As Ensemble Theatre enters its 54th year, Co-Artistic Directors Sandra Bates and Mark Kilmurry today September 12, 2011) announced the 2012 season of 11 plays.
Notable features are two David Williamson plays, one an Australian premiere, the other a Sydney premiere.
Left of Centre in association with The New What Next presents Product by Mark Ravenhill for the Sydney Fringe Festival.
When Amy, a 9/11 Widow, falls in love with an al-Qaeda terrorist, it forces her to question everything she’s known to be true in this world...
Far fetched you say?
Major sponsor ‘Versace’ doesn’t think so. And neither does James, a verbally dexterous Film Producer, who is pitching this willbeblockbuster to ‘flavour of the month’ film actress Olivia.
The Rob Guest Endowment is now in its third year and has quickly become an important part of the Australian theatrical landscape, not only for the opportunities it grants recipients but also for the Rob Guest Endowment Concert, which is the culmination of each year’s activities and is an anticipated evening of stellar entertainment, involving performances from the finest in the Australian theatre industry and honouring the memory of much-loved star, Rob Guest OBE.
Artistic Director Ralph Myers announced the 2012 Belvoir season on Friday September 9.
“I’m enormously pleased that audiences have responded so enthusiastically to the 2011 season,” said Myers. “So in 2012 we have kept the recipe intact: a mix of exciting plays by local playwrights and classic plays re-imagined by the best and most original directors we could find.”
The Butterfly Club is spreading its wings for a special cabaret season at Trades Hall from Tuesday 20 September until Saturday 8 October 2011.
Butterfly @ Trades willpresent some of the best local cabaret artists with new shows and many returning from sold out seasons across Australia. More than 40 performers in 45 shows across the three weeks.
Earth Angel, a mystical physical theatre production combining dance, aerial circus and live song, will be presented as part of the 2011 Sydney Fringe.
It depicts an epic battle of Light versus Dark, following the journey of an Angel (Tara played by Natasha Marconi) who is sent to Earth in a quest to save the planet against the Dark Lights. In her journey she falls in love with a human, Christopher (played by Chris Tsattalios).
ABC TV and Opera Australia have forged a new partnership to benefit all lovers of opera. Over the next three years, 15 of the most recent and popular operas will be broadcast on ABC1 and ABC2.
“This great partnership deepens ABC TV’s ongoing commitment to the delivery of the very finest in Arts programming,” said Kim Dalton ABC Director of Television. “Opera Australia and ABC TV have worked very hard to make sure that all Australians have the opportunity to enjoy the work of one of the premier performing arts organisations in Australia.”
As part of the Sydney Fringe Festival recent WAAPA graduates Edward Grey and Naomi Livingston will appear in John and Jen, a two-hander musical composed by Andrew Lippa (The Addams Family) and Tom Greenwald, playing just six showsat Sidetrack Theatre, Marrickville from 20 – 24 September.
John and Jen follows the story of a woman torn between the two Johns in her life – the brother that died in the Vietnam War, and the son she is struggling to bring up.
When Alex and Eve: The Baby opened at The Factory in Sydney in August, it was the third instalment in what has become an amazing Sydney Independent theatre phenomenon. Stephen Carnell interviews writer/producer/actor Alex Lycos and director Michael Block.
How did the idea for the Alex & Eve story originate?
The Herald Sun has reported that Tim Lawson will produce an all-Australian version of the stage musical adaptation of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, based on the 1968 film, to premiere late next year before touring. No city has yet been announced for the premiere.
Lawson is in Melbourne holding auditions for a new production of A Chorus Line, which will open early next year, to be directed and choreographed by original Broadway cast member Baayork Lee.
