To kick off Hayes Theatre Co’s 2020 season, 100 Coffees Productions and Neil Gooding Productions have announced the World Premiere of the new musical, The Life of Us. Directed by Neil Gooding, this modern-day musical written by Ashleigh Taylor, composed and written by Ben Bennett and mentored by the legendary Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Pippin, Godspell), is being performed at Hayes Theatre Co from 16 January 2020.
Amy Campbell, one of Australia’s most accomplished dance talents, and choreographer of the 50th Anniversary Australian Tour of HAIR, the Original Tribal Rock Musical comes to Gold Coast’s HOTA, Home of the Arts for a dynamic and inspiring masterclass on Thursday October 10.
The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Australia has announced the programme for its third international dance education conference Shaping Bodies, Shaping Minds on 18 – 19 January 2020. A key event in a global series of celebrations marking 100 years of the Royal Academy of Dance, the conference programme includes leading speakers such as David McAllister and cements the RAD’s position as a leading voice for dance education worldwide.
The Book of Mormon, Broadway’s smash hit musical has celebrated a milestone, its 1000th performance in Australia on Friday 27 September at the Crown Theatre, Perth. Since opening at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre in January 2017, the Tony®, Olivier®, Grammy® and Helpmann® award-winning show has broken box office records throughout its incredible tour across the country.
The holidays are the ideal time for dancers aged 5-18 to explore their love of dance in a range of different styles at Sydney Dance Company. There will be classes in Ultimo, Bondi and Pennant Hills for the School Holiday Workshops that will be held between 30th September to 11th October 2019.
The Royal Academy of Dance Australia has announced it will host its third international conference Shaping Bodies, Shaping Minds January 18 – 19 2020, and is calling for contributions for global dance education.
Registrations are now open for DirtyFeet’s The Right Foot – creative contemporary dance workshops for people with and without disability between the ages of 14 and 30 years this October and November. The popular workshop series is provided FREE to participants and is located in Sydney NSW.
Sydney’s DirtyFeet, a not for profit contemporary dance organisation, will present The Right Foot Project in September and October. The Right Foot Project will offer dance workshops to people with and without disability between the ages of 14 and 26 years old.
Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is partnering with My Room to bring hope, strength and joy to children and their families facing life-threatening cancers. Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will host a My Room Gala Performance raising money for children’s cancer charity My Room on Sunday 27 October at 6pm. The producers of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will donate all proceeds from the sale of the My Room tickets to help achieve a 100% cure rate for all childhood cancers.
This festive season, Cirque Stratosphere – a spectacular new circus from the creators of CIRCUS 1903 (2016) and last summer’s smash-hit The Illusionists: Direct from Broadway – will transform the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall into a futuristic space-age utopia for a strictly limited season from 24-29 December 2019.
Perth Festival announces five glorious shows as a taste of the summer cultural feast to come next February under new Festival Artistic Director Iain Grandage. Perth Festival runs from 7 February to 1 March 2020. Look out for more details when the full Festival program is announced on 31 October 2019.
Look out Australia – 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL is coming next year. Dolly Parton has announced that the smash-hit West End musical will have its Australian Premiere at the Sydney Lyric Theatre in April 2020.
