618 stories by "Cassie Tongue"
Neil Gooding directs and produces a brand new Australian musical for Hayes Theatre Co, featuring music and lyrics by Tim Freedman (The Whitlams) and a book by Freedman and Alex Broun. The Ha…
It’s back! CJ Johnson’s satirical look at the ruthless world of Australia’s empire builders was a hit for Darlinghurst back in 2005/06, and now a new version created for th…
In June, Bangarra Dance Theatre will take the stage at Sydney Opera House for the world premiere of Patyegarang, as it celebrates 25 years of surviving and thriving. Choreographed by B…
2013 Balnaves Foundation Indigenous Playwright's Award winner Jada Alberts is bringing her new play Brothers Wreck to Belvoir in May, and celebrated storyteller Leah Purcell will di…
Directed by Iain Sinclair (Our Town, Blood Wedding) Mojo is a tightly-wound thriller which examines the dark underside of the halcyon days of rock ‘n’ roll with grim humour…
Glen Street Theatre has announced an exciting opportunity for young people to share their voice and celebrate cultural diversity in association with the National Institute of Dramatic Art (N…
Sarah Giles directs German playwright Marius von Mayenburg's Perplex, a rollicking absurdist comedy about the capriciousness of reality and the unreliability of reason. Andrea Demetriades…
The Australian Theatre for Young People (atyp) has opened submissions for the annual ATYP Foundation Playwrights Commission. Now in its third year with this important Commission, the aty…
How different could our world be if the first act of violence was committed by a woman? What if Cain and Abel were sisters? “Cain and Abel were the two sons of Adam and Eve. Cain was t…
Windmill Theatre, a company of artists making theatre for children and families out of Adelaide, are one of the smartest companies in the Australian theatre scene. They are cheeky, youthful,…
Global Creatures and Bazmark have announced a partnership with Melanoma Institute Australia for the Global Premiere of Strictly Ballroom. Baz Luhrmann said “Having had a very perso…
Strictly Ballroom the Musical needs to learn from its own motto: A life lived in fear is a life half-lived. The show is afraid to be a musical. For a piece that started as a devised stage wo…
One of Australia’s foremost entertainers, David Campbell is back with a brand new album and a brand new show – David Campbell sings John Bucchino. Campbell will also tour with hi…
Todd McKenney is set to perform the songs of Peter Allen in a high energy, vibrant and entertaining night that showcases Todd's incredible talents. His Victorian and NSW tour, commencing…
Windmill Theatre makes a welcome return to Sydney, following the success of multi award-winning School Dance, with a rollicking revision of the classic tale of a wooden boy with a nose…
A new exhibition celebrates the sequinned splendour of the hit stage and screen musical Strictly Ballroom, just in time for the opening of the new musical. It has been thirty years since Str…
Live Performance Australia (LPA) has announced that theatre producer John Frost has been named the recipient of the JC Williamson Award for 2014 – one of the highest honors in the Aust…
Sydney Independent Theatre Company (SITCO) presents for one week only the Pulitzer Prize nominated play Thom Pain (based on nothing), by Will Eno. The play will run at the Old Fitzroy Theatr…
Bernadette Peters wants to talk about Peter Allen. It's an easy, instant connection to make with her Australian audience " she loved him, and so did, collectively, all of us " and she sang "…
The Drowsy Chaperone, a loving parody of 1920s musicals and a thank you to musical theatre for making life a little more bearable, is something of a recent classic. It has played Broadway an…
The Winter's Tale is a rarely-performed and uneven, but occasionally glittering, part of Shakespeare's canon. Half-tragedy, half-comedy, it is a bit of a beast to stage with clarity. Bell Sh…
One night only! Wicked and Legally Blonde stars Lucy Durack and David Harris are going to sing the best of Broadway at Taronga Zoo on 14th March – and you could be there! They will tak…
Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) launch their 2014 Selects season (previously known as Under the Wharf) with the Australian premiere of Diana Son's critically acclaimed play Stop K…
Once in Royal David’s City, the return of celebrated playwright Michael Gow to Sydney, is a product of time, age, and a life longer-lived. Gow’s writing has grown older and has s…
Hayes Theatre Co " a new company devoted to furthering Australian musical theatre and cabaret through clever revivals and new works " debuted their first show this week: Luckiest Productions…
