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'Australia was feckin' amazing.

The Producers of The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, today announced the huge Highland dancer contingent that will perform in Melbourne from 12 February.

From 10 to 14 November, visionary and creative dancers and choreographers, aged 21 years and under, will compete in Sharp Short Dance, a dance festival coordinated by FORM Dance Projects at Riverside Theatres.

Critically acclaimed Wooden Horse Productions (LOVEBiTES) again joins Hayes Theatre Co to bring an exciting new interpretation of THE FANTASTICKS by director Helen Dallimore (HIGH SOCIETY), featuring an exquisite cast led by Martin Crewes, to Sydney.

To celebrate Robbie William's return tour to Australia -- LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU! - THE ROBBIE WILLIAMS STORY explores the highs and lows of the rock legends career, his love life as well as his life-saving encounter with rehab.

Squabbalogic Independent Musical Theatre, producers of the sell-out smash independent musicals THE DROWSY CHAPERONE and MAN OF LA MANCHA, are proud to present the Sydney premiere of GREY GARDENS, as part of the Seymour Centre's Reginald Season, from 18th November to 12th December 2015.

Grammy, Emmy and Tony award-winning singer and actress Audra McDonald will make her long- awaited Sydney debut on the Concert Hall stage of the Sydney Opera House this November with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

Highway Run Productions' RENT, currently playing at Hayes Theatre Co, sold out before it had opened and desperate fans have been calling the box office daily and lurking around the foyer before each performance in the hopes that a ticket might materialise.

NAISDA dance college will return to Carriageworks, from 25-28 November 2015, to present its end of year production KAMU, directed by Frances Rings.

Shaun Rennie (director) has shares Jonathan Larson's iconic RENT with a new generation ahead of its 20th Anniversary.

From today 14 to 17 October, FORM Dance Projects and Riverside Theatres will present the Sydney premiere of DRILL by performance maker and former semi-professional footballer, Ahilan Ratnamohan.

The long-shared history of two of Australia's leading artists, director Neil Armfield and actor Geoffrey Rush, is at the centre of Sydney Theatre Company's (STC's) new production of William Shakespeare's King Lear.

Spend the night with the definitive seductress of stage as she weaves her deliciously wicked wiles through one of Expressions Dance Company's (EDC) most loved productions! Riverside Theatres will present Natalie Weir's Carmen Sweet, on 10th and 11th November 2015.

Blurring the lines of "reality" and "art", Tom Stoppard's THE REAL THING looks at one man's doubt as to if true love exists, and whether he has found it.

Nominations have now opened for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 2014 and September 2015.

Renowned indigenous, gay soprano Deborah Cheetham AO is sharing her unique story of the journey to discover her belonging in a special Sydney premiere performance at Glen Street Theatre in Sydney on Saturday 31 October.

Sport For Jove's latest production of Christopher Marlowe's EDWARD II is a gripping re-imagining that highlights that some things have not changed in 6 Centuries.

CIRCUS OZ: BUT WAIT.

Australian Playwright, Nick Enright's thought provoking play, A PROPERTY OF THE CLAN returns to the Sydney stage in a time when society still has a problem with violence against women.

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra is delighted to announce that long-term supporter, Vicki Olsson, has purchased a 1757 Guadagnini violin which is on long-term loan to the SSO and will be played by Concertmaster Andrew Haveron.

Following recent celebrated performances in The Present and Children of the Sun, Jacqueline McKenzie is back at Sydney Theatre Company (STC) for the whimsical, magical tale of time and transformation, Orlando, Sarah Ruhl's adaptation of Virginia Woolf's 1928 novel.

Sydney's favourite prehistoric party, Jurassic Lounge, will see ghouls partying amongst the dinosaurs when it takes over the Australian Museum for a spooky Halloween themed event on Friday 30th October 2015.

World-class ballet live streamed free, as The Australian Ballet kicks off World Ballet Day LIVE and 23 hours of vision inside some of the world's leading ballet companies, starting 12pm EST, 1 October 2015

Sydney Theatre Company's latest offering, ARMS AND THE MAN, blends George Bernard Shaw's commentary on the absurdity of the glorification of war and conventions of society with a visual feast of physical comedy and bright white sets.

Sydney Theatre Company is inviting applications from Australia's talented playwrights for the 2015 Patrick White Playwrights' Award and Patrick White Playwrights' Fellowship.