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Opera Australia Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini AM and leading theatre producer John Frost AM will present a brand new production of Lerner and Loewe’s masterpiece My Fair Lady at the Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House in 2016.

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Multiverse Theory in D

Lacking the inchoate anarchy that has marked previous season launches, The Blue Room Theatre still stayed well away from dull as an exciting Season 2 line up was announced for 2015.

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The winners of the 2015 Helpmann Awards were announced last night in front of a full house at a star studded ceremony at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre hosted by Todd McKenney.

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The feel-good, multi award-winning musical Kinky Boots will make its Australian premiere at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne from October 2016.

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Applications are now open for the $20,000, Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award and for grants of up to $5,000 from the Rodney Seaborn Play Writing Support Fund. Such financial support for playwriting is one of the richest in Australia.

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The Malthouse Theatre Board has announced the appointment of Matthew Lutton as the company’s Artistic Director, selected from a strong field of applicants from around the world.

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Stephen Carleton Wins 2015 Griffin Award

Brisbane playwright Stephen Carleton has been awarded the 2015 Griffin Award for his new work The Turquoise Elephant.

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Opera Australia’s largest and most ambitious production, Wagner’s Ring Cycle, returns exclusively to Melbourne in 2016.

  1. Royal Commission calls for people in the entertainment industry to come forward
  2. Malthouse announces new Writer/Director Initiative
  3. Todd McKenney announced as host of 2015 Helpmann Awards
  4. Deborah Humble to perform in Southwark Cathedral

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