There’s no greater thrill than standing on stage at the end of a show and knowing you’ve entertained or moved an audience. The only feeling that comes close is receiving acknowledgement from one’s peers; the people who recognise the training, experience, dedication and support work at the heart of an outstanding theatre performance or production.
South Australia’s sister state, the Shandong Province of China, is the prime focus of the Adelaide Festival Centre’s 2014 OzAsia Festival, which features more than one hundred and forty performers from the region.
Spotlighting the rich history and culture of the province, the Festival also presents performances and events from Japan, India, Korea, the Philippines, Cambodia, Palestine, Bangladesh, Russia, Indonesia, Mongolia and Australia.
Producers Howard Panter and John Frost today (August 15, 2014) confirmed that the new Australian production of Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show will play a limited season at the Sydney Lyric Theatre from April 2015. Returning in the role of Frank N Furter will be television and theatre star Craig McLachlan, fresh from shooting the title role in the third series of ABC TV’s top rating drama series The Doctor Blake Mysteries. Further cast members will be announced later this year.
Sydney musical theatre company, Squabbalogic Independent Music Theatre Inc, has announced their second annual season of independent musicals, which will be presented at The Seymour Centre’s Reginald Theatre this year and next.
The season of three productions features the Australian premieres of SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM and TRIASSIC PARQ, plus Broadway classic MAN OF LA MANCHA.
Former Sydney Morning Herald theatre critic Bryce Hallett has penned a concert drama based on the poignant stories behind the Vietnam War. It features the rock’ n’ roll and video footage from the era, linked by ‘soliloquys’. Ahead of its national tour in August and September he spoke to David Spicer about the show and the challenges of developing new work.
The six Finalists for the 2014 Rob Guest Endowment Award were announced last night (August 11) at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney. Competing against 30 other Semi-Finalists, six outstanding performers were chosen by an expert panel of judges, which included Todd McKenney, Stuart Maunder and Guy Simpson.
The Cole Porter classic Anything Goes will be Opera’s Australia’s musical collaboration with impresario John Frost in 2015. The musical won three Tony Awards during its most recent Broadway revival including Best Musical Revival and Choreography.
For the third year in a row a musical will be staged for two months in the Sydney Opera House – leaving no room during this period for Opera. The Sydney season will follow seasons in Melbourne and Brisbane.
Coral Drouyn has some thoughts to wrap up this year’s charity fund-raiser – Twisted Broadway.
Where were you Monday night? I looked all over the Arts Centre for you but you weren’t there. How could you miss the one and only performance of Twisted Broadway’s 5th anniversary concert? Mind you, you would have had to stand in the aisles of the Playhouse as every seat was taken, but you might have persuaded Geoffrey Rush to move, he is a true gentleman.
For the first time in its history the American Ballet Theatre will visit Australia performing exclusively at the Lyric Theatre, Brisbane, from 28 August to 7 September, 2014, as part of QPAC’s International Series. Peter Pinne reports.
Based in New York, the American Ballet Theatre is the United States National Ballet Company, as named by an Act of the United States Congress, and is considered a living national treasure.
