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Century Venues Purchases The Victoria Theatre
by BWW News Desk - November 19, 2015
Sydney based live entertainment group and owner of the Enmore Theatre a heritage theatre building dating from 1908, have purchased Victoria Theatre in Newcastle. It  remains the oldest theatre in NSW which has been Boarded up for more than a decade.
BWW Review: WE ARE THE GHOSTS OF THE FUTURE Invites The Audience To Step Back In Time And Meet The Rocks Residents Of 1935.
by Jade Kops - November 19, 2015
Centred on the days following the disappearance of famed aviator, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, WE ARE THE GHOSTS OF THE FUTURE invites the audience to meet the varied inhabitants of a poor harbourside community in this Immersive Theatre.
Eurovision's Conchita Wurst to Perform with SSO at Mardi Gras Event
by BWW News Desk - November 18, 2015
International sensation Conchita Wurst will perform with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra on Thursday 3 March 2016 at the Sydney Opera House in a one-night only special Mardi Gras Festival event, Conchita: From Vienna with Love.
Melville Theatre Presents Musical Revue Celebration
by BWW News Desk - November 15, 2015
MELVILLE Theatre is celebrating more than 30 years of staging musicals this November and December with a special retrospective taking in some of its most popular productions.
Paul Capsis and Mark Trevorrow Among Performers for MAASive Lates: Civil Discobedience, Nov 26
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2015
Paul Capsis and Mark Trevorrow join a host of provocative performers for a night of Civil Discobedience as part of MAASive Lates at Powerhouse Museum on Thursday 26 November.
Independent Company Takes on Bell Shakespeare - Drastic New Reworking of HAMLET
by BWW News Desk - November 12, 2015
Independent theatre collective Montague Basement is pitting itself against one of Australia's most prominent theatre companies with a drastically streamlined and deconstructed independent production of Hamlet.
Celebrate Mardi Gras at the Rainbow Room This Summer, 3-5 March
by BWW News Desk - November 12, 2015
?Celebrate Mardi Gras at the Rainbow Room this summer and be part of the unofficial festival club, where you can expect world-class entertainment that is always surprising and hilarious.
Dame Julie Andrews To Direct Recreation Of The Original 1956 Broadway Production of MY FAIR LADY For Opera Australia and The Gordon Frost Organisation
by Jade Kops - November 12, 2015
To celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's MY FAIR LADY and the 60th Anniversary of Opera Australia, Opera Australia and The Gordon Frost Organisation are collaborating to recreate the original production Broadway production.  Multiple Award Winning star of stage and screen, Dame Julie Andrews, the first Eliza Doolittle, will share her knowledge with a new generation of performers as she directs this production.  Andrews was joined by Opera Australia's CEO Craig Hassell, Artistic Director Lyndon Terrancini AM, The Gordon Frost Organisation Managing Director John Frost AM and NSW Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events Stuart Ayres to give the media an insight into what audiences can when the show opens at the Sydney Opera House on 30 August 2016. 
'Godot with Gals and Grenades,' DROPPED Gets Sydney Premiere
by BWW News Desk - November 11, 2015
The Goods Theatre Company in association with Red Line Productions at the Old Fitz Theatre is thrilled to present the Sydney Premiere of Dropped by award-winning playwright Katy Warner.
Internationally Renowned Conductor Edo de Waart Returns to Sydney
by BWW News Desk - November 11, 2015
?Internationally regarded as one of the greatest conductors of our time, Maestro Edo de Waart, former Chief Conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, will be returning to Sydney this month to conduct the SSO in two magnificent programs.
Tickets Go on Sale 21 Nov for MY FAIR LADY in Sydney; Julie Andrews, Christopher Gattelli on the Hunt for Stars
by BWW News Desk - November 10, 2015
It was announced today that tickets for the 60th Anniversary production of Lerner and Loewe's masterpiece MY FAIR LADY would go on sale on 21 November. MY FAIR LADY will play at the Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House, from 30 August, 2016 for a strictly limited season.
Daniel Assetta Wins 2015 Rob Guest Endowment Award
by BWW News Desk - November 10, 2015
The winner of the 2015 Rob Guest Endowment Award was announced last night at a glamorous Grand Final Concert at the Sydney Lyric Theatre. Competing against five other outstanding Semi-Finalists with his performance of Goodbye and Memphis Lives in Me, Daniel Assetta took out the prestigious award after being chosen by an expert panel of judges, which included Kelley Abbey, Peter Casey and Gale Edwards.
Julie Andrews To Direct 60th Anniversary Production of MY FAIR LADY at Sydney Opera House, Aug 30
by BWW News Desk - November 10, 2015
It was announced today that tickets for the 60th Anniversary production of Lerner and Loewe's masterpiece My Fair Lady would go on sale on 21 November. Exclusive to Sydney, My Fair Lady will play at the Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House, from 30 August, 2016 for a strictly limited season.
Audiences Choose THE LYSICRATES PRIZE-Winner
by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2015
In a world first, a Sydney audience will democratically choose the winner of an Australian play in a modern playwriting competition, following an ancient Athenian model.
BWW Review: A GIRL WITH SUN IN HER EYES Is A Fast Paced Police Drama That Questions The Lengths People Will Go To Keep What They Have
by Jade Kops - November 08, 2015
The police drama gets up close and personal with A GIRL WITH SUN IN HER EYES as the mystery of the disappearance of an undercover policewoman plays out on stage.
Rehearsals Commence for Australian Premiere VIOLET
by BWW News Desk - November 08, 2015
This week rehearsals have commenced for the premiere of the 2014 Broadway revival of VIOLET in Australia. Playing at the Hayes Theatre Co from 27 November, this will be the first time the production has been seen in Australia.
BWW Review: Stories From Opposite Sides Of The World Come Together In DEAD CENTRE/SEA WALL
by Jade Kops - November 08, 2015
With DEAD CENTRE/SEA WALL, Tom Holloway and Simon Stephens' seemingly separate plays, combine to complete a story. Two people seek to explain why they are talking to a group of strangers as they share their history with the audience.
Sydney Theatre Company Presents THE GOLDEN AGE
by BWW News Desk - November 06, 2015
Sydney Theatre Company opens its 2016 season with the Australian classic The Golden Age by Louis Nowra, at Wharf 1 Theatre from 14 January 2016.
BWW Review: GOOD WORKS Questions What Is More Important, Good Deeds Or A Good Heart
by Jade Kops - November 06, 2015
Nick Enright's GOOD WORKS examines the difference between the orchestrated image people present for the world to see and the truth of human character in a moving 90 minute work. Director Ian Sinclair presents this complex emotional work that crosses time to show how decisions made under the guise of 'Good Works' have shaken and changed lives.
QPAC Announces Membership Program
by BWW News Desk - November 05, 2015
The Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) has today released a membership program that puts visitors and their every experience at the Centre in the spotlight. Members will receive valuable savings every visit to the Centre with additional benefits to keep them entertained at home and beyond.
Tim Lawson and Simon Painter Present The Illusionists 1903
by BWW News Desk - November 05, 2015
The team behind the biggest selling magic shows in the world are bringing their brand-new production, The Illusionists 1903, to Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne from Tuesday 8 December.
Newcastle's Pantseat Academy Welcomes American Composer Elaine Pechacek for Concert and World Premiere
by Matt Tamanini - November 04, 2015
Newcastle's Pantseat Academy is proud to welcome composer Elaine Pechacek, direct from the USA for two different events this month.
New Bond Film, SPECTRE, to Feature Andreas Scholl & Brandenburg Sydney Recording
by BWW News Desk - November 04, 2015
When the new blockbuster James Bond film Spectre is premiered in Sydney tonight, the audiences will hear something 'home-grown' in the soundtrack.
WIND IN THE WILLOWS Returns to Royal Botanic Garden 6- 23 January
by BWW News Desk - November 04, 2015
Sydney's favourite family entertainment The Wind in the Willows continues its well-loved summer tradition returning to the beautiful surrounds of Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, playing from Wednesday 6 to Saturday 23 January 2016.
BWW Review: CATS Opens In Sydney To Share The Whimsy of T.S Elliot's Poems and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Music With A New Generation
by Jade Kops - November 03, 2015
Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS reconnects audiences with their inner child as T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats is bought to life in the revival of the all singing, all dancing, feline feast.  With new orchestrations and staging, this latest production gives new life to the iconic work that debuted in London's West End over 3 decades ago.

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