SYDNEY THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 166

The tenth annual Sharp Short Dance festival presented by FORM Dance Projects will take place from 14th to 18th November at Riverside Theatres.

Deborah Mailman's call to action is simple: We all know the saying 'The Show Must Go On' and the levels of passion, creativity and commitment, that often underpin that phrase.

An old bum receives shelter in a cluttered room of an abandoned house.

Acclaimed Canadian circus troupe Cirque du Soleil brings James Cameron's world of Pandora to life with their Arena spectacular TORUK: THE FIRST FLIGHT.

The four leading men cast by Broadway director Des McAnuff to play coveted roles in the internationally acclaimed hit musical Jersey Boys were announced today.

In a world where artists and media are censored, sometimes terminally, Howard Barker's NO END OF BLAME challenges the audience to consider the power of art.

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) has today announced its collaboration with the Starlight Children's Foundation (Starlight) to brighten the lives of seriously ill children, young people and their families through music.

Sydney Theatre Company presents a new interpretation of the Chekov classic Three Sistersthis November at the Sydney Opera House, directed by STC Artistic Director Kip Williams, with design by Alice Babbage.

On 21st October, Australia's leading taiko drumming ensemble Taikoz will present a very special concert, Taikoz 20: Land-Sea-Sky-Home in celebration of an incredible 20 years of music making and performance.

Director Darren Yap and Musical Director and composer Max Lambert reunite to present a new interpretation of MIRACLE CITY at Sydney Opera House.

The Omega Ensemble is a Sydney based chamber group led by their charismatic young Artistic Directors, Maria Raspopova (piano) and David Rowden (clarinet).

Andrew Blanch is at the forefront of young Australian musicians taking their place on the international music stage.

Join the Muffat Collective for an afternoon of musical drama and excitement! Featuring the internationally-acclaimed Australian soprano, Anna Sandstr m, this final Spring Series concert of 2017 explores passionate cantatas and dramatic concerti by Antonio Vivaldi and his contemporaries.

In one of the most ambitious commissioning and performance projects in recent years, world-renowned shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) master, Riley Lee, has joined forces with the Enigma Quartet to create an entirely new genre of music.

Riverside Theatres and Griffin Theatre Company will present of one of Australia's greatest plays still startlingly relevant today, Diving for Pearls by Katherine Thomson, from 8th to 10th November 2017.

Written as a response to recent events in global politics, Don't Look Away and bAKEHOUSE will present a powerful new production, Night Slows Down, exploring how small choices and moral failures can lead inexorably to a disaster point.

Ho no, Christmas is coming! But before you groan at the thought of 10km queues at the Fish Markets, negotiating your way through stacks of Coles Christmas puddings or that one spirited colleague excited for Secret Santa, stay with us, Silent Night is not what you expect.

This October, Seymour Centre and The Big Anxiety Festival present the world premiere of Grace Under Pressure - a new verbatim theatre play that delves into the workplace and training cultures of health professionals - cultures that are making doctors and nurses sick, and can put patients' lives at r

Australian singer-songwriter Katie Noonan and her band Elixir will take the Sydney Opera House stage on 2-4 November for an audiovisual collaborative experience, with artist Michael Leunig and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO).

This October, The Big Anxiety festival of arts + science + people and The Seymour Centre present Give Me Your Love, bringing the return of theatre legends Jon Haynes and David Woods (Ridiculusmus) with a funny, fragile and profound fable based on groundbreaking medical research and real-life war t

At the end of the score of The Dream of Gerontius , Elgar wrote: This is the best of me.

In the fictional NSW coastal town of Coriole, preparations are underway for the annual Australia Day celebrations and the organising committee are thrashing out the details amidst disagreements over politics, patriotism and progress.

The 52nd National Folk Festival today announced its first round of artists for 2018, with six outstanding headline acts from the UK and Australia.

Now in it's eighth successful year offering Sydney audiences an exciting, accessible and powerful voice, Sport for Jove Theatre's 2018 season is our freshest, most exciting season to date, featuring the world premiere of two brilliant, passionate new Australian works and an iconic American classic,

Broadway's hilarious and wild musical farce, It Shoulda Been You, will be presented by Chatswood Musical Society at Riverside Theatres from 2nd to 4th November 2017.