Peter Cousens’ Kookaburra - The National Musical Theatre Company today announced that music theatre composer and legend Stephen Sondheim, will be traveling to Australia especially for the opening of Kookaburra’s production of COMPANY.
The announcement was made by ACA’s proud Founder and Artistic Director, Dean Carey, when Jackman – one of the inner Sydney theatre school’s most famous alumni – paid a visit to the Centre last week.
Griffin Theatre Company continues to shine a light on new Australian plays with Griffin Searchlight, a week of staged readings presented by independent theatre companies, running from 28 May to 2 June.
Tom Dery, Chair of Sydney Dance Company, today announced the appointment of Australian-based freelance choreographer Tanja Liedtke as the successor to the position of Artistic Director, held by Graeme Murphy since 1976.
Contradiction, conundrum, conflict, racism, misogyny and homophobia run through this play like a main circuit cable snaking through a moral minefield of explosive allegation.
Following the unedifying edict that "there's a sucker born every minute", the show skewers the modern self-improvement economy in a piss-take parody of today's 'gurus' and snake-oil salesmen.