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Il Mio Amore | Mayhem Productions

Mayhem Productions presents Miss Klara McMurray in Il Mio Amore, the amorous adventures of ‘a vixen on the run’ from the law, reality, the country and her persistent suitor/accompanist

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Looming The Memory

This beautiful piece of theatre tells the memories, the stories and incorporates the soul of a young man who goes back to Greece with his parents for a summer holiday

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Glittering Walkways | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Showcasing contemporary music from the 20th and 21st centuries, Glittering Walkways presents musical compositions from Australia and around the world

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Scarce Resources: Project Three | Melbourne Ballet Company

Melbourne Ballet Company are on their way to establishing a signature aesthetic as they continue to build on their strengths

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Romeo and Juliet | STC

Blair has put it all together with warmth, sensitivity, insight, understanding, maturity and originality, while holding onto a sweetly childlike playfulness which can only but succeed in thrilling audiences

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Jane Eyre | Harvest Rain

Unfortunately love can be blind and I don’t think that Teale’s adaptation will please everyone - certainly not the purists

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Angels in America | new theatre

Director Alex Galeazzi’s take on Tony Kushner’s breathtaking work Angels in America is a commanding and potent night of theatre, but does it deliver on the play’...

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Features

Ana Marina

article thumbnailAna Marina plays opposite Anthony Warlow in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera opening in Sydney this week. Ana Marina spoke to Australian Stage's Alexandra Coghlan about her favourite role.
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Stephen Schwartz

Oscar and Grammy award winning Composer and Lyricist, Stephen Schwartz spoke to Australian Stage during his recent visit to Oz to launch his mega-musical "Wicked"
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Opinion

'The Here and Now' is the Why and Wherefore

article thumbnailAs a venue Downstairs at Belvoir has long been at the cutting edge of independent theatre in Sydney. This year, for the first time, under the directorship of Annette Madden, B Sharp Downstairs has launched a new season of works in its own right. Brett Casben takes a look at the ambitious new season.
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Latest News

Riverside announce new season

Thursday, 15 May 2008

article thumbnailRobert Love, Director of Riverside Theatres this week announced a diverse performance season of drama, opera, satire and dance for Riverside’s July to December Season
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Fast+Fresh returns for 4th big year

Saturday, 10 May 2008

The 4th big year of the youth version of international hit Short+Sweet is set to launch a new generation of talented writers and actors on the local theatre scene!
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Comedy Festival Announces Record Box Office

Friday, 09 May 2008

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival today announced $9,754,400 in box office for the recent 2008 Festival, an increase of 6% on last year’s record breaking Festival.
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Company Announcements

Major Changes for Theatre@Risk

Friday, 09 May 2008

Artistic Director Chris Bendall steps down this week after more than seven years with the company, following his appointment as the new Artistic Director of Deckchair Theatre
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Australian Dance Awards

Saturday, 26 April 2008

The major event on the dance calendar - the Australian Dance Awards, will premiere in Melbourne’s Arts Centre, State Theatre on Sunday 15 June, 2008
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Shortlist for Patrick White Playwrights Award

Tuesday, 15 April 2008

Sydney Theatre Company has released the judges’ shortlist of eight plays in the running for the prestigious 2007 Patrick White Playwrights’ Award.
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Reviews

Il Mio Amore | Mayhem Productions Melbourne
Mayhem Productions presents Miss Klara McMurray in Il Mio Amore, the amorous adventures of ‘a ...Read more
Looming The Memory Perth
This beautiful piece of theatre tells the memories, the stories and incorporates the soul of a ...Read more
Glittering Walkways | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Melbourne
Showcasing contemporary music from the 20th and 21st centuries, Glittering Walkways presents musical compositions from ...Read more
Scarce Resources | Melbourne Ballet Company Melbourne
Melbourne Ballet Company are on their way to establishing a signature aesthetic as they continue to ...Read more
Romeo and Juliet | STC Sydney
Blair has put it all together with warmth, sensitivity, insight, understanding, maturity and originality, while holding ...Read more
Jane Eyre | Harvest Rain Brisbane
Unfortunately love can be blind and I don’t think that Teale’s adaptation will please everyone ...Read more
Angels in America | new theatre Sydney
Director Alex Galeazzi’s take on Tony Kushner’s breathtaking work Angels in America is a commanding ...Read more
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll | La Boite Brisbane
The name of Ray Lawler has echoed down the corridors of stage halls and drama ...Read more
The Soldier's Tale | The Hayloft Project Melbourne
Gunfire leads us in, pounding, intermittent and whizzing overhead. Suddenly there is a reverberating explosion, then ...Read more
The Panics Canberra
Together, this five-piece work as an extremely cohesive unit, sailing through songs that sound as ...Read more
Six Quick Chicks Sydney
Every now and again a show comes along that is so fresh and different it can ...Read more
This is For You | La Mama Melbourne
This is For You is a theatrical representation of the photographic work of Francesca Woodman. ...Read more
Rebel Without A Cause | Free Rain Theatre Company Canberra
The question is, can an audience enjoy a theatre production of Rebel on its own merits, ...Read more
Michelle Nicolle Octet Melbourne
Michelle Nicolle is Melbourne's Queen of Scat with a voice that can reach the high ...Read more
As You Like It | Bell Shakespeare Perth
Midway through a national tour, Bell Shakespeare’s production of As You Like It directed by ...Read more
Catalpa | Itch Productions Melbourne
The true story of the whaling ship ‘Catalpa’, and her astonishing captain George Anthony has ...Read more

Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Puppetry of the Penis

article thumbnail Cloaks off, the boys bare all and video their bits at close range, projecting them on to a huge screen. They’ve got our attention.
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Gay Conversion School Drop Out Volume 2 | Anthony Menchetti

article thumbnail Anthony Menchetti delivers a series of rueful stories and insights into what happened when his parents sent him to a ‘Gay Conversion School’
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Fiona O'Loughlin

article thumbnail She’s a hard-drinking, smoking, ex-nurse who has tales aplenty of bawdy behavior, medical disasters and family mix-ups.
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Chinese True Confucians | Lin Dong Fu

article thumbnail Does humour cross the cultural divide? That’s the question that Lin Dong Fu in his show Chinese True Confucians asks (sometimes not intentionally)
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Simply Fancy | Pig Island

article thumbnail The show draws heavily on bizarre characters, witty wordplay and sheer absurdity. The performers seem at home in this world and the viewing audience must be too, if they are to enjoy this odd...
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Tripod

article thumbnail Tripod are superb musicians and great funnymen as demonstrated in their comedy/rock concert as part of this year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
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Robert Chuter

article thumbnailRobert Chuter is an acclaimed theatre director with 30 years experience in the Australian performing arts industry. Currently in rehearsal for a revival of the classic Australian play, Dimboola, he spoke to Australian Stage's Simon Piening
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Emma Powell

article thumbnailBusting Out! started out as 'D-Cuppetry' in 2006 and returns to the 2008 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Creator/performer Emma Powell spoke to Australian Stage's Simon Piening.
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article thumbnailAfter 4 years of planning and preparation and a season in Sydney, Kookaburra, Australia’s only national musical theatre company, announced this week that it finally lands in Melbourne with...
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My Name is Rachel Corrie | Bareboards Productions
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