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Packemin Productions continues to bring musical theatre to western Sydney, with their next venture, The Wizard of Oz, opening at Riverside Theatres this week. Following the success of 2012’s Oliver!, Packemin has put together an award-winning and magnetic leading cast including Jimmy Rees (Giggle & Hoot), Laura Murphy (Magical Tales), Luke Joslin…
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Sydney Dance Company is excited this week to announce a competition for enthusiastic males to perform a fun cameo role in their production of Fanatic by Larissa McGowan. A hit from the Spring Dance 2012 Contemporary Women program, Fanatic is a tongue-in-cheek and exceptionally high-energy look at sci-fi fan culture.…
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Matthew Whittet’s School Dance is an Adelaide import, but you’re going to feel as though it was mined right out of the absorbed memory of the walls of whichever specific auditorium, gymnasium, or Scout Hall where your own high school dances took place. It’s not easy to create a piece of…
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It has been announced that Australian performer Jamie Ward will take over the role of Marius in Les Miserables at London’s Queen’s Theatre in the West End. This is Jamie’s West End stage debut, and he’ll be in the role until mid-June 2013. Australian audiences will remember Jamie, a WAAPA…
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The Secret River is a play that will settle into the Australian theatrical canon and remain there for a very long time. Sprawling, profound, and often unsettling, it does as Hamlet insists theatre should do, and holds a mirror up to nature. Adapted by Andrew Bovell from Kate Grenville’s best-selling…
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Sydney’s best and brightest were joined by star presenters Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones (in Sydney for the national tour of Driving Miss Daisy) for the 2012 Sydney Theatre Awards. Paddington RSL was packed to the brim with the Sydney theatre scene as awards for an excellent year of…
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Griffin Theatre’s first writer/director collaboration from the Griffin Studio artist residency program is set to premiere in February — and it’s a mysterious exploration of the space between our public and private lives. Dreams in White is a dark thriller about secrets and betrayal. When wealthy property developer Michael Devine…
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Vika Bull — one of Australia’s most respected soul singers — is set to sell the story of one of the world’s most beloved women of soul, Etta James. Written by critically acclaimed author John Livings, At Last: The Etta James Story will premiere at Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre from 19 February…
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The highly acclaimed Torch Song Trilogy will return to Sydney as part of the 2013 Mardi Gras. Helmed by Stephen Colyer (The Paris Letter, Hello Again), this funny and poignant show is sure to leave its mark when it lands at Darlinghurst Theatre in February. Written by Harvey Fierstein, Torch…
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AussieTheatre’s Cassie Tongue saw 90 live performances in 2012. Of these, 17 were musicals. Here is her list of the six best shows (five was the goal; six deserve the attention) in a year that, while light for musical theatre in Sydney, was dotted with gems — some buried, and…
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