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David Campbell has announced his return to the recording studio with a brand new album David Campbell sings John Bucchino. The album will be released to coincide with a tour with Campbell’s Broadway Idol John Bucchino.

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Queensland based CIRCA, playwright Daniel Keene and composer Elena Kats-Chernin acknowledged in 2013 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards.

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Lucinda Dunn

Australia’s longest serving ballerina Lucinda Dunn OAM will take her final bow at the end of the Manon season following an unprecedented 23-year career with The Australian Ballet.

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NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell announced today that the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Matilda The Musical will make its Australian Premiere at Sydney Lyric Theatre in August 2015.

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Belvoir is now accepting entries for the Balnaves Foundation Indigenous Playwright’s Award. The award is open to all writers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander decent.

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We were deeply saddened to hear this week, of the passing of one of this country's most preeminent theatre critics, James Waites.

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The Green Room Awards Association announce the nominations for the 2013 Awards for performances presented between January 1st and December 31st 2013.

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There is something about a launch that entices and excites: when it is a season launch, and more specifically, the NORPA 2014 Season launch, this is cause for celebration.

  1. Malthouse Theatre announces new artistic appointments
  2. Free tickets for families affected by the Perth fires
  3. Catherine Baldwin departs Bangarra
  4. Perfect Harmony. Bernadette Peters tour

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Magic Mike Live

Yes, the bodies you see are perfect specimens of sculptured sixpacks and biceps you could walk over and get at least 2000 steps in. But they are muscles moving bodies in marvellous ways. These boys can dance and every movement is potent.

Hamlet: Prince of Skidmark | The Listies

To pee or not to pee. It sounds like a lowbrow take on the infamous Hamlet quote. One that a philistine would utter while their cronies scoff and drink mead and the thespians nearby cringe while nibbling on breast of peacock. 

Skylight | Verendus Theatrical/Red Phoenix Theatre

This is a production of which any director, cast and theatre company should be proud.

 

Shrek The Musical

With the world struggling to find a new norm in these ever-changing circumstances, never has the phrase “the show must go on” been more apparent. 

The Shape of Things | Lambert House Enterprises

What becomes of the broken arted? They are cast from paradise according to Neil La Bute’s The Shape of Things.