE SONG DEDICATIONS
by BWW News Desk - July 18, 2018
From 18th-29th July at PACT theatre in Erskineville, Ten Tonne Sparrow will present the world-premiere production of the charmingly sincere and touchingly funny Love Song Dedications (without Richard Mercer).
Ten Tonne Sparrow Search For The Perfect Love Song In A Post-Truth World
by BWW News Desk - July 18, 2018
From 18th-29th July at PACT theatre in Erskineville, Ten Tonne Sparrow will present the world-premiere production of the charmingly sincere and touchingly funny Love Song Dedications (without Richard Mercer).
Hannie Rayson's HOTEL SORRENTO Comes To Riverside Theatres 7/31
by BWW News Desk - July 17, 2018
Family, country and culture collide in the award-winning comedy/drama Hotel Sorrento by one of Australia's most significant playwrights, Hannie Rayson, at Riverside Theatres from 31st July to 4th August.
New Speakers And Artists Added To 2018 Lineup
by BWW News Desk - July 17, 2018
Sydney Opera House today announced new speakers, performances and visual art elements to the ANTIDOTE 2018 lineup. Taking place over the weekend of 1-2 September, ANTIDOTE is a festival of pioneering ideas, action and change focusing on global, local and personal issues of the day.
Andrew McKinnon Presents FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN
by BWW News Desk - July 17, 2018
New Zealand's first lady of stage and screen, Jennifer Ward-Lealand returns to Australia as screen legend Marlene Dietrich in Falling in Love Again, a series of stunning concerts this August in Melbourne, Frankston, Bendigo, Orange and Sydney.
NELL GWYNN By Jessica Swale Makes Its Sydney Premiere
by BWW News Desk - July 17, 2018
London, 1660. King Charles II has exploded onto the scene with a love of all things loud, extravagant and sexy. And at Drury Lane, a young Nell Gwynn is causing stirrings amongst the theatregoers.
Tenacious C and Neil Gooding Productions Presents Catherine Alcorn Makes Sydney Opera House Debut
by BWW News Desk - July 16, 2018
After a triumphant USA debut earlier this year, selling out five cities across the States, award-winning artist and Aussie cabaret darling Catherine Alcorn will make her Sydney Opera House debut in her critically acclaimed show The Divine Miss Bette from Thursday 23 August.
Photo Flash: Red Carpet Arrivals at the 2018 Helpmann Awards
by BWW News Desk - July 16, 2018
The 2018 Helpmann Awards was a star-studded ceremony in front of a full house at the Capitol Theatre Sydney on the set of Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical. Hosts for this stellar evening were music writer Glenn A Baker AM, acclaimed choreographer Rafael Bonachela, celebrated musical theatre star and TV host David Campbell, multiple Helpmann Award winning mezzo soprano Jacqueline Dark, comedian Anne Edmonds and Olivier and Tony Award Nominee Tony Sheldon.
Mark Rogers TOM WILLIAM MITCHELL To Close Merrigongx 2018 With A Bang
by BWW News Desk - July 16, 2018
Woodcourt Art Theatre in association with Merrigong Theatre Company present Tom William Mitchell, by lauded, local playwright and director and UoW alumni, Mark Rogers. Tom William Mitchell is the exciting final production of the inaugural 2018 MERRIGONGX season.
Il Divo To Tour Australia This August
by BWW News Desk - July 16, 2018
Ahead of their concert tour of Australia in October as part of their global TIMELESS tour, the world's pre-eminent tenor powerhouse vocal group IL DIVO will be in Australia to promote their brand new album 'Timeless' this August.
Win a Trip to New York With JERSEY BOYS
by BWW News Desk - July 16, 2018
Ahead of full company rehearsals commencing next week for Jersey Boys, ticket buyers will be given the opportunity to win a four-night trip for two to New York. Please join the waitlist on www.jerseyboys.com.au to receive exclusive details on how to enter.
Tickets On Sale For Sydney Fringe Festival's International Theatre And Circus Line-up
by BWW News Desk - July 16, 2018
Sydney Fringe Festival, New South Wales' largest independent arts festival, today announced the inaugural Archie Rose Touring Hub to present award-winning performances touring from Fringe festivals around the world and the inaugural Legs Hub of circus and physical theatre showcasing Australia's only Indigenous contemporary circus ensemble. The Festival's 2018 Touring Hub will feature nine touring theatre works from five countries and will take place in the Old 505 Theatre, Newtown. In partnership with legendary physical theatre company Legs on The Wall at the Red Box in Lillyfield, the Legs Hub will present shows curated by the company's Artistic Director Joshua Thomson, a pop-up bar, workshops and more.
BWW REVIEW: STUPID FUCKING BIRD Sees Chekhov Adapted For A New Generation Whilst Heightening The Pretention OF The Work
by Jade Kops - July 16, 2018
Warwick Dodrell's (Director) presentation of Aaron Posner's adaptation of Anton Chekov's THE SEAGULL sees the work further deconstructed to deliver a very modern interpretation with STUPID FUCKING SEAGULL.
BWW REVIEW: The Sydney Symphony Orchestra's Stage Concert of FUNNY GIRL Breaks The Mold Of Traditional Musical Theatre In Many Brilliant Ways
by Jade Kops - July 15, 2018
Director Mitchell Butel has gathered a wonderful group of women, and one man, to deliver a captivating expression of the life of Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL THE MUSICAL, presented in concert with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra
18th Annual Helpmann Awards: Act 1 Winners Announced!
by BWW News Desk - July 15, 2018
This year, for the very first time, 43 Helpmann Awards are being presented across two nights and two events in Sydney.
Red Line Underground and Poor Tom's Gin Presents THE RECIDIVISTS
by BWW News Desk - July 14, 2018
A monster stalks a boy through a formless wasteland; a brilliant psychoanalyst defies the limits of time and space; a carnival talent show goes drastically wrong. And all the while the question lingers: Who are the recidivists?
FOREIGN WOMAN Comes to Blood Moon Theatre
by BWW News Desk - July 12, 2018
FOREIGN WOMAN: The home-grown comedy cabaret for you and your Granny, Nonna, Nana, Baba, Yaya, Mawmaw, Geema, Savta, Bomma, Oma, Abuela, Babcia, Bibi, Babushka, Mormor, Amma, Lola, Meme, Ouma, Gramms, Nai Nai, Banma, Busia, Lolly, Memere, Grammie, Tutu, Gma, Goma, Gdawg...
The Listies Present HAMLET, PRINCE OF SKIDMARK At Riverside Theatres
by BWW News Desk - July 12, 2018
Following a huge season at Seymour Centre this school holidays, and after winning over kids and adults alike in 2016, The Listies' very cheeky, very clever, utterly irreverent riff on Hamlet - made especially for children and their families - comes to Riverside Theatres from August 25th to 27th.
BWW REVIEW: Grounded in Truth, THE MAN IN THE ATTIC Challenges The Line Between Compassion and Exploitation.
by Jade Kops - July 12, 2018
Whilst war is always ugly, we often hope that the common person can still retain a degree of decency. Directed by Moira Blumenthal, Timothy Daly's Patrick White Playwright's Award winning play THE MAN IN THE ATTIC exposes how awful people can be when they lack compassion and humanity.
HYSTERICAL: Musical Comedy For A Cause Comes to Sydney
by BWW News Desk - July 12, 2018
It's 2018 and men are still the biggest threat to women in Australia. 1 in 3 women have experienced violence at the hands of a former or current partner, and often the options to escape are limited or non-existent. Musical comedians Sarah Gaul and Jacinta Gregory are proud to present a one-night-only musical comedy extravaganza in benefit of the Women's & Girls' Emergency Centre (WAGEC).
New Theatre Presents the Sydney Premiere of STUPID F---ING BIRD By Aaron Posner
by BWW News Desk - July 12, 2018
An aspiring young director rages against the art created by his mother's generation. A young actress vies with an aging Hollywood star for the affections of a renowned novelist. And everyone discovers just how disappointing love, art, and growing up can be.

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