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Keir Choreographic Awards Announce Finalists
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2018
The Keir Choreographic Award is Australia's first major choreographic award presented by the Keir Foundation, Carriageworks and Dancehouse with the Australia Council. The Keir Choreographic Award is a national biennial award dedicated to commissioning short works and promoting innovative, experimental and cross-artform practices in contemporary dance. The award invites Australian professional artists with an established practice to propose a choreographic idea for an original live performance of no more than 20 minutes.
BWW REVIEW: Little Triangle Delivers Another Fabulous Expression of Sondheim with MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
by Jade Kops - March 11, 2018
The heartbreaking story of dreams not turning out as expected plays out in Little Triangle's beautiful presentation of Stephen Sondheim's MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG. 
BWW REVIEW: Hilarious, Crass And Incredibly Clever, THE BOOK OF MORMON Opens To Roars Of Laughter In Sydney
by Jade Kops - March 11, 2018
Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone's smash hit musical, THE BOOK OF MORMON, which challenges traditional musical theatre sensibilities as it sends up organised religion and western culture's ignorance and arrogance whilst holding a heart-warming message of care and compassion was met with roars of laughter from an eager audience.
Riverside To Present Two Exceptional New Plays For Children This April
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2018
This April, Riverside Theatres will present two exceptional and exciting new theatre works for young people, Roald Dahl's George's Marvellous Medicine and Patrice Balbina's Chance Encounter with the End of the World.
Monkey Baa Presents The World Premiere Of JOSEPHINE WANTS TO DANCE
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2018
Monkey Baa, the award-winning theatre company for young people, is proud to present the world premiere of Josephine Wants to Dance, a new Australian play based on the celebrated picture book by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley.
BWW REVIEW: Clean Contemporary Staging Of ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA Brings The Wars And Romance Of The Ancient Worlds To Sydney To Open Bell Shakespeare's 2018 Season.
by Jade Kops - March 09, 2018
Bell Shakespeare's staging of ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA presents one of history's most famous couples and the transition from the power of Ancient Egypt to the rise of the Roman Empire.
Sydney Theatre Company Presents GOING DOWN By Michele Lee
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2018
Going Down by one of Australia's most exciting young playwrights, Michele Lee, opens at Sydney Theatre Company this March. A co-production with Malthouse Theatre, Going Down is directed by Leticia Caceres, with a cast of rising stars including Paul Blenheim, Catherine Davies, Josh Price, Naomi Rukavina and Jenny Wu.
Darlinghurst Theatre Company Presents THE SOUND OF WAITING
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2018
Playwright Mary Anne Butler returns to Darlinghurst Theatre Company with a powerfully poetic allegory for a world which has closed its doors on humanity.
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra Opens its Season With Pastoral Melodies
by BWW News Desk - March 06, 2018
Australia's bold and brilliant Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra opens its 2018 season next month with Pastoral Melodies (22 March Melbourne, 25 March Sydney), featuring much-loved idyllic and tempestuous works of Mozart, Mendelssohn, Brahms & Beethoven.
Art Meets Science at The Joan
by BWW News Desk - March 06, 2018
The worlds of science and theatre will collide at the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre with double headline theatre extravaganza Back to Back (15 March - 24 March, 2018). The show will feature How I Saved the Western Black Rhino, an uplifting call to action on wildlife extinction, alongside Everything You Ever Wanted, exploring extreme diet culture.
Hugo Weaving Stars in Sydney Theatre Company's THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI
by BWW News Desk - March 06, 2018
Hugo Weaving will make his much-anticipated return to the Sydney Theatre Company's stage this March in Bertolt Brecht's 1941 classic The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. STC Artistic Director Kip Williams directs a cast which also includes Mitchell Butel, Peter Carroll, Anita Hegh, and Ursula Yovich.
Limelight Magazine Has a New Owner
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2018
As of today, 5/03/2018, a newly established company Limelight Arts Media Pty Ltd, co-directed by Robert Veel and Bruce Watson, will be publishing Limelight magazine both physically with its 11 issues a year as well as its comprehensive website offering daily news, reviews of performances around Australia, and feature articles.
STC Appoints Annette Shun Wah And Heather Mitchell To Board
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2018
Sydney Theatre Company Chairman Ian Narev has announced that the Executive Producer of Contemporary Asian Australian Performance (CAAP) Annette Shun Wah and actor Heather Mitchell have joined STC's board.
The World's Greatest Harpist to Embark on First Australian Headline Tour
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2018
At the age of nine, Xavier de Maistre fortuitously fell in love with a local harp teacher. It would be a love that would lead to an important international career as a harpist and a life long relationship (that teacher is still an important part of Xavier's life, as godmother to his daughter).
David Campbell to Star In Hit Musical ASSASSINS
by BWW News Desk - March 04, 2018
The Sydney Opera House today announced that the Hayes Theatre Co's critically acclaimed production of the darkly entertaining, revue-style musical Assassins, will play in the Playhouse this June, starring the acclaimed actor, singer and showman David Campbell.
ALISON'S HOUSE by Susan Glaspell Comes to the Depot Theatre
by BWW News Desk - March 04, 2018
Inspired by the life and work of the American poet Emily Dickinson, The Depot Theatre in Marrickville presents the (lost) American classic and Pulitzer Prize winner, ALISON'S HOUSE by Susan Glaspell. Motivated by a desire to bring iconic, but neglected plays written by women into contemporary consciousness, ALISON'S HOUSE is an integral part of Depot's 2018 Season, playing 8pm Wed-Fri, 2pm and 8pm Sat, 4 - 21 April 2018.
Amelia Jane Hunter Presents THE BLUE HOUR at Sydney Comedy Store
by BWW News Desk - March 04, 2018
Originally from Darwin, Amelia Jane Hunter now lives and loves in the land of bone structure, broad shoulders and shouldering eye contact; Berlin. Playing at Sydney's Comedy Store for one night only on March 29, Amelia Jane Hunter has been touring Australia for the past few months.
BWW REVIEW: Nakkiah Lui's BLACK IS THE NEW WHITE Returns For An Encore Season And Multi City Tour
by Jade Kops - March 04, 2018
BLACK IS THE NEW WHITE gives Sydney Theatre Company audiences a glimpse into a different view of contemporary Indigenous family life in a fabulously funny tale of families, politics, love and loyalty.
BWW REVIEW: Politics And Science Come Together In KILL CLIMATE DENIERS, A Contemporary Comic Thriller
by Jade Kops - March 04, 2018
Hilarious and thought provoking, David Finnigan's KILL CLIMATE DENIERS both entertains and engages the audience to consider their position on science and politics.
Merrigong Theatre Company Announces Innovative New Performance Series
by BWW News Desk - March 02, 2018
Merrigong Theatre Company announces MERRIGONGX. Launching in February 2018, this is a brand-new series of eclectic events from artists from our neighbourhood, and from around the nation.
Riverside Theatres, Merrigong Theatre Company And Arts Projects Australia Presents TAHA
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2018
Direct from The Young Vic London, Edinburgh and Adelaide Festivals, author and performer Amer Hlehel tours his exquisite play TAHA exclusively to the Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre, the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre (IPAC) and Riverside Theatres (Parramatta) throughout March.
Blockbuster PARRAMASALA Program Released
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2018
Parramasala, the flagship festival of Multicultural March, will return for its eighth year from 9th to 11th March in Parramatta. This year Parramasala has undergone a transformation and will be inclusive of cultures from all parts of the world.
BWW REVIEW: The Failings Of Society To Protect Its Women Is Exposed In LETHAL INDIFFERENCE
by Jade Kops - February 27, 2018
Anna Barnes' LETHAL INDIFFERENCE, shares her observations of the justice system and society's inability to protect the victims of family violence with the aim to raise greater awareness of this problem with society and our roles within it. 
The 14th Annual SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL Reveals 2018 Program
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2018
The Sydney Comedy Festival has unveiled its 2018 program filled with over 210 side-splitting shows delivered by a smorgasbord of comedy stars for the 14th annual comedy extravaganza from April 23rd to May 20th.
White Box Theatre and Seymour Centre Present Richard Beynon's THE SHIFTING HEART
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2018
This March, White Box Theatre, the team behind Blackrock (Seymour Centre) and Hurt (Belvoir Downstairs), will present the award-winning Australian classic, The Shifting Heart by Richard Beynon.

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