SYDNEY THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 71

As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 surges on, performances in Sydney have been forced to cancel, including Hamilton, Come From Away, and more.

Theatres included in the statement are Bell Shakespeare, Belvoir St Theatre, Darlinghurst Theatre, Ensemble Theatre, Flight Path Theatre, Griffin Theatre, Hayes Theatre Co, Kings Cross Theatre, NIDA, Red Line Productions, Seymour Centre, and Sydney Theatre Company.

Time is running out to vote for for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Australia - Sydney Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

Leading theatre director, Jonathan Church CBE, has announced the appointment of Becky Barber as Executive Producer at Jonathan Church Theatre Productions (JCTP) – part of Trafalgar Entertainment.

Campbelltown Arts Centre (C-A-C) and the Australian Film, Television & Radio School (AFTRS) are embarking on a new partnership to deliver a series of film and television crew skills workshops early 2022 for emerging screen creatives from Campbelltown and Western Sydney.

Heathers the Musical has confirmed new dates for 2022 at ARA Darling Quarter Theatre.

Programmed by long-standing Artistic & Music Director, Brett Weymark OAM, this richly diverse season traverses choral classics by Mozart, Bach, Haydn and Handel; the glorious colours of Puccini; living repertoire by Pēteris Vasks and Eric Whitacre; and six newly commissioned short works from loca

Be transported by the atmosphere and excitement of a Parisian-themed revue with a parade of first-class entertainers and the daring beauty of exquisitely bejewelled dancers.

Joining the Dots Theatre Company will present the Australian premiere of Abigail Killeen and Rose Courtney's stage adaptation of the much-loved short story by Isak Dinesen that became the 1987 Oscar-winning film, Babette's Feast at Marrickville's Greek Theatre from 1st to 12th February.

Darlinghurst Theatre Company has unveiled its most ambitious season yet, with work presented on six stages in four states across the nation.

Our readers set the nominees, and now voting is open for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Australia - Sydney Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

JAGGED LITTLE PILL, the musical made from Alanis Morissette (Music and Lyrics) and Glen Ballard (Music) hit album of the same name blends 90’s angsty grunge rock with contemporary concerns with mixed results.

New Theatre has announced its program for the first half of next year, which features three Australian plays (two of which are world premieres), a poignant biographical drama, and a Shakespearean romp rewired to the 1980s.

Since 2015, the Russell Page Graduate Program has seen over twenty young artists commence their first professional engagement with Bangarra.

Reinforcing the eternal themes within Arthur Miller's Pulizter Prize Winning DEATH OF A SALESMAN, Paige Rattray (Director) presents the with stark clarity.

New Theatre is bringing to Sydney stages a new initiative: Brand New - a season of Australian plays.

The National Gallery will celebrate the work and life of renowned Australian artist Jeffrey Smart with a major new exhibition, which opens to the public tomorrow.

Riverside's National Theatre of Parramatta will present an exciting new artistic collaboration in 2022, with international artists from renowned UK based theatremakers, The Javaad Alipoor Company.

The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) will open its 2022 Season with an intoxicating celebration of Piazzolla and the tango.

The Sydney Opera House has renewed its contract for AU$376,380 ($265,515 USD), going toward a team of dogs to chase seagulls away.

As Broadway theatres prepare to dim the lights for Stephen Sondheim, COME FROM AWAY and Sydney's Capitol Theatre will honour the memory of the legendary Broadway composer and lyricist who died at the age of 91.

The award consists of $7,500 prize, a development workshop, and a full production as part of Ensemble Theatre's annual season.

The Sydney International Piano Competition (The Sydney) has announced the 32 competitors who will be vying for top honours in the world-renowned competition in 2020.

Our readers set the nominees, and now voting is open for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Australia - Sydney Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

Belvoir has announced Kamilaroi man Thomas Weatherall as the 2021 Balnaves Foundation Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Fellow.