Ben Graetz and TINA – A Tropical Love Story
Melt Festival is an annual open access festival of Queer art and culture premiering in Brisbane from 23 October to 10 November 2024 and featuring over 220 performances and events. One of those performances is TINA – A Tropical Love Story written, performed, and...
Quasimodo: a world premiere more than thirty years in the making
When Quasimodo the Musical opens in Melbourne's Capitol Theatre this weekend it will be the world premiere of a musical that has been decades in the making for its writer, Samuel Kristy. As Samuel Kristy discovered, getting a new work produced in...
Di Smith celebrates the beauty of life in Seventeen
WildThingProduction and the Seymour Centre are bringing the hilarious and nostalgic Australian play Seventeen back for a much-anticipated Sydney revival, showing at the Reginald Theatre from 27 September – 19 October. Joyful and profound, Matthew Whittet’s Seventeen...
Patrick Livesey back at their happy place
Recipient of 11 Fringe Festival Awards, Patrick Livesey returns to the Melbourne Fringe Festival in 2024 with his urgent and confronting new solo work, I hope this means something. I hope this means something is a story of isolation, sacrifice, and the climate crisis...
Carousel: an almost perfect musical
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II are, without doubt, one of the greatest partnerships in the history of musical theatre. Rodgers and Hammerstein redefined the genre with their much-loved and ground-breaking classics such as Oklahoma!, South Pacific, The King...
The excitement, drama and hilarity that is Cirque Bon Bon
Hot on the heels of its sell-out run in Brisbane and Melbourne, Cirque Bon Bon’s all-star cast of contortionists, acrobats and dancers is set to embark on an Australian tour later this month. The brainchild of former Cirque Du Soleil Assistant Creative Director Ash...
Top Ten Olympic Inspired Musicals
To celebrate the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris we've compiled a list of The Top Ten Olympic Inspired Musicals 10. Billy Elliot The Musical While boxing is an official sport of the summer Olympics, this one is a shout-out to all the kids who chose dancing over...
Nicola Gunn – the language of APOLOGIA
In a series of surreal comedic encounters, a French actress is fired for her bad behaviour, two tourists find themselves disappointed by the city of Paris and a French translator attempts to navigate the complex relationship with her mother and her mother tongue....
Sally Faraday takes a stand in The Long Game
A Brittany Higgins inspired play by award winning playwright Sally Faraday premieres In Melbourne on July 4 at Theatreworks. In The Long Game, sisterhood, sexual assault and political power explode on stage as we follow the story of one of Australia’s key political...
Geoff Cobham and Zoë Barry discuss the magic of Superluminal
Art and science converge at the world premiere of Superluminal, a family-friendly interactive installation from award-winning Patch Theatre that will spark wonder in the enquiring minds of children aged 4 to 8 at the South Australian Museum for Illuminate Adelaide. A...
Madeleine Stewart on Are You Pulling My Leg?
RIVERSIDE THEATRES PRESENTS THE COMEDY EVENT OF THE YEAR, ARE YOU PULLING MY LEG? Boasting a line-up of award-winning performers including Madeleine Stewart. Read on to find out more about Stewart and her show. How would you describe Are You Pulling My Leg to someone...
Gabrielle Leah New discusses the power of aging in Reclaim the Crone
Gabrielle Leah New's latest work, , poses the question, if older women were recognised for their strength, beauty, and power, could humanity move in a more positive direction? A stirring point to ponder and one that New visited when she was turning 50. "I had a...
Are you pulling my leg? Sam Wade
Accessible Arts and Crips & Creeps in Association with Arts on Tour and Riverside are thrilled to present, Are You Pulling My Leg?, a raucous, accessible comedy event showcasing some of Australia’s funniest comedians with disability or chronic illness, at...
Johnny Carr on the other side of Macbeth
Following successful seasons in Edinburgh, London and New York, Zinnie Harris’ acclaimed play Macbeth (An Undoing) will make its Australian premiere at Malthouse Theatre on Friday 5 July. This revised and updated edition is a powerful reimagining of Shakespeare's...
Francis Greenslade and the mark of The Platypus
True to its name, The Platypus, written and directed by Francis Greenslade, is a platypus of a show, made up of strange and ill-fitting parts including one part audience, two parts actor, and multiple genres. Mamet, Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, Restoration Comedy, and a...
Tim Draxl performs Sunset Boulevard
For the first time, witness Tim Draxl perform Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic 'Sunset Boulevard'. This musical masterpiece opens on Tuesday 21st May at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne's East End Theatre District . For more information and tickets:...
Back to Back Theatre presents MULTIPLE BAD THINGS
MULTIPLE BAD THINGS, the new work by Back to Back Theatre will come to Malthouse later this month direct from a season at Brussels Theater Nationale as part of Kunstenfestivaldesarts. Directed by Back to Back Artistic Associates Tamara Searle and Ingrid Voorendt, who...
Steven Mitchell Wright on the legacy, secrecy, sex, and societal hypocrisy of Ghosts
This June, Theatre Works invites audiences to dive into the hauntingly beautiful world of Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts. Masterfully adapted by Jodi Gallagher and brought to life through the visionary direction of Steven Mitchell Wright, it promises to be a true highlight on...
Homo Pentecostus asks what is your church?
Co-created by Joel Bray, Emma Valente and Peter Paltos, Homo Pentecostus will make its world premiere at Malthouse Theatre later this month. Billed as an odyssey of self-discovery and liberation, the work is based on Bray's own experiences of growing up in a...
Laurence Boxhall: The art in Switzerland
A gripping psychological thriller, Switzerland by Joanna Murray-Smith, makes its way to the Ensemble Theatre next month. A crisp two-hander starring Toni Scanlan (Belvoir’s The Weekend) as Patricia Highsmith, alongside Laurence Boxhall (The Mousetrap Australia),...
Patrick Whitbread: ready to rumble (even in the rain)
When Patrick Whitbread took to the stage in the role of Riff in West Side Story on Sydney Harbour it not only marked his Opera Australia debut, but also his professional debut in a leading role. Whitbread's first ever role was playing Louis in The King and I in...
Conor Leach talks the catharsis of Fourteen
The new smash-hit Australian play, Fourteen, begins its national tour at Riverside Theatres on 3rd May. Based on Shannon Molloy’s award-winning memoir of the same name, Fourteen is the inspirational true story of growing up gay in central Queensland, adapted into a...
Elijah Williams Makes A case for the Existence of God
Acclaimed Seymour Centre favourites, Outhouse Theatre Co (Consent, Ulster American) returns with an Australian premiere from one of America’s most celebrated contemporary playwrights. A case for the Existence of God is Samuel Hunter's heart-wrenching, compassionate,...
Gregory J Wilken talks Toy Symphony at Qtopia, Sydney
By Sarah Skubala Qtopia, Sydney’s inaugural performance season kicks off next month with Michael Gow’s Toy Symphony, presented by Ad Astra Theatre Company, the crown jewel of Brisbane’s professional indie theatre scene. Producer and actor Gregory J Wilken will be...
Sydney Comedy Festival – Ting Lim
Ting Lim – Enmore Theatre Thursday 16 May – Sunday 19 May https://www.sydneycomedyfest.com.au/event/ting-lim-well-this-is-awkward/ How would you describe the show to someone who knows very little about it? I find it very hard to say no. I’m a yes person. It’s about...
Rebecca Massey Talks Holding the Man
Holding the Man is a play that has been described as the love story which defined a generation. Based on Timothy Conigrave's autobiographical book, Holding the Man traces the devastating results of HIV though the lens of Tim and John and their enduring and tragic...
Sydney Comedy Festival – Ryan Sim
How would you describe the show to someone who knows very little about it? I’m trying to bring the energy of punk rock into this show. It’s high energy, fun, and a little bit dark at times. It’s what happens when the spirit of DIY falls into the hands of a “Silly...
Patty Jamieson and Johnna Wright Turn up the heat in Gaslight
Set to be one of the most talked about performances of 2024, Gaslight, a modern adaptation of the 1930’s suspenseful thriller by Patrick Hamilton and starring Geraldine Hakewill, Toby Schmitz and Kate Fitzpatrick has opened in Melbourne as part of a national tour...
Sydney Comedy Festival – Shad Wicka
Shad Wicka - Well, well, well How would you describe the show to someone who knows very little about it? I witnessed an old man fake a heart attack so he could be the first person to leave a packed flight, and it was the most inspiring thing I've ever seen. This show...
Sydney Comedy festival -Maddie Southall
How would you describe the show to someone who knows very little about it? Gayer Than I Used To Be is a show about how I am well… gayer than I used to be. To everyone’s surprise, delight, disdain and confusion (depends who you ask) I’ve taken a step off the beaten...
Caitlin Burley Gears up for The Great Divide
David Williamson's The Great Divide is set to open at Ensemble Theatre later this month. Penned by Australia's most prolific playwright, The Great Divide unfolds in the picturesque town of Wallis Heads, not unlike Williamson’s current hometown Noosa in Queensland. In...
Sydney Comedy Festival – Nick Capper Meat Oblong
Australia's premier agricultural comedian, Nick Capper, is sick of reinventing the wheel. Now, at the tender age of 40, he's got nothing left to lose – it's time to reinvent the oblong. Don't be a square, come get geometric. How would you describe the show to someone...
Cathy Hunt and her journey through 7 Captiva Road
7 Captiva Road, by Andrea Ciannavei, is an explosive dark comedic drama about three generations of an Italian American family preparing for the death of their matriarch. A potent and intricate work that, for director Cathy Hunt, really grabbed from the outset. While...
Carl De Villa’s healing journey through RENT
Growing in the Philippines, Carl De Villa had to learn to "hustle and bustle" from a very young age. It was an environment that resulted in traumatic experiences for De Villa, who admits it sounds very vague, but explains it's "too much to handle". The trauma...
Gary Abrahams’ new and surprising Yentl
Many would know the story of Yentl from the 1983 movie which was directed, co-written, co-produced, and starred the fabulous Barbra Streisand. The story is based on Isaac Bashevis Singer's short story, Yentl the Yeshiva Boy, and traces the desire of an Ashkenazi...
Kate Fitzpatrick in modern adaptation of Gaslight
Set to be one of the most talked about performances of 2024, Gaslight, a modern adaptation of the 1938 suspenseful thriller by Patrick Hamilton and starring Kate Fitzpatrick, Geraldine Hakewill and Toby Schmitz, is set to premiere in Brisbane as part of the 2024...
Jonathan Biggins Talks The Wharf Review – Pride in Prejudice
For more than 2 decades, The Wharf Revue has delivered razor-sharp political satire to audiences in Sydney and around the country. Now it’s finally Melbourne’s turn with The Wharf Review - Pride in Prejudice - the latest creation from Jonathan Biggins and the team who...
Ray Chong Nee Scores in Alone It Stands
Ensemble Theatre is thrilled to present Irish playwright John Breen’s heart-warming comedy Alone it Stands, later this month. A ballsy, true tale of triumph over impossible odds on the field, and based on the famous 1978 rugby match in Limerick, Ireland, this David...
Norton James and the joy of The Choir of Man
Straight form London's West End, The Choir of Man has been a juggernaut since its original opening at Edinburgh Fringe in August 2017. The show consists of a wildly talented group of instrumentalists, world-class wordsmiths and sensational singers; this cast of nine...
Lara Croydon and the legacy of Tiddas
Tiddas, a heart-warming story of sisterhood, is about to make its Sydney debut at Belvoir. The comedy is Wiradjuri Author Anita Heiss’ own stage adaption of her much-loved novel about sisterhood and the deep bonds between women in society and comes to the stage next...
Sadiq Ali and his potent mix of love, drugs and the intricacies of Islam
“Haram” is anything forbidden by Islam. But what if that applies to the very essence of who you are? Based on lead artist Sadiq Ali’s personal experience and candid interviews with members of the LGBTQI+ community who identify as (ex) Muslim, The Chosen Haram deals...
Big Name, No Blankets with Andrea James
Big Name, No Blankets is an epic new rock'n'roll theatre show celebrating the legacy and impact of Australian music icons, Warumpi Band, told from the perspective of founding members, the Butcher Brothers. From Papunya (a small town in the Northern Territory) to...
Sarah-Louise Young: An Evening Without Kate Bush
An actress, writer, director, improviser and internationally renowned cabaret performer, Sarah-Louise Young comes to Sydney Festival for An Evening Without Kate Bush – a glorious celebration of the irresistible forces and incandescent genius of Kate Bush and the fans...
Ariadne Sgouros Talks the tour de farce that is Midnight Murder at Hamlington Hall
It is the opening night of director-writer Shane Tweed’s new murder mystery, Midnight Murder at Hamlington Hall. Seven of the amateur theatre company’s cast are down with the dreaded lurgy. So, the Middling Cove Players’ director and two of the remaining actors, and...
Ren Ruidi Celebrates her Asian heritage in I ME SHE HIM | 你和我和她和他
Wit Incorporated are thrilled to be bringing the first English translation and production of Stan Lai’s script, I ME SHE HIM | 你和我和她和他 to the stage this month. It's a premiere season of the English version with the Chinese version first being published in 1998 in...
Rosario La Spina Talks the Wonder of the World’s First Digital Ring Cycle
Nicknamed the ‘Olympics of opera’, comprising 15+ hours of music across four evenings, the world's first digital Ring Cycle opens Dec 1 in Brisbane. After two pandemic postponements, QLD resident, and internationally successful tenor, Rosario La Spina, will be...
Stephanie Lambourn: Be the very best version of yourself at Christmas
First published in 1843, Charles Dickens' classic tale, A Christmas Carol, about the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge who is visited by his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come, returns to Melbourne to delight...
Anna Samson tackles her fears in The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita is a novel by Soviet writer Mikhail Bulgakov, written in secret in the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1940, during Stalin's regime. Banned and censored for many decades, it wasn't until the late 60's that a complete manuscript was finally...
Kamarra Bell-Wykes on a wild visceral ride
This November, Malthouse Theatre presents an extraordinary double bill by First Nations company A DATLIGHT CONNECTION, featuring the critically acclaimed productions Whose Gonna Love ‘Em? I am that I AM and the return season of the 2022 hit Chase. Led by visionary...
Yumi Umiumare celebrates being out of order
Running since 2017, ButohOUT! is the only creative platform of its kind in Australia. Created and run by artists Yumi Umiumare and Taka Takiguchi 滝口貴, it focuses on the distinctive art form of Butoh. ButohBAR 番狂わせ OUT of ORDER is the 2023 finale event from the...
Madeleine Jones Dives into The Memory of Water
Shelagh Stephenson’s Laurence Olivier Award winning play, The Memory of Water, takes a new look at the age-old traditions of recollecting family stories. A beautiful bittersweet comedy, bound by sisterly love, anger, tears and of course laughter. The 1996 hit British...
Patricia Cornelius: In The Club is about tough stuff.
Written by Patricia Cornelius, one of Australia’s most awarded and uncompromising playwrights, In The Club is a powerful and compelling work that shines a fierce light on consent, coercion, and sexual violence. Given recent news headlines, a timely piece indeed, and...
Vivian Ngyen and her Astonishing Comet Boombox
An interspecies relationship podcast, silicone shamans, and an ancestral trip to a motherboard factory take centre stage in The Astonishing Comet Boombox. This is a brand-new show from Writer and Producer Vivian Ngyuen created with rising playwright Chenturan Aran....
Themme Fatale Talks Le Freak
Le Freak hot on the heels of two sell-out seasons is set to make its return at the 2023 Melbourne Fringe Festival. Featuring world-class, award-winning trans, queer, disabled and sex worker performers Le Freak shines a lens on sideshow and how this artform has...
Tony Nikolakopoulos Talks Life of Byron
Australian comedy legends Tony Nikolakopoulos and George Kapiniaris team up once again to bring you the world premiere of The Life of Byron. Following the success of their national 2-year tour of their previous collaboration, The Last Proxy, the duo, along with writer...
Uma Dobia is… Intolerant
Lifelong allergy sufferer, Uma Dobia, knows a thing or two about navigating the world while looking for danger in every crumb. In her playful new cabaret, Intolerant, Uma uses her genre-hopping vocal, storytelling and comedic skills to confront her obsessions with...
My Cousin Vlad CATASTROPHA!
After taking Australia by storm with People Are Gonna Lose It & The People Have Lost It Tours, Vlad is back with his follow-up tour and third show CATASTROPHA! Welcome to the rabbit hole of culture, ethnic traditions versus Aussie life, modern-day problems, and...
Eva Rees: Hour of the Wolf
Created by Matthew Lutton and Keziah Warner, written by Keziah Warner, and directed by Matthew Lutton, Hour of the Wolf invites audiences to Hope Hill, a fictional town that is yours to freely explore on the longest night of the year. This is the world premiere of a...
Ed Gamester and his real-life superheroes
Following its phenomenal success in the UK, Mythos: Ragnarök will be making its international debut at Melbourne Fringe Festival this October. The creator of the show, Ed Gamester, is delivering a spectacle truly unique in the world. Dexterously weaving ancient myths...
Riding with Anna Lumb in Joyride
Melbourne Fringe is just around the corner and synonymously it brings with it some super effective fringe artists who bring their own creative and exciting visions to the festival. One of those shows is Joyride, a new hybrid physical theatre and live artwork staged in...
Callan Harris – GODZ on Mt Olympus and Beyond
Back from sell-out international and national tours, GODZ, the Winner of the 2022 Melbourne Fringe People's Choice Award now returns to the Fringe at Festival Park . This adults-only, jaw-dropping offering from the Head First Acrobats boys sees their unique mix of...
Debra Oswald This is my Life
One of Australia’s favourite writers, Debra Oswald, (film, television, stage, radio and children's fiction) will take to the stage in a totally honest exploration of the ups, downs and in-betweens of being a writer and how to navigate things post the success of...
Rosa McCarty: Queen of CLOC’s Chess
The Queen and her Checkmates When CLOC Musical Theatre takes to the stage in October with its production of Chess, Rosa McCarty, a mainstay of Melbourne musical theatre, will be revisiting one of her favourite shows and roles as Florence Vassy. ...
Zahra Newman and her Lady Day
Zahra Newman steps into the iconic role of Billie Holiday this month performing in Belvoir’s Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill. Newman, who was very attracted to the project initially because of the inherent creative and technical challenge, says to portray a...
Francesca Savige and her Summer of Harold
Sydney's Ensemble Theatre's latest offering is the world premiere of Summer of Harold, a trio of cracking comedic plays about adventure, obsession and hope from award-winning playwright Hilary Bell. Comprised of two monologues and one two-hander, this powerful new...
Gabriel Comerford and the beauty of idk
Force Majeure's new work, idk, is a movement and narrative performance examining the nuances of navigating consent and the shifting nature of boundaries. Australian-Malaysian artist Gabriel Comerford is one of three performers in the work and says he has been a big...
Anna O’Byrne on becoming Eliza
Playing the role of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady would be an incredible opportunity for any performer, but being directed by none-other-than Dame Julie Andrews herself takes that incredible opportunity to whole different level.This was a unique,...
Albert Mwangi Talks Mr Bailey’s Minder
Actor Albert Mwangi is currently deep in Ensemble Theatre's season of Mr Bailey’s Minder, but has taken some out to speak about the power and humanity of the piece. A potent drama by beloved Australian writer Debra Oswald, Mr Bailey's Minder was written in 2005 and...
Zya Kane and her Sense of Place
Sense of Place is the latest offering by Weave Movement Theatre and, as the title suggests, is an exploration of the spaces and places in our hearts, minds, memories and everyday reality through physical theatre, soundscape, and visual projections. Co-Director Zya...
Toni Scanlan explores lifelong friendships in The Weekend
Australian author Charlotte Wood’s bestselling novel of friendship and the wisdom of age, The Weekend, is set to make its world premiere at Belvoir early next month. Adapted for the stage by the acclaimed playwright Sue Smith the play explores growing old and growing...
Jennifer Vuletic and Chopin’s Piano
Musica Viva Australia is thrilled to present Chopin’s Piano, a stunning fusion of chamber music and theatrical performances honouring Frederick Chopin’s revolutionary 24 Preludes, as well as the history of a small, craftsman’s pianino. For acclaimed actor Jennifer...
Alistair Baldwin’s Telethon Kid
About a disability influencer and body positivity activist, comedian Alistair Baldwin's debut play, Telethon Kid, is about to hit the Malthouse Theatre stage. Exploring the life of protagonist Sam, who rises to fame as the poster child of Perth Children’s Hospital...
Alaine Beek celebrates a magnificent milestone with What Was That?
Running at the Werribee Park Mansion since 2003, Essence Theatre Productions will very soon be celebrating their 1000th performance of What Was That?, a play written by Alaine Beek and based on the true story of The Chirnside Family. Beek's 20 year commitment of...
Jing Xuan-Chan: The family and identity of Miss Peony
Presenting a tri-lingual show for the first ever time on a Sydney mainstage, Miss Peony is a glitzy, glamorous and slightly-unhinged dive into the world of beauty pageants, featuring projected captions in English, Cantonese and Simplified Chinese simultaneously...
The Success of Starlight Express
Earlier this month, one of Andrew Lloyd Weber's most successful musicals reached a significant milestone: Starlight Express celebrated 35 years in Bochum, Germany. During those 35 years more than 839 artists from 36 countries have performed well over...
Stewart Reeve’s Chameleon – A show not to be missed
Stewart Reeve, star of the hit show Rebel, returns to the Melbourne stage this July with his award-winning one-man show, Chameleon. Catering to all ages, Chameleon is a family friendly event and a great way for music-loving parents to introduce their children to all...
Iopu Auva’a: Away is driven by love
Michael Gow's iconic Australian work, Away, is set to o open at Theatre Works early next month. Clever, funny yet deeply moving, Away has become one of the most widely produced Australian plays of all time. Set in the Australian summer of 1967-1968 the play...
Wil King sets the tone for This Is Living
This July, Malthouse Theatre presents Ash Flanders’ new work, This Is Living, a semi-autobiographical play that turns The Malthouse into a Hepburn Springs getaway. The work is described as the saltiest, sweetest, and most honest look at love and friendship you’ll see....
Tamzen Hayes moving through a collection of memories
Tamzen Hayes brings her sensitive and vulnerable show, Never Said Motel, to the 2023 Bondi Festival, on from 30 June to 16 July. Part solo performance and part installation piece, Never Said Motel, first premiered at Melbourne Writers Festival in 2019, then went on...
Mark Kilmurry: Benefactors is the perfect night out
Writer Michael Frayn, creator of international hits Copenhagen and Noises Off, explores what it is to be human in a statistically driven world, in Benefactors, his Olivier Award-winning 1984 comedy set in the late 1960s. Presented by Sydney's Ensemble Theatre and...
Eric Turro Martinez- The King of Cuban Dance
Eric Turro Martinez, of Buena Vista Social Club fame, has got a brand new show that is playing this June for one night only at The Palms. Buena Vista Dance tells the story of Cuba's golden age through narrator and dance and will be a fascinating look at Cuba's...
Alison Richards Speaks Konstantin: Grandmother’s Tongue
Konstantin: Grandmother’s Tongue, is a multicultural, multidisciplinary, slyly political and highly creative performance piece about chickens and human migration set to take the Loft Theatre stage at Chapel Off Chapel from 23 – 25 June. Five years in the making, the...
Paul English finds a friend in Willy Loman
The well respected Melbourne Independent Theatre Co. Hearth Theatre, is currently on tour with Arthur Miller's classic 1949 play Death of a Salesman. Following on from their hugely successful season in 2022 this extraordinary ensemble of Melbourne actors will be...
Rachel Edmonds Speaks their Truth in When you Wore Braces
When you wore Braces is Rachel Edmonds' taut, thrilling debut play about sisters, families, secrets and the dark recesses of the fragile human psyche. It deftly explores the raw intimacy of sibling reklatinship0s and the ways they expose a person's capacity for...
Tasnim Hossain – developing creative partnerships
I Wanna Be Yours is the widely acclaimed debut play from London Laureate and poetry slam champion Zia Ahmed, a contemporary cross-cultural romance. Directed by Resident Director Tasnim Hossain, it is a compelling new work exploring identity, racism and love, this...
Briony Dunn: The Feast That is Moth
An action-packed graphic-novel fiction fantasy by Declan Greene is about to erupt at Theatre Works - Moth is a love-letter to every teen… and to those who used to be. Directed by Briony Dunn, Moth spotlights a climactic bullying incident that devastates a friendship...
Dion Mills is Uncle Vanya
This June, multi-award-winning director Bronwen Coleman (Dirt, Naomi, Ignis) and the Anthropocene Play Company breathe immediacy and new life into Anton Chekhov’s renowned classic, Uncle Vanya. First published in 1898 and first performed in 1899 at the Moscow Art...
Top 10 Coronation-themed Musicals
Our Top 10 Coronation-themed Musicals 10. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Joseph's ability to interpret the king's dreams is pivotal to his journey. In 'Song of the King' the Pharoah asks Joseph to interpret his confusing dreams. 9. Pippin...
Driftwood: the true story of an extraordinary woman
Driftwood The Musical is an inspirational story about renowned artists Karl and Slawa Duldig, the invention of the foldable umbrella and their miraculous escape from the Holocaust. When Slawa Horowitz-Duldig passed away in the mid 1970s she left behind...
Ruva Ngwenya: from party tricks to Tina Turner
Singing was merely something Ruva Ngwenya considered to be her "party trick". Instead, Ruva Ngwenya describes herself as being a sports fanatic during her early years at Kew High School. "I did all the sports - volleyball, netball," commented Nwenya. "And then...
Sammy J’s Good Hustle
After five years, 200 episodes and countless legal threats Sammy J is stepping away from his weekly ABC TV spot – but not before throwing a giant farewell party. Come and farewell Government Coach, Playground Politics, National Yoga, bush poet SJ Paterson,...
Nicolette Minster’s Net Worth is Worthy
According to NetWorthRanks, Nicolette Minster is a 6ft, 30-year-old worth $15mil. Except she’s not. She’s a 38-year-old who shops in the same Woolies she used to work at and whose career highlight was starring (featuring) alongside Meryl Streep at age three. But what...
Andrew Hansen: Comedy, Music and Life
Andrew Hansen, 'the good one from The Chaser', is about to take his Andrew Hansen is Cheap gig on tour. Just finishing up his MICF stint, 2023 Adelaide Fringe Winner, Hansen, talks show, comedy, music and more. ------------------------------------------------ - How...
Dylan Cole’s Case Numbers – a show about a man who’s inherited a locked briefcase
Written and performed by writer/performer Dylan Cole, Case Numbers is a fascinating meta-thriller that analyses the narrative conventions used in writing. It has no beginning or ending and, while there is a middle, it’s entirely pointless. Nominated for Best Comedy...
The Briefing: Melissa McGlensey’s Theatrical Playground
Professional Hecklers; this one’s for you. With her political aspirations in full flight, right-wing blowhard Sarah Huckabee Sanders has embarked on an international propaganda tour. The former White House Press Secretary (turned Fox News host) is now the Governor of...
Otto & Astrid’s Joint Solo Project Set To Detonate at This Year’s MICF
Berlin’s prince and princess of art rock and Europop, Otto & Astrid, spent years arguing about which songs should appear on their much-anticipated fifth Die Roten Punkte album. Unable to come to a consensus they decided to tour separately with their own musicians,...
Alexander Sefton: From Newcastle to the Sydney Opera House
When rising Opera Australia baritone, Alexander Sefton took his bows on the stage of the Sydney Opera House, the moment was much more emotional than he'd anticipated. Alexander Sefton made his role debut as Schaunard in Puccini's La Bohème. It wasn't the first time...
Keziah Warner and her Nosferatu
Gothic drama enthusiasts are in for absolute treat later this month as Malthouse Theatre prepares the unveiling of Nosferatu. An atmospheric work based on the 1922 silent German Expressionist horror film, Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, playwright Keziah Warner takes...
Kellie Gnauck: From Opera to Meatloaf
Kellie Gnauck never imagined she'd be belting out the songs of Meatloaf in a rock arena musical. Her first introduction to the arts was attending opera. "I had a grandad who was quite a famous opera singer and he worked for the Sydney Opera Company," she explained....
Amy May Nunn’s Lemon Tree on Dreg Street
Playing as a part of the 2023 Midsumma Festival, award-winning playwright and poet Amy May Nunn returns to Theatre Works with their latest work; Lemon Tree on Dreg Street. Nunn confesses that the play emerged from a lockdown writing exercise and was never intended...