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State Opera South Australia Season 2020

A series of operatic masterpieces, new productions and a one-night-only open-air spectacular feature in State Opera South Australia’s 2020 season, which launched today.

“The thing that thrills me the most is how this season showcases just what singers can do – captivate, move and inspire. Best of all, it’s all homegrown talent,” said State Opera’s Artistic Director Stuart Maunder.

Melbourne Theatre Company Season 2020

Melbourne Theatre Company Artistic Director & CEO Brett Sheehy has unveiled MTC’s 2020 Season.

‘Season 2020 assembles Australia’s best and brightest for a year of theatre that will have audiences seeing the world differently,’ Brett Sheehy said.

‘Our NEXT STAGE Writers’ Program shines brightly with four new commissions taking pride of place alongside a Tony Award-winning musical, a dazzling Shakespeare, an Australian classic and the most exciting new writing from the West End, Broadway and beyond.’

Comedy, Cabaret and Kids at Bondi

The Bondi Theatre Company will stage the locally written comedy Bondi Legal at the Bondi Pavilion in October 2019 as part of its season of comedy, musical cabaret and children’s theatre.

The comedy – celebrating its 10th anniversary – is inspired by  a case the playwright Tony Laumberg took on when he was a young solicitor.

HOT @ HOTA

Coral Drouyn takes a look at what’s on offer, along with sunshine and sand, at the Gold Coast’s Home Of The Arts.

Let’s be honest, no-one moves to the Gold Coast for the Arts scene. The weather, the beaches, the café culture, the fact that you can donate all your sweaters to Lifeline; they’re all factors. But culture? Not so much.

Belvoir 2020 Season

Belvoir has announced the productions making up its 2020 season, with highlights including new works from established and emerging voices, an array of talent both on and off stage, and an all-new production from the award-winning team behind Counting and Cracking.

Laser Beak Man

Writer/Creative Producer of Laser Beak Man Nicholas Paine explains the secrets behind the delightful puppet show, on stage at Arts Centre Melboune in September and QPAC October.

How would you describe the artwork of Tim Sharp which inspired the production?

It is quite electric, very bright, inspiring and unusual. Tim has a distinct style.

He has an interesting background.

Come From Away – A 9/12 Musical

Creators of the musical Come From Away Irene Sankoff and David Hein chat with Neil Litchfield about their Broadway hit, celebrating extraordinary kindness and humanity in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

STAGE WHISPERS MAGAZINE: SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2019 EDITION OUT NOW!!!

IN THIS EDITION

Razzle Dazzle ‘Em

Chicago returns with “All That Jazz”

This Is Warlow’s Moment

Anthony Warlow is set to finally play Jekyll & Hyde

Caroline, or Change

How imaginative sets transform the tiny Hayes Theatre

Opera Goes Digital

LED sets reinvent the way Australia sees Opera

West Berlin Story

Australia takes West Side Story to Germany

Griffin Theatre Company Season 2020

In 2020 Griffin Theatre Company celebrates the 50th birthday of the Stables Theatre and presents a Main Season of five plays featuring fresh new perspectives, heartbreak, adventure and life-affirming joy.

Griffin’s Artistic Director Lee Lewis says, “The 2020 Season is not a looking back, but a looking forward. Our playwrights have questions for you, challenges for you, laughter to share with you and hope and visions of the future to offer you.”

Malthouse Theatre Season 2020

From the backstreets of Melbourne’s northern suburbs to the depths of Antarctica, a Scottish Shakespearean spectacle to Oscar Wilde’s most famous comedy of lies, Malthouse Theatre brings history, culture, politics, subversion, great odysseys and truth-telling together under one roof in 2020.

2020 marks a milestone for the company: 30 years of Melbourne’s most provocative theatre company occupying one of the city’s most iconic buildings.

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