Artistic Director Lee Lewis announced the 2016 Griffin Theatre Company season today (August 31, 2015). Five brand new plays will make their world premieres on the SBW Stables stage next year.
In 2016, Malthouse Theatre invites audiences to ‘think again’ about what is happening politically and personally in the world around us, and to rethink stories we might assume are familiar, in the first season programmed by newly appointed Artistic Director Matthew Lutton (pictured right - photographer: Andrew Gough).
‘It’s a season that will ignite heated debate about sex, death and revolution, and bring a wide range of communities together through new works created by independent and international artists,’ said Lutton.
The understudy becomes a star and more tickets are released as James D Smith wins the role of Billy Kostecki for the Adelaide season of Dirty Dancing. Lesley Reed reports.
Dreams do come true it seems. A long-held wish of actor and singer James D Smith has come true today with the announcement by Australian theatre producer John Frost that Smith will play Billy in the Adelaide season of the hit musical Dirty Dancing.
Jonathan Church will succeed Andrew Upton as Artistic Director of Sydney Theatre Company (STC), it was announced today, 25 August 2015. The British artist has been Artistic Director of Chichester Festival Theatre since 2006 and is credited with completely transforming the much-loved UK institution.
He is a Golden Globe, Emmy and Tony Award winner and now master showman and worldwide performing sensation Hugh Jackman is returning home to Australia in November and December for a five-city arena concert tour - BROADWAY TO OZ - which is based on his smash hit and sold out Broadway show, Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway.
The Australian cast of the brand new production, Georgy Girl - the Seekers Musical, has been announced with members of The Seekers in attendance. The cast announcement was made at Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl, the scene of The Seekers’ record-breaking concert in 1967 that drew a mammoth crowd of more than 200,000 people!
Have you ever had a teacher you adored? Elise McCann has, and now she has the chance to play one in the Australian premiere of Matilda the Musical, now playing in Sydney. It has been a stellar time for the performer, who toured Australia in a cabaret based on the life of Lucille Ball and is soon to appear as Peter Allen’s sister in the tele-movie about his life. David Spicer reports.
