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DEADHOUSE, The Immersive True Crime Experience, Returns This Year
by BWW News Desk - August 09, 2022
After two sell-out seasons in 2018 and 2019, DEADHOUSE: Tales of Sydney Morgue returns this Spring for a chilling third season featuring two stories from writer/director Liviu Monsted: The Razor Gang Wars: The Rise of Tilly Devine and Kate Leigh, followed by Simmonds & Newcombe: The Deadly Run.
Bundanon Trust Supports Five Residencies for Artists with Disability
by BWW News Desk - August 09, 2022
Originally scheduled for September 2021 and postponed twice due to lockdown and floods, the Accessible Arts and Bundanon Trust Artist-In-Residence Program is taking place 12 – 18 September.
Ensemble Theatre Announces 2023 Season
by BWW News Desk - August 09, 2022
Ensemble Theatre has announced its 2023 season, with everything from classics to new works, hilarious comedy, to touching drama. Next year sees another 10-play season take to the stage, featuring huge cast names and brilliant playwrights, with a focus on female writing and directing.
The Sydney Chamber Music Festival Returns to Manly Art Gallery & Museum in October
by BWW News Desk - August 09, 2022
After being affected by two years of Covid, The Sydney Chamber Music Festival returns to Manly Art Gallery & Museum with three shows only on Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 October. This boutique-style festival was founded in 2008 by a small group of passionate music lovers and is the brainchild of Bridget Bolliger, a renowned Australian-Swiss solo flautist and teacher.
Olli Mustonen Returns to Australia in September
by BWW News Desk - August 08, 2022
Internationally renowned piano virtuoso Olli Mustonen will make his much-anticipated return to Australia to perform a national tour with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in September.
Sydney Fringe Comedy Is Finally Back
by Grace Cutler - August 07, 2022
Check out Sydney Fringe Comedy back for the first time in two years.
Powerhouse Partners With The David Roche Foundation For Fantastical Worlds
by BWW News Desk - August 05, 2022
Powerhouse museum in Sydney holds many objects that instill a sense of wonder. Made using a wide range of materials and techniques, they seduce us with their otherworldly beauty, stimulate our imagination and shed light on how we perceive ourselves and the world. 
World Premiere Performance of SLEEPLESSNESS is Now on at Carriageworks
by BWW News Desk - August 05, 2022
Sleeplessness, a new performance work by Australian artist Kaz Therese is now showing at Carriageworks, Australia's largest contemporary multi-arts precinct, until 13 August. Part-mystery, part-documentary, part forensic investigation, this quintessentially Australian story follows a fractured narrative in this radically honest story of self-discovery. 
WHITNEY ORCHESTRATED Tribute to Whitney Houston Comes to The Concourse Next Month
by BWW News Desk - August 04, 2022
Witness the songs of one of the greatest pop icons of our generation on Saturday 24 September in the beautiful Concert Hall, Concourse Theatre in this world premiere starring 'The Voice' finalist Masha Mnjoyanaccompanied by the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra as they pay homage to the music and voice of the late, great  Whitney Houston, with musical direction by George Ellis.
BED AND BREAKFAST Premieres in Australia Next Month
by BWW News Desk - August 04, 2022
Bed and Breakfast is a theatrical tour de force as riotously funny as it is deeply moving. With more than a few unexpected and hilarious plot twists, we follow Brett and Drew over the course of one year — through the real estate rat race, renovation hell and encounters with small-town expectations.  
REVIEW: Gothic Thriller JEKYLL AND HYDE THE MUSICAL Is Given A Makeover For Its Australian Professional Production Premiere
by Jade Kops - August 04, 2022
Sydney finally receives a fully staged professional production of JEKYLL AND HYDE THE MUSICAL, the musical theatre interpretation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous novella.  Under Hayden Tee’s direction the gothic exploration of the duality of human behavior is given a 20th century update with a significant change of setting from the Victorian England to a post WWII military hospital. 
Sydney Fringe Festival Launches Full Program of Events
by BWW News Desk - August 03, 2022
Sydney Fringe Festival, the city's largest independent arts festival, has announced its full program of over 500 events across 50 venues and nine festival hubs from 16 August - 30 September 2022, making it Fringe's largest and longest program to date.
MYSTIQUE Magic & Illusion Spectacular Comes to State Theatre, Sydney Next Month
by BWW News Desk - August 03, 2022
For the first time ever internationally acclaimed illusionist and Australia's Got Talent finalist Michael Boyd will bring his spectacular magic and illusion show MYSTIQUE to the State Theatre, Sydney for two shows only on Thursday 29 September 2022. 
Riley Nottingham Brings MANIFESTO to the Sydney Fringe Cabaret Hub Next Month
by BWW News Desk - August 03, 2022
Riley Nottingham (creator and star of the Nine Network’s hit show Metro Sexual) presents his debut show MANIFESTO at Sydney Fringe Cabaret Hub from September 13.
TINDER CINDY Comes To Sydney Fringe Festival
by BWW News Desk - August 03, 2022
After five star reviews at Adelaide Fringe Festival with her show Safety Banana, Jacinda Patty is bringing her hit new show Tinder Cindy to Sydney Fringe Festival for the very first time, with tickets on sale now. 
VIDEO: Inside Rehearsal For THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA in Sydney
by BWW News Desk - August 03, 2022
The energy in the rehearsal room continues to intensify as the 37-strong company count down towards the first preview of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera at the globally renowned Sydney Opera House on 19 August. Get a first look inside rehearsals in the all new video here!
Bangarra Announces 2022 Regional Tour To Western Australia and The Northern Territory
by BWW News Desk - August 02, 2022
Australia's leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, is delighted to bring the profound and deeply powerful production of SandSong: Stories from the Great Sandy Desert to Western Australia and the Northern Territory as part of its 2022 Regional Tour. 
SIX Returns To Sydney By Popular Demand This Month
by BWW News Desk - August 02, 2022
Sydney audiences have another chance to experience the pop musical phenomenon SIX as it's never been seen before with enhanced theatrical design. SIX returns to play a limited 5-week season at Theatre Royal Sydney commencing in just 3 weeks on August 26.
New Tickets Are on Sale in Sydney For RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA
by BWW News Desk - August 02, 2022
New tickets are on sale this week for the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella which will waltz into Sydney's Lyric Theatre in October. Pre-sales for tickets up to 8 January 2023 have begun and general public sales commence Friday 5 August.
Audio Installation AFTER THE FLOOD Comes to The Centre For Creativity
by BWW News Desk - August 02, 2022
The world premiere of immersive audio installation and workshop After the Flood, a hopeful tale about how communities thrive in the future despite the climate crisis, leads the Opera House's spring program of hands-on participatory events and experiences in its Centre for Creativity.
Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On ALBION
by Jade Kops - August 01, 2022
ALBIOB directer Lucy Clements has assembled a fine cast to present this analogical portrait of a nation torn between preserving the past and radically reforming the present.
Katie Yap, Melbourne-Based Brisbane Born Violist, Wins The 2022 Freedman Classical Fellowship
by BWW News Desk - August 01, 2022
Katie Yap, the Melbourne-based, Brisbane-born violist has been named winner of the much prized Music Trust's $21,000 2022 Freedman Classical Fellowship. Yap succeeded in the finals against harpist Emily Granger and violist Henry Justo, with an outstanding performance before a live audience and esteemed judges in the Sydney Opera House on Saturday, July 30.
TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL Comes to Sydney in May 2023
by BWW News Desk - August 01, 2022
Produced by TEG DAINTY in special collaboration with Stage Entertainment, Tali Pelman and Tina Turner, the musical reveals a comeback story like no other, of a woman who dared to defy the bounds of her age, gender and race to become the global Queen of Rock n' Roll. TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL is a celebration of resilience and an inspiration of triumph over adversity.  
Review: FANGIRLS, Yve Blake's Feel Good Celebration Of The Force Of Female Power Returns To Sydney For A Second Encore Season
by Jade Kops - July 31, 2022
The audience love for Yve Blake’s musical comedy thriller FANGIRLS stays strong as the celebration of the power of female emotion, energy and enthusiasm remains important as society continues to need to shift views on the joyous devotion women of all ages display for strangers they see on stage and screen.
Extra Performance Added For Sydney Opera House's ORACLE
by BWW News Desk - July 27, 2022
Due to popular demand, an additional performance has been announced for the thrilling new show ORACLE at The Studio, Sydney Opera House, on Sunday 14 August.

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