Amazing Companies that support Aussie Theatre:
‘Blak’ is more than just a deadly way of discussing Indigeneity in Australia. Over the last decade in particular it has become an increasingly popular signifier and is being enthusiastically embraced as a social and political response to Indigenous identity. It’s only fitting that a company like Bangarra, a monument…
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As Artistic Director of Windmill Theatre, South Australia’s leading performing arts Company for young people, Rosemary Myers has every right to be excited. Last month saw the launch of their latest work, The Story Thieves, and the enthusiasm is contagious. A highly immersive storytelling experience using headphones (for four individuals…
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It’s hard to know where to begin when talking about Marina Prior. Her career in the Australian music theatre industry began thirty years ago and her impact on that industry has been powerful and lasting. Clearly set apart from the get go as a star, she has become one of…
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Patch’s magical Mr McGee and the Biting Flea has been delighting children (and some adults, I’m sure) for years now. It’s played to over 10,000 children in Australia and the USA, and won awards — including a 2008 Helpmann for best children’s presentation — and it’s not difficult to see why. This…
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A climbing number of entries are received each year for the Sydney Theatre Company’s annual Patrick White Playwrights’ Award, with a staggering 158 submissions taken for the coveted 2012 prize. The Patrick White Playwrights’ Award is an initiative of the Sydney Theatre Company, existing to foster the development of Australian playwrights while honouring…
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AussieTheatre is partnering with Griffin Theatre Company this year to bring our readers some special giveaways to main stage productions. Our second AussieTheatre/Griffin Giveaway is for the upcoming production of The Bull, The Moon and The Coronet of Stars which opens next month. Whimsical, sensual and charmingly humorous, The Bull, the…
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Glengarry Glen Ross won a Pulitzer, a Tony (for actor Joe Mantegna), and the ultimate prize in our Hollywood-driven culture: a film. The play is sort of an economic parable with a twist, a comedy that is, at its core, deeply tragic. It’s a story that should feel as fresh in…
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Aussie Theatre’s Gillian Wills speaks with Natalie Weir, Artistic Director of Brisbane’s Expresssions Dance Company about their upcoming tour of R&J. “My style has taken a long time to evolve but it’s all about human emotion. I like to tell stories and the choreography is very emotional, highly physical, immediate…
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Dance Better at Parties, a two-hander by writer/director Gideon Obarzanek, with choreography and dance instruction by Jessica Prince, is a fly-on-the-wall piece that follows Dave (Steve Rodgers), a middle-aged man, who takes private Latin dance classes from Rachel (Elizabeth Nebbin), saying he just wants to dance better at parties. Once…
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According to BroadwayWorld.com Australia’s Anthony Warlow will be starring in a staged reading of a new musical in New York City next month. Robin Hood — The Final Adventure is a brand new musical with a book by Tony Award winner Thomas Meehan (The Producers, Annie), music by Peter Sipos (Contact)…
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