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Critical Stages Touring Announces New Chief Executive Officer
by BWW News Desk - April 21, 2023
Chair of Critical Stages Touring (CST), Mark Thomas, confirmed Robbi James as new Chief Executive Officer and Director of Critical Stages Touring, Australia's national touring theatre company.
Abi Adriano Will Play Kim in MISS SAIGON in Australia
by BWW News Desk - April 20, 2023
Opera Australia has announced that young Australian singer Abigail Adriano will make her mainstage lead debut after landing the coveted role of Kim in Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed new Australian production of Boublil and Schönberg’s award winning musical Miss Saigon, premiering at the Sydney Opera House in August 2023.
Australia's Top Comedians Will Embark on Tour Next Month
by BWW News Desk - April 19, 2023
A superb line-up of some of Australia’s best stand-up comedians will be sharing stories from around the world in an all new tour.
CLYDE'S Makes Australian Premiere Next Month
by BWW News Desk - April 19, 2023
This May, Ensemble Theatre will present the Australian premiere of the Tony Award-nominated Broadway comedy, Clyde’s; a fiery, sandwich-slinging social commentary by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Lynn Nottage (Ruined, Sweat). 
Staged Reading Reading of THE DISAPPEARANCE Will Aid the Actors' Fund
by BWW News Desk - April 14, 2023
Lambert House Enterprises presents its latest performance – a staged reading of The Disappearance at the New Theatre in Newtown on Wednesday May 3rd at 8pm. A re-working of the classic book The Boy Who Could Make Himself Disappear, the play is also a partial adaptation of the screenplay Baxter by Reginald Rose (Twelve Angry Men).
Jopuka Productions Presents THE BOYS ON THE BUS From Multi Award Winning Playwright Jamie Hornsby
by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2023
Jopuka Productions, a leading Australian youth theatre company, has announced the opening of their first brand new theatre work of their 2023 season, The Boys on the Bus. Written by multi-award-winning playwright Jamie Hornsby, this gritty and gripping coming of age drama promises to be a raw and raucous examination of class, identity, despair, masculinity, and the stuff that goes on at 2am in the carpark of the 24-hour bakery.
Wits' End Presents the World Premiere of CAVALCADE Next Month
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2023
Nobly accompanied by noted Melbourne pianist and moonlighting trapeze artist Peter Dumsday, award winning actors and sprint cyclists Tom Considine, Peter Houghton and John Jacobs take on horseless steeplechasing, competitive waitering, anthropomorphised ballroom dancing, and copyright defying theatrical parodies of emerging playwrights Shakespeare, Beckett, Brecht and Wilde, before journeying on into the darker reaches of the collective memory.
Program Revealed For PACT Centre For Emerging Artists April SOUND OUT THE STREET
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2023
PACT Centre for Emerging Artists has announced the dynamic three-day program for Sound Out The Street in Erskineville, from 28 – 30 April 2023. Celebrating the talent and diversity of the local community, the series finale brings together three days of pop-up art, music, sound and dance, in their largest outdoor event to date.
Full Cast Revealed For LA CAGE AUX FOLLES in Sydney
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2023
Winner of 11 Tony Awards, the hit Broadway musical LA CAGE AUX FOLLES returns to Sydney next week at the State Theatre from 19 April for six performances only.
UNCLE VANYA Comes to Theatre Works in June
by BWW News Desk - April 10, 2023
This June, multi-award-winning Director Bronwen Coleman (Dirt, Naomi, Ignis) and the Anthropocene Play Company (APC) premiere an exciting new translation of Anton Chekhov's renowned classic, Uncle Vanya.
REVIEW: Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On JULIA
by Jade Kops - April 06, 2023
Justine Clarke is astounding as the PM 570 in JULIA. Writer, Johanna Murray- Smith has eloquently constructed a superb Play that explores Gillard’s journey as the first female Prime Minister in the heavily misogynistic Australian political environment.
Griffin Theatre Company Premieres PONY Next Month
by BWW News Desk - April 06, 2023
Griffin Theatre Company will present the world premiere of the sassy, oh-so-crass one-woman crusade, Pony by Eloise Snape at the SBW Stables Theatre from 12th May – 17th June 2023.
Olivia Ansell Will Lead Sydney Festival Through To 2025
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2023
Sydney Festival organisers have hailed the 2023 festival a resounding success with festival attendance reaching in excess of 420,000. Whilst Festival Director, Olivia Ansell accepts an invitation to extend her tenure through to 2025.
MOTH Comes to Theatre Works in May
by BWW News Desk - April 04, 2023
This May Theatre Works bring Declan Greene’s much lauded MOTH to the Acland Street venue. Directed by Briony Dunn and starring Lucy Ansell and Adam Noviello, this exciting season fuses together a remarkable creative team for the second production in the 2023 'By Theatre Works' programming stream.
Sheridan Adams and Courtney Monsma Will Lead WICKED in Australia
by BWW News Desk - April 03, 2023
WICKED flies into Australia's Emerald City at the Sydney Lyric from 25 August. Sheridan Adams will play Elphaba, the girl born with emerald-green skin who grows up to become the “Wicked Witch of the West”, while Courtney Monsma will play Glinda, the bubbly, popular girl who becomes “Glinda the Good”.
REVIEW: Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On COLLISION
by Jade Kops - April 02, 2023
Acrobatics, dance, comedy, and physical feats meet in a creative COLLISION. Casus Creations present a troupe of talented young performers in an energetic and spirited night that entertains and astounds.
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs to Present THE GOLDEN AGE OF BROADWAY in May
by BWW News Desk - April 01, 2023
On Saturday 6 May at 7pm, head back in time to the days when Broadway's theatres filled to bursting, with new upbeat musicals drawing record numbers and setting post-war America back on its toe-tapping feet.
Soiree Cabaret And Kara Zmatiq Return To Sydney After A Sell Out Season At Sydney World Pride!
by BWW News Desk - March 29, 2023
After sell-out shows during Sydney World Pride, Australia's Best Singing Drag Queen Kara Zmatiq returns to Sydney with Soiree Cabaret Productions alongside the best in circus, burlesque and dance!
Telstra Ballet Dancer Awards 2023 Nominees Announced
by BWW News Desk - March 28, 2023
Telstra and The Australian Ballet have announced the five talented dancers selected as nominees for the 2023 Telstra Ballet Dancer Awards. The announcement comes as the partners celebrate the 20th anniversary of these prestigious awards, and toast to one of the longest running arts partnerships in Australia of 39 years.
Casus Creations and Cluster Arts Present COLLISION at Riverside Theatres
by BWW News Desk - March 28, 2023
Riverside Theatres, Casus Creations and Cluster Arts will present Collision at the Lennox Theatre in Riverside Theatres Parramatta, from the 30th to 31st March 2023.
Merrigong Theatre Company and Branch Nebula Present AIR TIME
by BWW News Desk - March 28, 2023
Merrigong Theatre Company and Branch Nebula will present the world premiere of Air Time, a stunning collision between wheels in motion and the elegant flow of dance and parkour, performing at Wollongong Town Hall from 20th to 22nd April. 
Theatresports All-Stars Comedy Festival Gala Set For May
by BWW News Desk - March 27, 2023
TheatreSports returns to the Enmore Theatre for its annual Sydney Comedy Festival star-turn!
TINA - THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL Rehearsals Commence in Sydney and New Tickets On Sale
by BWW News Desk - March 27, 2023
Rehearsals have commenced for the multi-award winning TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL which opens at Theatre Royal Sydney in May 2023!  The producers have also announced  that a brand-new release of tickets go on sale to the general-public on Thursday 30 March.
JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT Closing in April; Remaining Tickets on Sale for $75
by BWW News Desk - March 26, 2023
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's dazzling production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Sydney's Capitol Theatre must close on Sunday 16 April. For a strictly limited time, all remaining tickets are $75.
REVIEW: Eamon Flack Strips Back Stephen Sondheim's INTO THE WOODS For An Intimate Australian Interpretation
by Jade Kops - March 26, 2023
Stephen Sondheim (Music and lyrics) and James Lapine’s (Book) INTO THE WOODS Is given a small stage adaptation and an Australian voice at Belvoir St Theatre.  Presented as a co-production between Belvoir St Theatre and Hayes Theatre Co, this new production is directed by Belvoir’s Artistic Director, Eamon Flack.

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