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Audition for Moulin Rouge! The musical
Announcing Moulin Rouge The musical auditions in Melbourne, Brisbane & Sydney for the Australian tour of the hit Broadway show! You can submit online now!
Todd McKenney will play Lord Farquaad in SHREK The Musical, Brisbane
Leading Australian theatre producer John Frost announced today that Todd McKenney will play Lord Farquaad in the lavish and fun multi-million dollar musical comedy SHREK THE MUSICAL in the Brisbane season up until 24 May. The Broadway smash hit will play at the Lyric Theatre, QPAC from 9 May, following the Sydney season which closes today and the Melbourne season at Her Majesty’s Theatre from 16 February.
New UnWrapped season: Short, smart, surprising contemporary performance works
The Sydney Opera House has announced a new season of UnWrapped, a bi-annual celebration of diverse, boundary-pushing works from some of Australia’s most admired independent contemporary performance-makers, selected from critically acclaimed debut seasons. Originally launched in 2018 as part of the Sydney Opera House’s Artist and Sector Development initiative, the first UnWrapped season for 2020 features a series of exhilarating and daring performances from 11 February – 29 March 2020 with tickets from only $39.
SHREK The Musical opens in Melbourne Australia
SHREK The musical has opened in Melbourne Australia. Dance Informa was a part of the official green carpet opening on February 19th as stars from the entertainment world walked the very green (red) carpet to celebrate the occasion at Melbourne’s Her Majesty’s Theatre. The lavish and fun multi-million dollar musical comedy SHREK THE MUSICAL has bewitched Australia. After a popular season at the Sydney Lyric Theatre, The Star, it is now playing at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne until 26 April before moving to the Lyric Theatre, Brisbane from 9 May.
Amalgamate presents Dance in Italy
Established in 2015, BREAK OUT: a dance program in Italy offers pre-professional and professional dancers a once-in-a-lifetime experience to train and perform in Italy this August, 2020. This two-week dance intensive provides daily technique classes and enriching cultural experiences from cooking and language classes to local excursions to inspire and further develop the dance artist.
Cast announced for Merrily We Roll Along
The award-winning producer of Sweet Charity and Little Shop of Horrors, Luckiest Productions, in association with Hayes Theatre Co, is thrilled to announce the brilliant cast for the Stephen Sondheim-George Furth musical Merrily We Roll Along. A thrilling and compelling Broadway fable about friendship, compromise and the high price of success, Merrily We Roll Along is running from 16 April 2020 at the Hayes Theatre Co.
Applications are now open for both DirtyFeet's 2020 Out of the Studio and Choreographic Lab Programs
Applications are now open for both DirtyFeet's 2020 Out of the Studio and Choreographic Lab Programs. With a total of five opportunities available, apply for one or both!
Four world premiere ballets mark launch of new UK ballet company
From Life marks the launch of McNicol Ballet Collective, a new ballet company founded by rising star of the choreographic world, Andrew McNicol. Featuring four world premieres for the stage as well as a showing of Andrew’s award-winning short film Of Silence, this exciting new programme will be performed by a host of star dancers from world renowned international companies including The Royal Ballet, Ballet Flanders and Semperoper Ballet Dresden.
Screen star Ian Stenlake joins the cast of the Australian premiere of The Bridges of Madison County
With rehearsals commencing this week, producers Matthew Henderson and Neil Gooding are thrilled to announce that stage and screen star Ian Stenlake is joining the cast of the Australian premiere of The Bridges of Madison County to play the leading role of Robert Kincaid. Based on the best-selling novel and developed by the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning creative team of Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Songs for a New World) and Marsha Norman (The Secret Garden, The Colour Purple), the Tony Award winning musical The Bridges of Madison County will have its Australian Premiere next month at Hayes Theatre Co.
The Australian Performing Arts Grammar School open mornings announced
The Australian Performing Arts Grammar School (APGS) in Sydney NSW, is not like any other school you may have visited. APGS is a secondary school focussing on academic, creative and performing arts for Years 7 to 12 and they are hosting open mornings throughout the year.
Co:3 Australia Announces new programming cycle and digital initiatives in 2020
Perth based Co:3 (Koh three) is an ambitious Australian arts company taking the next stage in its development as a legacy organisation. In 2020 Co:3 Australia enters a new two-year cycle of programming and introduces a range of digital initiatives. The first year of the new programming cycle is devoted to partnership presentations, and the second is focused on staging new works by Co:3’s Artistic Director, Raewyn Hill.
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