Rehearsals have begun at Opera Australia’s Sydney headquarters, and the countdown is on to the much anticipated Australian premiere of the Tony® Award-winning Broadway production of Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella. One of the most beautiful and beloved musicals of all time. Cinderella will open at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre from 20 May, with seasons at
Royal New Zealand Ballet might not be hitting the road to go on tour until later this year, but that has not stopped them from pursuing digital growth and exploring new platforms to reach audiences. The RNZB Education Team has been delivering an incredible suite of online classes and resources to continue engaging with students, teachers and young dancers
Thomas Currie’s Basically Nocturnal is a punchy night of witty stories and songs, old and new. Basically Nocturnal premiered as part of the 2021 Melbourne Cabaret Festival at Chapel Off Chapel. Featuring all new versions of songs from Billy Joel, Barry Manilow, Peter Allan and more, let Currie and his band of synthesisers, drums and electric cello transport
Ausdance ACT 2022 Australian Dance Week opens Friday 29th April to coincide with International Dance Day and concludes Sunday 8th May. Ausdance ACT curates an annual umbrella festival of events, highlighting a thriving and diverse local dance scene from studio classes, workshops, and activities for all ages with loads of free classes and showings.
Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) and Queensland Theatre have revealed the stars of The Sunshine Club, a revival of the “unashamedly feel-good musical” (The Australian) that will swing into the Playhouse from 9 to 30 July 2022. First performed by Queensland Theatre in QPAC’s Playhouse in 1999, The Sunshine Club launched the career of artists that
The Victorian Government and National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) are grateful for the extraordinary generosity of Lindsay Fox AC and Paula Fox AO, who have pledged $100 million towards NGV Contemporary – the largest cultural gift for a capital program ever made to an Australian art museum by a living donor. The gift towards NGV Contemporary coincides with
Some of Australia’s most-loved performers including
Todd McKenney, Rhonda Burchmore, Rob Mills
and
Asabi Goodman
are joining
Shane Jacobson,
as Edna Turnblad,
to star in the upcoming premiere of the Tony Award winning Broadway production of
Hairspray,
set to
Join the Conservatorium's New Music Studio as they present a special 50th birthday concert celebrating the music of Australian composer Katy Abbott on 28 April at 7:30 pm in The Ian Potter Southbank Centre. Often musing on the concepts of connection, place, and humour, Dr Abbott’s compositions are performed, published, and recorded around the world. ‘In
Theatre Royal presents The Year of Magical Thinking, 23-25 June, in their Studio Theatre. If you’ve read her books and essays, or watched the Netflix doco, you know that Joan Didion is one of the most deeply intelligent and thoughtful writers of the 20th century. Theatre People shared, “The audience is mesmerised, holding on to every word, gesture, with
Bangarra Dance Theatre is thrilled to announce the appointment of two new Dancers, who will join the company this month. Chantelle Lee Lockhart is a proud descendant of the Dharawal Nation as well as the people of the Eora Nation. Growing up on the NSW Central Coast and Muswellbrook in the Upper Hunter, Chantelle has been dancing since the age of two, a
Queensland Ballet is celebrating 10 years of Li Cunxin as Artistic Director. In 2013, Li Cunxin AO arrived at Queensland Ballet studios in Brisbane filled with dreams, drive, and an ambition to make an extraordinary impact.
What followed was just that: 10 years of growth, stunning productions, standardising live orchestras at mainstage
leap
is an explosive new dance show created by Amy Campbell, one of Australia’s most exciting young creatives.
Featuring ten of Australia’s foremost dancers and four extraordinary musicians,
leap
re-imagines recognisable classical music into a modern soundtrack.
Performed live (on piano, cello, beats and
