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David Allen catches up with Richard Piper from King Kong’s principal cast… Richard Piper has had a long and impressive career on the stage. Having Trained at London’s celebrated Central School of Speech and Drama he then worked as a performer, composer and musician in Europe for Twelve years. His…
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AussieTheatre’s Emily Paddon-Brown, currently performing in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, writes about an upcoming charity event for the Victorian Actor’s Benevolent Trust and Australian Children’s Music Foundation in Melbourne. Recently I have had the joy of sharing a dressing room with the striking Jen Vuletic. If you’ve never met or seen her,…
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After the degustation of emotion, politics and confrontation of the Melbourne Festival, what better than a mouthful of fluffy sugar and an almighty fart? A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum has no pretensions about being serious art. First performed on Broadway 1962, it’s ancient Rome, where slaves were…
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No profound thoughts, no long winded introductions and no editorial comment on this — I just think that if you haven’t seen the recently released Les Miserables extended trailer, you probably should watch it. Directed by Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech) and starring our very own Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe,…
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Rehearsals for one of the greatest comedic pieces ever written commenced in Melbourne today at Jason Coleman’s Ministry of Dance studios. A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum rehearsals began with a bang this morning, and the AussieTheatre team were there for a sneak peek and a chin…
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AussieTheatre’s Guest reviewers Daniel Wilson and Damien Clift share their thoughts on Chess — The Musical Chessrooked! There are so many puns – “Chess has had a checkered past”, “The Queen always wins”, “All the squares don’t make you bored” – but the Production Company and director Gale Edwards have shown…
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Award winning director Gale Edwards’ new staging of the musical Chess will open in Melbourne tonight with a stellar cast, presented by The Production Company. The season will run for 10 performances only at the State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne and will star Simon Gleeson, Martin Crewes, Michael Falzon, Silvie Paladino, Bert…
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In June 2013 King Kong the musical will be opening in Melbourne, directed by Daniel Kramer and produced by Global Creatures (creators of Walking With Dinosaurs). In the lead up to opening, the King Kong team will be producing a monthly video podcast packed full of information about the creative process, design and…
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Oh, What A Night! If you are from my generation, you may not know too much about the Four Seasons, but you certainly will have heard their music. The spectacular musical Jersey Boys which opened over the weekend in Brisbane, charts the journey from the make up to break up of Frankie Valli…
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In 2009 the creative team at Windmill Performing Arts took on a brand new adaptation of The Wizard of Oz which was electric in its creative and contemporary view of a children’s classic and went on to win major awards and tour nationally as well as overseas. Three years later, and…
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