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Celebrate Dark Arts Month at HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD in Australia
by BWW News Desk - October 05, 2022
To celebrate the darker side of the Wizarding World, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is hosting a series of events throughout October as part of Dark Arts Month.
National Theatre of Parramatta and Merrigong Theatre Company Presents A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO SELF DEFENCE
by BWW News Desk - October 05, 2022
Riverside’s National Theatre of Parramatta (NTofP) and Merrigong Theatre Company is thrilled to present the world premiere of A Practical Guide to Self Defence, a poignant perspective on “how to defeat the beast within”, at Riverside Theatres from 20th to 29th October 2022 and 9th to 12th November 2022 at Illawarra Performing Arts Centre.
HERCULES THE PANTO Joins November North Shore Season
by BWW News Desk - October 05, 2022
Hercules: the Panto comes to Lane Cove Theatre Company's Performance Space in Longueville from 11 November.
Billy Connolly 'Born On A Rainy Day' Art Exhibition Comes To Canberra And Sydney
by BWW News Desk - October 05, 2022
Billy Connolly's highly acclaimed collection of limited edition prints and stainless-steel sculptures “Born on a Rainy Day” is as humorous as his own comedy!
Matriark Theatre Comes Home To The New Bondi Pavilion With Urza
by BWW News Desk - October 05, 2022
After an award-winning, sell-out season at Sydney Fringe Festival, Matriark Theatre Company's Urza and the Song in the Dark, returns for a strictly limited tour these school holidays. See it at the newly restored Bondi Pavilion Theatre on October 7th and 8th.
Trevor Ashley Will Play the Role of Pharaoh in the Sydney Season of JOSEPH...
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2022
Star of musial theatre, cabaret, film and television, TREVOR ASHLEY will star exclusively as Pharaoh, in this dazzling new production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, for the strictly limited Sydney season from February 2023. New seats will be released for sale on Friday 7 October 2022.
Richard Roxburgh Will Lead Sydney Theatre Company's THE TEMPEST
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2022
Australian stage and screen legend Richard Roxburgh returns to Sydney Theatre Company next month to play enigmatic sorcerer Prospero alongside a fabulous ensemble cast in Shakespeare’s The Tempest, directed by STC’s Artistic Director Kip Williams.  
THE MONOLOGUE COLLECTIVE Begins at Kings Cross Theatre This Month
by BWW News Desk - October 03, 2022
The Monologue Collective is a performance of ten monologues written by teenagers for teenagers to perform in the HSC Drama Performance. Stories of queer love, neurodiversity, dealing with trauma, and toxic masculinity that all written by the diverse voice of Australian youth today.
Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING
by Jade Kops - October 02, 2022
The musical expertise of lyricist Alain Boublil and composer Claude-Michel Schonberg is gloriously presented in DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING. Global Musical theatre stars Michael Ball, John Owen-Jones, Rachel Tucker, Bobby Fox, David Harris, Sooha Kim, Suzie Mathers, and Marie Zamora perform some highlights from Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, La Révolution Française, Martin Guerre and The Pirate Queen.
Willoughby Symphony Orchestra to Present Highlights From Disney's FANTASIA This Month
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2022
WILLOUGHBY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA will present highlights from two of Disney’s most extraordinary and groundbreaking animated features, Fantasia, and its sequel Fantasia 2000 in concert live to film. There will be two concerts only on Saturday 22 October at the Concert Hall, The Concourse, Chatswood.
Actors Benevolent Fund of NSW Announces the Return of ACTober 2022
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2022
Actors Benevolent Fund of NSW has announced its participation in ACTober, an annual month-long campaign to support members of the performing arts community, including performers, creative, crew and arts workers. ACTober runs throughout Australia and New Zealand during the month of October, with the purpose of shining a spotlight on the industry and the talented people within it.
New Play Celebrates DH Lawrence Centenary at Chippen Street Theatre
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2022
It's an oft-forgotten historical fact that D.H. Lawrence came to Australia in 1922. Now, on the 100th anniversary of the visit of that eminent English novelist, comes a new play which explores and celebrates the events, characters & ideas related to that visit.
Walsh Bay Arts Precinct Announces Full Program for public Open Day
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2022
Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, Australia’s newest cultural precinct, has announced the full public program of over 40 free events for its first precinct-wide Open Day, presented across Pier 2/3 and Wharf 4/5 on Saturday 8 October from 10am - 4pm.
Australian String Quartet Tour De Force a Culmination of Year-Long Journey
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2022
The Australian String Quartet (ASQ) will grace concert stages around the country in October and November with Symonds Beethoven, a program that is the culmination of a year-long journey with two monumental works. 
Short+Sweet Sydney's 20th Birthday Festival Continues Next Week
by BWW News Desk - September 28, 2022
The 'biggest little play festival in the world' continues with week 3 heats at the Tom Mann Theatre in Surry Hills Fri 7 to Sun October 9.
Decadence & Debauchery Comes to Belco Arts in December
by BWW News Desk - September 28, 2022
Jazida Productions are thrilled to bring you the next edition of Decadence and Debauchery Canberra on 10 December at Belco Arts!
EGG Comes to Sydney Fringe
by BWW News Desk - September 27, 2022
Having won the NZ Tour Ready Award at the 2022 Adelaide Fringe, Best Dance at the 2021 Hollywood Fringe, multiple 5-star reviews and fresh from a season at the prestigious House of Oz at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Erin Fowler's wildly popular EGG is coming to the Sydney Fringe for the closing weekend only, with a 3-show season at the Newtown Performing Arts High School.
The 2022 Sydney International Women's Jazz Festival Sparking Clubs Program Announced
by BWW News Desk - September 27, 2022
The 2022 Sydney International Women's Jazz Festival has announced vibrant Club Program, to follow the opening weekend celebrations with more than twenty thrilling shows at nine different venues across the city.  
Simon Tedeschi and the Orava Quartet Come to Riverside Theatres
by BWW News Desk - September 27, 2022
Brilliant classical pianist, Simon Tedeschi, will join forces with the extraordinary Orava Quartet to present an undisputed masterwork of classical chamber music, Brahms’ Piano Quintet op.34 and Shostakovich’s String Quartet no.6 op.101 on Sunday 9th October.
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT Comes to Hayes Theatre Co
by BWW News Desk - September 26, 2022
Following on from the success of the 2021 Neglected Musicals presentation Cameron Mitchell will direct and choreograph Nice Work If You Can Get It, a new take on classic 1920s musical farce. 
REVIEW: The Importance Of Accuracy In Addressing Real Events Is Examined In The Dramatisation Of THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT
by Jade Kops - September 25, 2022
John D’Agata and Jim Fingal’s book is given the live theatre treatment in Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell and Gordon Farrell’s interpretation of THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT.
REVIEW: Kim Ho's THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN PLAY Doesn't Seek To Add To The List But Rather Challenge Them
by Jade Kops - September 25, 2022
Challenging the question of what causes a piece of theatre to be afforded the reputation of THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN PLAY, this new work from Kim Ho is a reflection on his own work being elevated then swiftly challenged. 
Sydney Fringe Festival's Dynamic Fringe Kids Program Launches This Week
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2022
Sydney Fringe Festival launches its dynamic Fringe Kids program this week, running from 24 - 30 September to coincide with the NSW school holidays.
Deadhouse Announces Return Of THE DEADLY RUN
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2022
Deadhouse: Tales of Sydney Morgue continues their third season of immersive true-crime experiences with the return of Simmonds & Newcombe: The Deadly Run. The production will run for a strictly limited twelve performances from 6-15 October.
REVIEW: CHALKFACE Goes Behind The School Staffroom Door For An Honest And Humorous Look At The Realities Of The Public Education System
by Jade Kops - September 21, 2022
Angel Betzien’s CHALKFACE challenges the flaws with the public education system with hilarious black comedy. 

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