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 The Burlesque Hour LEGENDS! | Finucane & SmithSaturday, 4 July 2009 It seems Melbourne can’t get enough of The Burlesque Hour. It keeps returning and the audiences keep coming. |
 The Birthday Party | Melbourne Theatre CompanyThursday, 2 July 2009 Fifty-one years after English playwright Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party was greeted with hostility and incomprehension from London audiences, the play still has the power to mystify audien... |
 Paris Match | The Australian BalletSaturday, 27 June 2009 Paris Match is The Australian Ballet’s latest programme to be brought to Melbourne and it showcases two works that in style and vision are incredibly differ... |
 Lobby Hero | Red StitchFriday, 26 June 2009 Lobby Hero by Kenneth Lonergan is a character-driven dramatic comedy which lets you laugh as its characters struggle with the moral dilemmas of right and wrong.... |
 construct | Tanja LiedtkeThursday, 25 June 2009 Construct is an exploration of building, decay and collapse, aspiration and expectation. |
 Wunderschön | Meow Meow and the Australian National Academy of MusicMonday, 22 June 2009 Unclassifiable, Wunderschön straddles cabaret, theatre, and classical music in its re-imagining of 21 Lieder by nineteenth-century composers Robert Schumann and Franz Sc... |
 Barely Contained | Circus OzSaturday, 20 June 2009 Barely Contained makes you laugh, think, gasp, grab on to the edge of your seat, let out a sigh of relief, and then laugh again. |
 Poet #7 | FULL TILTFriday, 19 June 2009 The primary reason that it is so difficult to follow Poet #7’s characters and plot, is that the audience’s ears are forced to compete with their eyes.... |
 Hold The Pickle | Rachel BergerThursday, 18 June 2009 Melbourne identity Rachel Berger is known more for her standup comedy than her theatrical work, but she’s changing that reputation with her solo show Hold the Pickle... |
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| Avenue Q to open in Melbourne |
| Saturday, 15 November 2008 23:34 |
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From Broadway to the West End, and the West End to Melbourne…the wait is over and AVENUE Q fans can rejoice that the Tony Award Best Musical winner will finally be enjoyed in Australia. AVENUE Q will have its Australian premiere at the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne on 4 June 2009, with preview performances commencing on 29 May, 2009. The production of Avenue Q will then tour to Sydney, Canberra, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Wellington and Auckland. “I've been waiting and waiting and waiting for AVENUE Q to finally get to Australia,” said creator, Robert Lopez. “Not just because I've never been and I've always wanted to die in a Great White shark attack, but because I've always suspected that Aussies would really love AVENUE Q!” Writer, Jeff Marx said: “I am really excited to see AVENUE Q opening in Australia. I am sure that the famous Australian sense of humour will be a perfect match for our irreverent show.” AVENUE Q is not the most upmarket of New York streets, and is about as far away from Park Avenue as you can get, but it is home to some lively and off the wall characters performed by an unholy comedic alliance of humans and puppets. Princeton, a bright-eyed college graduate, has just moved to this neighbourhood as he desperately tries to follow his dreams and discover his ever-elusive purpose in life. A tiny bank balance, the distraction of a busty blonde and a variety of weird and wonderful friends and neighbours lead Princeton on a hilarious story of self-discovery. Life may suck on AVENUE Q but being jobless, homeless, politically incorrect, having sex (whether hetero, homo or porno…and that’s just the puppets) are just some of the topics featured in the terrific songs of this show. For those weaned on Sesame Street, the AVENUE Q puppets may look familiar, but with musical numbers like "Everyone's A Little Bit Racist" and "If You Were Gay," this send-up of political correctness isn't for the kiddies. AVENUE Q, written by Jeff Whitty, with music by Robert Lopez and lyrics by Jeff Marx, first debuted in 2002 with an off-Broadway run. The show went on to beat favourite WICKED to win three of the top Tony Awards in 2004: Best Musical, Best Original Score of a Musical and Best Book of a Musical. It remains one of Broadway's hottest tickets and most original shows in recent memory. "In gratitude for giving the world Mad Max, Hugh Jackman, and the combine harvester - but most especially Mr Jackman - I hope Australia will accept our humble token of AVENUE Q," said writer, Jeff Whitty The Australian production of AVENUE Q, produced by Arts Asia Pacific in association with Power Arts, will be directed by talented director, performer and Helpmann Awards host, Jonathan Biggins. Other members of the creative team include David Skelton as Musical Director, Nathan Wright as Choreographer, Set and Costume Design by Richard Roberts, and Lighting Design by Richard Pacholski. Sue Giles, from Melbourne’s own Polyglot Puppet Theatre, will provide expert puppetry consultation and training to the actors. “As an emerging producer looking to find our place in the performing arts landscape of Australia, it’s rather appropriate to be producing AVENUE Q – a new breed of musical, whose characters in their own way are searching for their place in the world.”, stated Torben Brookman, Co-Managing Director of Arts Asia Pacific, “AVENUE Q has everything that we wanted in a musical – it’s innovative, intelligent, fresh and most importantly is the most fun that you’ll ever have at the theatre!” AVENUE Q TOUR DATES Melbourne from June 2009 Sydney from August 2009 Canberra from October 2009 Perth from November 2009 Adelaide from December 2010 Brisbane from February 2010 Wellington from April 2010 Auckland from May 2010 More information please visit www.avenueqthemusical.com.au |
