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Belvoir Reopens Downstairs Theatre To Independent Artists And Announces New Opportunities
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2017
Belvoir has announced a suite of major new opportunities for emerging and independent artists aimed at supporting the future of theatre locally and nationally. At the annual Philip Parsons Memorial Lecture at Belvoir St Theatre last night, presented by Nick Schlieper, Artistic Director Eamon Flack announced a major new independent theatre program - 25A - which reopens the Downstairs Theatre to independent artists, the inaugural Andrew Cameron Fellowship for an emerging artistic leader, and the launch of a discount ticket program for artists for 2018.
Australian Star-Studded Cast to Lead Orchestral Swing Performance With the Sydney Symphony Orchestra
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2017
Australia's leading screen and stage actors will perform Swing on This, a modern take on swing classics, with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) at the Sydney Opera House on 9-10 March, 2018.
GWB Entertainment Takes London By Storm with THE KING & I
by BWW News Desk - November 20, 2017
GWB Entertainment is thrilled to announce that the company will be coproducing the West End transfer of the multi Tony Award-winning production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's THE KING AND I. The production will transfer from Broadway to London in June 2018 following a critically acclaimed 16 month run at New York's Lincoln Center Theater and an unprecedented record-breaking USA tour.
PACT Centre for Emerging Artists and Cope Street Collective to present Performance Showcase
by BWW News Desk - November 20, 2017
PACT Centre for Emerging Artists and Cope Street Collective will present an exciting showcase of performance, theatre and art in PACT Salon: Bad on Saturday 2nd December.
BWW REVIEW: Heart-warming And Hilarious, MURIEL'S WEDDING THE MUSICAL Is A Brilliant New Australian Musical That Must Not Be Missed
by Jade Kops - November 20, 2017
MURIEL'S WEDDING THE MUSICAL, the much anticipated musical theatre adaptation of PJ Hogan's iconic movie from 1994, is absolutely wonderful, capturing the heart and soul of its inspiration with an added depth and incredible new music by Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall.
Tenth Annual Sharp Short Dance Announces 2017 Award Winners
by BWW News Desk - November 20, 2017
The tenth annual Sharp Short Dance festival presented by FORM Dance Projects declared its 2017 award winners at an exciting final event held at Riverside Theatres on the evening of Saturday 18th November 2017.
BWW REVIEW: A Hilarious Glimpse At Small Town Planning And Politics Plays Out In AUSTRALIA DAY
by Jade Kops - November 18, 2017
The thoughts many think but will not share due to political correctness are given a voice with heart and humour in Jonathan Biggins' satirical look at small town society in AUSTRALIA DAY.
Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld Sydney Awards; MISS SAIGON Leads In Best Musical!
by BWW News Desk - November 17, 2017
The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.
My Fair Lady Star to Be Soloist In NOEL! NOEL! 2017
by BWW News Desk - November 16, 2017
The tenor Joel Parnis takes over My Fair Lady role from Mark Vincent and wows Paul on opening night
DARLINGHURST NIGHTS Comes to Hayes Theatre Co
by BWW News Desk - November 16, 2017
This classic Australian musical takes place on the streets around Hayes Theatre Co. Celebrating the show's 30th anniversary, Hayes Theatre Co will present a new production from Helpmann Award-winning director Lee Lewis (The Bleeding Tree).
IRISH CELTIC Spirit Of Ireland Debuts at The Palms At Crown
by BWW News Desk - November 16, 2017
A thrilling Irish dance show is set to get feet tapping in Melbourne and Sydney, when IRISH CELTIC makes its debut next July and August. Direct from a highly successful tour of France and Germany, IRISH CELTIC features the finest performers from the top Irish dance companies, who show their incredible talent and their infectious love for dance in a thrilling evening of high energy dance and explosive rhythms.
Musicians From Shanghai Orchestra Academy To Undertake Performance Residency With The SSO
by BWW News Desk - November 16, 2017
Three students from the Shanghai Orchestra Academy (SOA) will arrive in Sydney on Sunday to participate in a performance residency with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO), as the SSO continues its commitment to helping to develop the next generation of Chinese orchestral musicians.
STOMP Returns To Australia in Spring 2018
by BWW News Desk - November 16, 2017
The Broadway, West End and international sensation STOMP is back, and it's better than ever! Following a sell-out visit in 2013, STOMP returns to Australia with its unstoppable energy and 'pure stage magic'. The show will tour to Melbourne, the Gold Coast, Adelaide and Sydney from May to August next year.
BWW REVIEW: Competitiveness And Consumerism Challenges The Real Meaning Of Christmas In Mary Rachel Brown's SILENT NIGHT
by Jade Kops - November 16, 2017
As society has moved further and further away from the real meaning of Christmas, Mary Rachel Brown's new Australian play SILENT NIGHT is a shamelessly absurd expression of the worst of a time that was supposed to be about family, love and goodwill to all
Merrigong Theatre Company Announces 2018 Season
by BWW News Desk - November 15, 2017
On the evening of Tuesday 14th November, Merrigong Theatre Company revealed its 2018 Season at a special launch event held at the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre (IPAC). Under the banner You Belong Here , the program aims to embrace the diversity of our community, bringing to the stage a wide range of voices and stories, and creating a space where difference is both valued and celebrated.
SWAN LAKE ON ICE Tickets On Sale 17 November
by BWW News Desk - November 14, 2017
The world's premier theatrical ice skating company, The Imperial Ice Stars, returns to Australia with its award-winning masterpiece SWAN LAKE ON ICE, touring to Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney next July.
Voting Now Open For the 2017 BroadwayWorld Sydney Awards!
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2017
The 2017 awards honor productions which opened between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. Nominations were completely reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended October 31, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors.
Eskimo Joe Celebrates 21 Years With National Orchestral Tour
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2017
Iconic indie rock band Eskimo Joe will celebrate 21 years in 2018 with a nationwide orchestral tour, performing with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House on 6-7 March.
Seymour Centre Presents The Kransky Sisters' A VERY KRANSKY CHRISTMAS
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2017
Following 2 sold-out, national tours in 2015 and 2016, one of Australia's most enduring and beloved comedy acts, The Kransky Sisters, are returning to the Seymour Centre's York Theatre for just 2 special performances of their hilariously kooky show, A Very Kransky Christmas, where the ladies will once again celebrate the festive season in true Kransky style!
Photo Flash: Crisis of Masculinity Takes the Stage in VIRGINS & COWBOYS
by BWW News Desk - November 12, 2017
Virgins & Cowboys is a new, cutting-edge Australian play about Sam, a 20-something year old dude stuck in a dead-end job who meets two women online, both of whom are virgins. As he sets out on a bizarre self-assigned mission to 'be the one who...', things don't go as he had planned and the world literally crumbles around him.
BWW REVIEW: Andrew Upton's Contemporary Adaptation of Chekhov's THREE SISTERS Is Presented With Economy As It Seeks To Find A Modern Relatability
by Jade Kops - November 12, 2017
Sydney Theatre Company brings Anton Chekhov's much-loved tragi-comedy back to the mainstage with Andrew Upton's adaptation of THREE SISTERS, directed by Kip Williams.
BWW REVIEW: MARK VINCENT: SINGS MARIO LANZA & THE CLASSICS
by Jade Kops - November 11, 2017
Mark Vincent gives his fans a live performance of his most recent CD A Tribute To Mario Lanza with a 2 hour concert of MARK VINCENT: SINGS MARIO LANZA & THE CLASSICS
Australian Chamber Orchestra Announce London Residency with Barbican Centre
by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2017
The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) has today announced it will commence a three-year residency as International Associate Ensemble at Milton Court in partnership with the Barbican Centre from the 2018/19 season. This residency at one of Europe's most prestigious concert venues follows on from the success of ACO Artistic Director Richard Tognetti's time as the Barbican's first ever Artist-in-Residence at Milton Court Concert Hall in the Barbican Presents 2016/17 season.
The Seymour Centre Unveils 2018 Program
by BWW News Desk - November 08, 2017
The Seymour Centre has unveiled the incredible line up of productions making up the 2018 Program at the venue.
Arrive. Devise. Repeat. to Reinvent Russian Classic BROTHERS KARAMAZOV
by BWW News Desk - November 08, 2017
Arrive. Devise. Repeat.'s new production of Brothers Karamazov radically reframes the original Russian classic by casting female actors in two key roles. Actors Alice Birbara and Lucia May will take on the roles of Ivan Karamazov and Smerdyakov.

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