Toby Schmitz can’t seem to put a foot wrong. As a writer, director and actor, he’s been described as “elegant, talented, witty and charming”, a “comic natural with a mobile, expressive face and eyes that do funny without any words being necessary”. Sam Whiteley spoke with him about another huge year.
The 13th Annual Helpmann Awards were being presented tonight (July 29, 2013) live at the Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House, in a ceremony co-hosted by Eddie Perfect and Christie Whelan Browne.
Three productions were equally big winners, with five awards each.
The Secret River received awards for Best Play, Best New Australian Work, Best Original Score, Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play and Best Direction of a Play.
Peter Pinne suggests there’s something jingoistic about Australia’s annual Live Entertainment Awards, which will be announced at the Sydney Opera House on Monday night. He accuses organisers of snubbing imported classics to promote local producers, with a bias towards subsidised theatre.
Melbourne Theatre Company today (July 16, 2013) announced that David Williamson’s Rupert will tour to Washington D.C. to participate in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts WORLD STAGES: INTERNATIONAL THEATER FESTIVALin March 2014. This is Melbourne Theatre Company’s first international tour and it will be the only Australian theatre company participating in this Festival.
Music Theatre and dance diva Caroline O’Connor feels Australian down to her bootlaces. Yet more than any other performer she has been a true gypsy, travelling the world stage to rave reviews, rarely calling anywhere home. Coral Drouyn caught up with her on the eve of her opening as Mama Rose in Gypsy.
WICKED returns to its original Australian home, the Regent Theatre, Melbourne in 2014, opening on Saturday May 10, 2014 (previews May 7 - 9) for a strictly limited season, before touring to Sydney's Capitol Theatre from September 20 and Brisbane, with a cast led by popular stars from the original Australian tour, Lucy Durack (Glinda), Jemma Rix (Elphaba) and Maggie Kirkpatrick (Madame Morrible).
