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One of the most successful musicals to play Australia in recent years is set to return, with the announcement that the blockbuster musical, Jersey Boys will play Sydney’s Capitol Th…
The Adelaide Festival Board has announced respected arts leaders Rob Brookman and Torben Brookman will join the senior leadership team of the Adelaide Festival as Executive Director and Depu…
Mad March Hare in association with Red Line Productions present the Sydney premiere of Rajiv Joseph’s groundbreaking theatrical drama, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo at the Old Fit…
Music video program Rage made its debut on ABC TV 30 years ago this week, on Friday 17 April 1987. At the time of its debut Rage was one of five similar music video programs on Australian TV…
Smashing expectations with the dirtiest lyrics & prettiest harmonies around, the Ladies reinvent the worst of pop culture, performing tunes by the world's most famous male musicians in a…
Who is Gavin Ross? I’m just a punk kid from Edinburgh really. I come from a single parent, working class home, which is fairly average and normal for most people my age in my area. …
In its 28th year, Byron Bay Bluesfest is bringing some of the world's best Blues and Blues related artists to play at their festival over the Easter weekend: 13 – 17 April 2017. While …
One of Sydney's best loved arts organisations is set to take on its biggest project yet at the helm of Green Square's new creative hub. 107 Projects, a not-for-profit cultural enterprise bas…
The 28th annual Great Debate topic That You’ve Gotta Fake News To Make News will be battled out for your entertainment on Saturday 15 April at Melbourne Town Hall, with the charming…
The long venue of Horse Bazaar fills up pretty fast. On the table is a copy of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, its spine in a state of extreme distress; talk about a grimoire. Then…
A sleeper hit when it played the Downstairs Theatre in 2015, The Dog / The Cat is a delicious theatrical treat; a romantic comedy with real heart and genuine charm. After four extension w…
Celebrating the freshest, fiercest and funniest new Indigenous talent from around the country, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's Deadly Funny National Final and Showcase took …
Who is Tyler De Nawi? Tyler De Nawi is someone who would rather stay home on a Saturday night but ends up being the last to leave at every party. He speaks Arabic and Brazilian-Portuguese…
Melbourne Festival, Creative Victoria, Public Transport Victoria and Yarra Trams have announced the fifth year of the Melbourne Art Trams project – a public art project that transforms…
After a brilliant inaugural season in 2016, Guitars in Bars is back to brighten venues and public spaces around the state in July 2017 as part of MusicSA's Umbrella: Winter City Sounds…
April 2 was International Children's Book Day and the anniversary of the birth of one of the most famous contributors to this genre, Hans Christian Andersen. But when Andersen wrote his work…
Set in a deserted theatre instead of an island, the Sir Matthew Bourne's adaptation of the classic Lord of the Flies examines the descent from civilisation to savagery through dance. Lord of…
Following their riotous reception in 2015, the original cast of State Theatre Company South Australia's The Popular Mechanicals have headed east to remount the show for Sydney Theatre Com…
American Arj Barker is a frequent visitor to Australia. This year he presents a second crop of his 2016 show Organic. I found one aspect of his show particularly nutritious. It's almost exac…
After a decade of touring the world, Metanoia Theatre presents the Melbourne premiere season of Claudio Tolcachir’s hilarious Argentinian comedy, The Omission of the Coleman Family at …
Dame Helen Mirren and David Arquette could be rubbing shoulders with the stars of The Footy Show this week as Docklands Studios Melbourne marks one of its busiest periods ever. Minister for …
Mami Kataoka, Artistic Director of the 21st Biennale of Sydney, has revealed the first group of 21 artists selected for the Asia Pacific's leading contemporary art event. With around 7…
After much anticipation, Luckiest Productions has revealed Tim Draxl as the final cast member in the 30th anniversary production of Alex Harding's beloved Australian musical Only He…
Who is Gorkem Acaroglu? I am an Australian based theatre director and performance maker, passionate about work that tests the borders of form and content, the human and non-human, the fictio…
One my friends is a pentecostal Christian and a couple of times, many years ago, he invited me to his church. I saw the laying of hands, people speaking in tongues – their fervour at s…
