For your chance to win a double pass to the 18 April, 7:30pm performance of Big Fish enter your details in the form at the bottom of this article. Based on the celebrated novel by Daniel Wallace and the acclaimed film directed by Tim Burton, Big Fish centres on Edward Bloom, a traveling salesman who lives life… Read more.
RPG Productions today announced the cast for their upcoming April production of Big Fish. Directed by Tyran Parke, choreographed by Cameron Mitchell and musically directed by Luke Byrne, the John August & Andrew Lippa musical marks the production company’s first main stage production at Hayes Theatre Co. Leading the cast will be Phillip Lowe (Georgy Girl,… Read more.
Happy New Year, AussieTheatre readers! I hope you have had a spectacularly good festive season and are refreshed and ready for the year that awaits you in 2015. Many people make resolutions around the turn of the new year and look for inspiration in the words of others. As luck would have it, there are countless… Read more.
Australian music theatre icon and legendary leading lady Geraldine Turner will return to Sydney stages to star in the Theatre Divisions premiere production of Ruthless! the musical. Turner will play the role of Lita Encore alongside a cast to include Helpmann Award nominee and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels star Katrina Retallick. Though the pinnacle of her… Read more.
This month’s artist is an accomplished actress of TV, film and stage who never seems to stop, and effortlessly traverses all the mediums available to performers – and artists in general as you will learn. Pair this vast talent with a dedicated work ethic and a gracious warm personality, and it is easy to see… Read more.
Falsettos, the Tony-Award winning (book and score) William Finn/James Lapine show, comes from a marriage of two works written ten years apart: March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland. It’s a family drama with Finn’s trademark dark and probing comedy; it’s a clever study of human relationships and the nature of love. Marvin (Tamlyn Henderson) left his… Read more.
With Sydney’s most successful international event – the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras kicking off with Fair Day on Sunday, it can only mean one thing: it’s time for Aussie Theatre to give you our picks for the Mardi Gras Festival! Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2014 (remember when they got rid of… Read more.
Prepare to enter Falsettoland as the Darlinghurst Theatre presents a beloved Broadway classic for the 2014 Sydney Mardi Gras Festival. If you have never heard of the musical Falsettos you could almost be forgiven. The musical first opened on Broadway in 1992 where it ran for over a year and garnered overwhelming positive reviews and… Read more.
Has a musical ever been so necessary in Sydney as Dirty Rotten Scoundrels? A palate cleanser after several loud and ultimately disappointing ventures in musical theatre have come to town, this production gets everything right. Tucked into the Theatre Royal, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels opened last night with many, many bouts of laughter. Based on the… Read more.
AussieTheatre is thrilled to be giving away two A Reserve DOUBLE PASSES to see the Tony Award winning musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at the Theatre Royal! Our lucky winners (and their guests) will be some of the first to see the Sydney premiere of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels starring Tony Sheldon, Matt Hetherington and Amy Lehpamer! Based on the 1988… Read more.
