Amazing Companies that support Aussie Theatre:
I have just found myself crying as I finished watching the DVD of Love Never Dies. Two years ago, when I rushed home, eagerly unwrapped the Original Cast Recording of that show and spent a good four hours listening to it on repeat – I would never have expected this…
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Did you know that the third Tuesday in February is ‘Theatre Day’ in Victoria? Oh, yes. Back in 1987, Winsome McCaughey (the then Lord Mayor of Melbourne) officially proclaimed it so, and today we celebrate the 25th annual Theatre Day in Melbourne with the announcement of the 2011 Green Room…
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I arrived home today to find the 2012 WAAPA (Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts) program sitting in my letterbox. Ripping it open and flipping through it, I was excited and pleased to see the program continues to provide Perth with first class theatre that without these productions, we would…
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AussieTheatre.com’s David Allen catches up with leading lady of music theatre, Lucy Maunder to talk about her life as a performer and her latest project — Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens, a collection of free verse poems and songs inspired by stories from the Project AIDS Memorial Quilt… Sitting…
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Marcus Canning witnessed South African play Miskien at the Amsterdam Fringe Festival in 2011 and as director of Fringe World, he programmed the work to appear in this year’s festival, Perth. Playing from 14 –19 February, he believes Perth is in for a treat. “It gave me a lump in the throat and…
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When she is not working as the Festival Director for Short+Sweet Melbourne, Emma Clair Ford is most often performing in cabaret. After presenting smash hit seasons of her first solo show in 2010 and 2011, Emma will preview her latest solo creation, Butterscotch, at The Butterfly Club on February 21 and…
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Every now again an opportunity comes around that makes acclaimed actors jump. For popular Australian actor Peter Cousens, one such opportunity was working with director Stephen Colyer on Darlinghurtst Theatre’s production of The Paris Letter, which opens later this month. The Paris Letter, written by acclaimed US writer Jon Robin Baitz…
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AussieTheatre.com welcomes Ben van Tienen to our guest writing team! Ben is currently the Associate Musical director of WICKED, Singapore. It upsets me immeasurably that “it’s not hummable/memorable” is still thought to be a valid criticism of a music theatre score…
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World renowned actor Miriam Margolyes celebrates Charles Dickens’ 200th birthday with her Australian tour of Dickens’ Women this year. From February to April 2012, the great writer Charles Dickens lives again, thanks to Miriam Margolyes’ vibrant one-woman stage show. Margolyes has starred in Harry Potter (Professor Sprout), Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet (Nurse) and…
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Brett Russell has been an active member of the Sydney Theatre scene for the past 30 years, both on stage an in directorial positions. He is currently directing the acclaimed musical song cycle Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens for Mardi Gras 2012, which plays at the Seymour Centre from…
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