Theatre Works in Melbourne has announced its 2024 season, an extensive line-up featuring over 40 productions, a testament to Theatre Works' commitment to championing independent artists, diverse perspectives and unique forms.
“This program solidifies Theatre Works place in the Australian theatrical ecology as one of the most prolific and vital venues in the country, championing independent artists, theatrical exploration, new and diverse voices and exemplary senior artists,” saysDianne Toulson, Executive Director and Creative Producer.
Shane Jacobson and Todd McKenney are the archetypal odd couple, as different as chalk and cheese, but best mates and constant collaborators. Since they met on the Channel 7 TV series The Real Full Monty several years ago, the friends have worked together on TV in Mates on a Mission and The All New Monty, and on stage in The Rocky Horror Show and Hairspray (as husband and wife).
A true story about an unsolved murder that divided a nation, Jason Robert Brown’s Tony Award-winning musical, Parade will play a season in Sydney in May 2024, following the Broadway Revival in 2023, and a season in Melbourne.
With a book by Alfred Uhry (Driving Miss Daisy) and a score by Jason Robert Brown (Songs for a New World, The Last Five Years, Bridges of Madison County), Parade is a moving examination of one of the darkest episodes of America's history.
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s Christmas Unwrapped is set to fill the Festival Theatre with Christmas cheer and the sounds of music, song, and laughter.
Guided by conductor Guy Noble, the ASO, soprano Desiree Frahn, Graduate Singers, and Elder Conservatorium Chorale will unwrap the festive spirit as they come together to perform a range of Christmas favourites, beloved classics, and sing along carols.
Guy Noble said that he was excited to return to Adelaide for one of his favourite events of the year.
Image: Turn The Beat Around. Adelaide Fringe 2022. Photographer: Ian Coker.
With more than 1,300 shows, the 2024 Adelaide Fringe promises a “kaleidoscope of the talented, the wonderful, and the outright whimsical, set to transform Adelaide into a utopia of discovery and culture across February and March”.
The multi-genre festival amalgamates comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret, visual art, music, interactive and more in a melting pot of artistic expression.
