ADT's Youth Ensemble is a fantastic opportunity for the next generation of contemporary dancers to be a part of the Company. Across three terms, members of the Youth Ensemble will be trained by some of the best dancers in Adelaide, learn ADT techniques and repertoire, and have the opportunity to perform at events. Audition Thursday January 21st 2021!
Producers of the hilarious New York and Las Vegas hit Friends! The Musical Parody have announced the stellar cast who will be playing these much-loved and iconic roles. The Australian Premiere of Friends! The Musical Parody will take place at The Star Gold Coast on 11 February 2021, with seasons in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth following.
After months inside and in celebration of the great outdoors, Sydney Dance Company wants to get you moving this summer. Whether you’re busting moves in a local park or strutting your stuff on a sheep station, gather your tribe - it’s time to dance in this virtual community dance party.You can take part in up to five online classes in January; learn and practice the short and snappy dance routine with your friends and family across the globe.
Nineteen 98 Productions in association with Hayes Theatre Co presents the Australian premiere of Half Time a new musical directed by Helen Dallimore and starring some of Australia’s most treasured performers including Nancye Hayes AM, Stefanie Jones, Donna Lee, Wendy-Lee Purdy and more from 1 April to 2 May 2021.
Two worlds gleefully collide when the internationally-acclaimed Australian circus ensemble Circa and Academy Award®-winning studio Aardman, bring Shaun the Sheep to the stage from March 2021.The thrilling world premiere season of Shaun The Sheep’s Circus Show combines the extreme physicality and awe-inspiring feats of Circa and the playful charm of the multi-award-winning TV series Shaun the Sheep.
Moogahlin Performing Arts together with Sydney Festival and Carriageworks will present six ground-breaking works from eight First Peoples storytellers as part of the 5th biennial Yellamundie Festival.
Sydney-siders and critics have embraced the return to theatres with Sydney’s unforgettable summer hit musical, the high-flying, death-defying hit Broadway musical PIPPIN receiving huge acclaim by critics and audiences alike. The first large scale musical theatre production to open in Australia since COVID-19 led to theatres closing down in March, PIPPIN plays exclusively at the Sydney Lyric at The Star for a limited season. Sadly, out of caution, the show has had some performances canceled due to Sydney’s second COVID-19 wave.
Producers Michael Jackowitz of Witzend Productions, David Bryant and Michael Alden, in partnership with Streaming Musicals, are pleased to herald the arrival of a new holiday musical tradition with the World Premiere of Estella Scrooge: A Christmas Carol with a Twist. Estella Scrooge premiered on 27 November 2020 at EstellaScrooge.com, and distribution in Australia is assisted by John Frost and the Gordon Frost Organisation.
In February 2021, Australia’s leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, will tour Spirit: a retrospective 2021 to regional locations across New South Wales. The Company, on the back of their recent Australian Dance Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Company and Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer, will perform in Griffith, Orange, Tamworth and Wyong, following a run at Sydney Festival.
Christmas has come early at West Australian Ballet, with four dancers earning promotions after the Company’s dual end of year seasons of The Nutcracker and GALA, including one dancer to the esteemed rank of Soloist. Nikki Blain, Jesse Homes and Mayume Noguromi have each been promoted to the rank of Demi-Soloist while Julio Blanes has been promoted to Soloist.
Take a walk in Parramatta Park, the heartland of the Barramatta people, and discover a collection of hidden dances inspired by the landscape with In Situ; a new work by Dance Makers Collective and Future Makers for the Sydney Festival, 21 – 24 January 2021.
Due to the sanitary situation and related restrictions, the Fondation en faveur de l'Art Chorégraphique has had to rethink the usual form of its main event, the Prix de Lausanne. Therefore, the Fondation announces the new format for this year’s competition: The Prix de Lausanne will exceptionally be a Video Edition with a 9-member Jury present in Switzerland.
