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The Sydney Comedy Festival Delivers an Epic Program of Laughs for 2017
by BWW News Desk - February 21, 2017
The Sydney Comedy Festival has announced what can only be described as an EPIC program, filled to the brim with joyous belly laughs and sidesplitting hilarity for its 13th year in 2017.
Fairly Lucid Productions presents MEMBER
by BWW News Desk - February 21, 2017
In the 1980s, Sydney gangs found a new blood sport - hunting gays. From February 21st to March 4th, Fairly Lucid Productions will present the gripping production, MEMBER, a powerful look into the gay hate crime epidemic that blighted Sydney's coastline during the 1980s and 1990s.
BWW REVIEW: The Story Of Oscar Wilde's Betrayal At The Hand Of His Lover Plays Out In THE JUDAS KISS
by Jade Kops - February 20, 2017
David Hare's biographical drama about the events preceding famous playwright, novelist and poet Oscar Wilde's conviction and imprisonment for gross indecency and his subsequent life in exile plays out in THE JUDAS KISS.
Griffin Theatre Company Presents Post-show Jam GRIFFIN UP LATE
by BWW News Desk - February 20, 2017
This month, join a hand-picked collection of nocturnal singers, joke-makers and storytellers for GRIFFIN UP LATE, a post-show jam of music and chortles.
BWW REVIEW: Centred On the Intriguing Life Of The Real Harry Crawford, THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY Is A Heartbreaking Story Of Love, Fear And Hidden Identities.
by Jade Kops - February 20, 2017
The secrets of an unusual person unfold in THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY as the imagined account of the very real Harry Crawford comes to life a century later.
Sydney Symphony Orchestra Announce 15 Young Musicians Selected for 2017 Fellowship
by BWW News Desk - February 19, 2017
Fifteen of Australia's best and brightest classical musicians have been selected from hundreds of applicants to participate in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra's (SSO) internationally-renowned Fellowship program in 2017. Over the next 12-months these talented young performers will be mentored by members of Australia's flagship orchestra, gaining experience and training that is critical to secure highly-coveted positions in professional orchestras around the world.
New Play THE UNKNOWN DANCER IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD Examines Apathy and Anonymity Through Dance
by BWW News Desk - February 19, 2017
A new play which will premiere in Sydney March 22 & 23 entitled The Unknown Dancer in the Neighbourhood, is a drama about apathy and anonymity in a Japanese suburb on the city fringe. During the day the neighbourhood bustles with people who treat each other indifferently; yet at night, it transforms into a dangerous zone, festering with crime. Through the powerful movements of a single actor, the play introduces the neighbourhood's inhabitants and reveals their past, present and future.
BWW REVIEW: Looking At The Lives Of Seemingly Ordinary People, THE MYSTERY OF LOVE & SEX Explores The Challenges Of Relationships, Identity And Belonging
by Jade Kops - February 17, 2017
Under the Anthony Skuse's direction, Bathsheba Doran's THE MYSTERY OF LOVE & SEX explores the lives of 4 individuals as they discover what it means to be loved, be in love, belong and be honest to themselves, and to those around them.
bAKEHOUSE Theatre Company Presents THE LADEN TABLE
by BWW News Desk - February 16, 2017
"I am talking, but you don't listen. I am speaking but you don't hear me."
HORRIBLE HARRIET at Glen Street Theatre
by BWW News Desk - February 16, 2017
???????Look out! Here comes HORRIBLE HARRIET. She's wicked, wild and wonderful!
TINKER BELL AND THE DREAM FAIRIES to Land in the Royal Botanic Garden
by BWW News Desk - February 16, 2017
???????The acclaimed new production Tinkerbell and the Dream Fairies from Australia's renowned outdoor theatre producers is coming to the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney for the first time ever playing in the Easter holidays from 9 to 30 April fresh from a sell out tour to London's Kew Gardens.
Bonnie Lythgoe Announces Cast for PETER PAN & TINKER BELL RETURN TO PANTOLAND
by BWW News Desk - February 15, 2017
Two weeks ago Producer BONNIE LYTHGOE announced that one of Australia's favourite (and hardest working) performers TODD McKENNEY will play 'Captain Hook' in the World Premiere of THE ADVENTURES OF PETER PAN & TINKER BELL. 
5 LESBIANS EATING A QUICHE at Glen Street Theatre
by BWW News Desk - February 15, 2017
???????Following its critically acclaimed Australian premiere in Brisbane in 2015, and after sell-out seasons in Chicago and New York, 5 LESBIANS EATING A QUICHE is heading south to serve up some slices to Glen Street Theatre.
Australian singer-songwriter Kate Miller-Heidke to Make Sydney Symphony Orchestra Debut
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2017
Australian music sensation Kate Miller-Heidke will bring her inimitable vocal ability to the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall next month in her debut collaboration with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. The virtuosic singer-songwriter will perform a selection of her most popular hits with the orchestra, including Last Day on Earth, O Vertigo! and Sarah, as well as highlights from her award-winning opera The Rabbits.
PYT | Fairfield presents TRIBUNAL
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2017
After a Sold-Out season and critical acclaim at Griffin Theatre in 2016, TRIBUNAL is returning for a very special season, at the home of PYT in Fairfield, Australia's most culturally diverse suburb.
BWW REVIEW: Supporting The Development Of New Australian Plays, THE LYSICRATES PRIZE for 2017 Was Awarded, By Audience Vote, To Melissa Bubnic for GHOSTING THE PARTY
by Jade Kops - February 14, 2017
In its third year, THE LYSICRATES PRIZE, supporting the creation of new Australian plays, was awarded, by audience vote, to Melissa Bubnic for GHOSTING THE PARTY.
Carriageworks presents Sydney Premiere of LADY EATS APPLE
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2017
Over three days from 16 - 18 March 2017, Carriageworks presents the Sydney premiere of the internationally renowned contemporary theatre company Back to Back Theatre's most ambitious project to date, Lady Eats Apple. Set inside a vast, awe-inspiring inflatable structure, Lady Eats Apple is a story about the inevitability of death, our fragility and the myths and illusions we create to fortify ourselves. Inarguably one of the world's most important contemporary theatre companies working today, Back to Back Theatre returns to Carriageworks after its sold-out season of Ganesh Versus the Third Reich in 2014, charting new trails deeper into the landscape of the unconscious with their most epic production yet.
Sydney Theatre Company to Present Visceral Production of THE BLEEDING TREE
by BWW News Desk - February 12, 2017
Sydney Theatre Company shares Griffin Theatre Company's acclaimed 2015 production of The Bleeding Tree by Angus Cerini, with new audiences at The Wharf from 9 March to 8 April 2017. The original cast of Paula Arundell, Airlie Dodds and Shari Sebbens are reunited with director Lee Lewis, designer Renee Mulder, lighting designer Verity Hampson and composer Steve Toulmin to remount this "great and complex production" (The Australian).
Riverside Theatres to Present Spell-Binding Mystery THE BOOKBINDER
by BWW News Desk - February 12, 2017
A spell-binding story of mystery, magic and mayhem will unfold at Riverside Theatres when the award-winning New Zealand company, Trick of the Light Theatre, performs The Bookbinder on 14th and 15th March 2017.
BWW REVIEW: Cirque Alfonse Blends Traditional Circus With Contemporary Culture In A Night Of Bearded Hipster Athleticism And Humour.
by Jade Kops - February 12, 2017
Canadian circus troupe Cirque Alfonse returns to Australia, bringing their Hipster circus BARBU, filled with hirsute men to Sydney Opera House to delight audiences.
Shalom & Moira Blumenthal Productions Proudly Present the World Premiere of YOU WILL NOT PLAY WAGNER
by BWW News Desk - February 10, 2017
???????From the producers of My Name is Asher Lev and Coming to See Aunt Sophie, Director, Moira Blumenthal and producer Shalom are proud to present the World Premiere of YOU WILL NOT PLAY WAGNER at Eternity Playhouse from 4 - 28 May 2017.
Sydney Theatre Company Presents ROUGH DRAFT #33: The Long Forgotten Dream
by BWW News Desk - February 10, 2017
Sydney Theatre Company's latest Rough Draft, The Long Forgotten Dream, culminates in a free, one-off showing on Friday 17 February at 6.30pm in Wharf 2.
A Love Story For All Comes To The Depot Theatre In March
by BWW News Desk - February 09, 2017
From acclaimed triple-threat, actor-writer-director, Monica Zanetti, comes a brand new romantic comedy in the tradition of Holding the Man. Ellie, Abbie & Ellie's Dead Aunt is a touching and timely look into the heart of a teenager as she struggles with her sexuality and her simple wish to ask a girl to the formal.
Stories Like These Association with Bakehouse Theatre Company Presents BLINK
by BWW News Desk - February 09, 2017
Stories Like These in association with bAKEHOUSE Theatre Company will present the charming and darkly funny production, BLINK by Phil Porter, at Kings Cross Theatre from 9th February to 4th March.

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