SYDNEY THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 183

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) will travel to Western Sydney this week to perform eight interactive concerts for more than 4,800 school students as part of its world-class education program.

Casual tickets become available to the general public on Monday 13 March 2017 at 9.

???????Bowie: Ashes to Ashes will take audiences on a trip through the musical mystery and creative genius of one of the world's most revered artists, David Bowie.

In a world where numerous societies are questioning their leaders' ability to represent them with humanity and compassion, Lucy Kirkwood's CHIMERICA shines a spotlight on one of the defining images of protest and courage of the 20th Century.

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's comic, poignant romance, THE KING AND I, is the latest musical presented by Rockdale Musical Society.

The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People, Oscar Wilde's famous satire about convention, truth, lies and social expectation is coming to The Zenith Theatre this March.

Merrigong Theatre Company, in association with The Disability Trust, brings a delightfully original and anarchic original performance to the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre stage with The Outside Man from 15th to 25th March, part of the Merrigong 2017 Season.

In a country still waiting for its leaders to support Marriage Equality, IN DIFFERENCE is Craig Bary's way of expressing the fact that regardless of the gender of the pair, love is a universal feeling.

Rock icon and bestselling author, Jimmy Barnes, is about to head out on the road for the final leg of the Working Class Boy: An Evening of Stories & Songs tour and today he announced the very last 'Stories & Songs' show will be at Sydney's State Theatre on 12 April 2017.

The relationships that bind modern journalism, the justice system and the political establishment come under acerbic scrutiny in Talk, written and directed by Jonathan Biggins.

From 2nd to 4th March, FORM Dance Projects and Riverside Theatres will present the dance theatre production, In Difference, a deeply personal and physical investigation into sexuality, identity and inequality.

???????The stunning Indonesian-Australian co-production by award-winning playwright Sandra Thibodeaux, The Age of Bones (Jaman Belulang), will be performed at Riverside Theatres from 22nd to 25th March.

Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) will perform a George Michael tribute concert to celebrate and honour one of the greatest pop icons of a generation at Sydney Opera House on 6 and 7 July.

Award-winning actor Kate Mulvany (The Literati and Tartuffe) will play one of the most ambitious and gleefully amoral villains ever written.

???????Following the welcomed announcement of a new 30th anniversary production of Alex Harding's beloved Australian musical Only Heaven Knows at Hayes Theatre Co later this year, Luckiest Productions is thrilled to reveal their leading actor and hero images.

???????Imperial Artistry in association with Red Line Productions is thrilled to present the award-winning masterpiece Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley for a limited season at the Old Fitz Theatre from March 15.

"Give the facts, show the photos, but don't get too close unless you want your head blown off.

On Sunday 5 March, the Sydney Opera House will host its fifth annual All About Women festival - a day of talks, performances, dancing, and ideas, exploring the issues that matter most to women.

Due to overwhelming demand Paul Dainty, President and CEO of TEG Dainty announced today that an extra Sydney show has been added to Jerry Seinfeld's Australian tour on 10 August at Qudos Bank Arena.

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.

In the 1980s, Sydney gangs found a new blood sport - hunting gays.

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.

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.

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.

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.