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Ruthie Henshall is embarking on her first solo tour of Australia, bringing her new show to Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide this month. For those unfamiliar with this West End name, she’s a five time Olivier Award nominee, made her West End debut in Cats, played Velma, Roxy and Matron Mama Morton from Chicago across the West End and Broadway, and has appeared in a myriad of major shows over the years
Bridging the gap between studio and professional musical theatre industry, the new Young Industry Project, devised by Alice Batt and Daniel Cosgrove, offers students a first hand insight into the pace and level that the professional industry works at.
After a sell out season in 2017, the University of Melbourne Music Theatre Association’s The Factory once again returns to the Melbourne Fringe Festival to present two brand new musicals by Australian writers, and presented by all female production teams.
September is announcement season for theatre in Australia, and Melbourne Theatre Company tonight unveil their star studded, glittering season for 2019. A feast of theatrical delights, Artist Director Brett Sheehy AO announced the six works written by Australian writers, including the first commission from the landmark NEXT STAGE Writer’s Program, along with six contemporary classics.
Joining the cast of the new Australian musical recording, Any Moment, is Greenroom Award nominated actor Jonathan Hickey. Hickey, a graduate from the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith Uniersity, is fluent in Italian and played Fabrizio in The Light in the Piazza at Arts Centre Melbourne in 2017.
Rio comes to Melbourne with The Boy from Oz opening this week! Director Jason Langley is no stranger to The Production Company or to the show; this is his third TPC show (having previously worked on Brigadoon and Dusty). We spoke about his vision for the show, and how his friendship with Nick Enright has influenced him in working on the show.
One of the most unique, true stories in comedy form is heading to Australia this September, written by British comedian David Baddiel. For the first time, he’s bringing his show My Family: Not A Sitcom, with his trademark brand of truth telling; part TED Talk, part standup comedy show to Australia.
The show must go on, and last week an Australian favourite joined the cast of UK touring show Beyond the Barricade with only a few days’ notice. Between her busy schedule of finishing an energetic and delightful run as Ado Annie Oakley in The Production Company’s Oklahoma, to learning a host of brand new songs for this highly acclaimed concert series, we spoke to Elise McCann about the whirlwind of the last few weeks.
Todrick Hall rose to fame in American Idol in 2009, before exploding online as a YouTube star, and making his Broadway debut as Lola in Kinky Boots. He’s had his own docu-series on MTV, been a judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race and now with four studio albums under his belt, the Todrick Hall American: Forbidden tour hits Australian shores in June.
This week the Festival of Live Art takes over the city, so get ready to twerk, wear onesies, swim, get sledged and everyone’s favourite, audience participation! The festival returns for the third time and is Australia’s largest festival of live art that celebrates contemporary, experimental, interactive and participatory artworks that are unlike any other – you won’t see the same thing twice.
Melbourne Playback Theatre Company’s shows are all made up of real events, and they’re back for 2018 with two days of performances for all ages, with Love is Love and Imaginarium.
A chose your own circus adventure, the world premiere of Gravity Doll’s new show Tandem opens at Chapel Off Chapel as part of the Poppyseed Festival in late November.
Star crossed lesbian lovers, a dead lesbian chorus and some pretty gay songs – Romeo Is Not The Only Fruit as part of the Poppyseed Festival promises to be fun, campy, politically irreverent and casually incisive.
Jack of Two Trades, inspired by Carlo Goldoni’s The Servant of Two Masters, is another brand new Australian musical coming to life in partnership with Monash University’s Academy of Performing Arts.
Poppy Seed Festival presents it’s most diverse and expansive program from 8 November to 9 December, and includes a choose your own circus adventure; an intelligent and quirky lesbian musical; a female’s perspective of the world from autistic experiences and a politically savvy fantastical retelling of a children’s fable.
Brand new Australian theatre is sprouting this Spring, with Monash Centre for Theatre and Performance and the Malthouse Theatre presenting Death Match, an explosive new piece of physical theatre that examines life, death and ambition against the backdrop of a sporting arena.
Circus Oz are no strangers to taking risks and leaping off the edge, after all they have been putting on brave, bold circus shows since their inception in 1978. Their new Sidesault program is all about creating a hub for this innovation and supporting and inspiring a new generation of circus artists.
A pertinent exploration of female sexuality and empowerment across generations, this powerful premiere season of Too Ready Mirror by playwright Jamaica Zuanetti calls into question the expectations of what it is to be a woman, and how women should behave.
One Fell Swoop Circus is about to present their highly lauded revamped and reinvigorated, By A Thread, at Gasworks this month. By A Thread involves 7 acrobats, 30 metres of rope and is an ensemble circus creation exploring the relationship between trust and play.
Returning from London’s West End, award winning musical theatre star Michael Cormick reunites with his leading lady Rachael Beck, in what will be a powerhouse two-night only performance at the Whitehorse Centre this week.
