Image: Wudjang: Not the Past. Photographer: Daniel Boud.
Sydney Festival’s 2022 line-up – the first helmed by artistic director Olivia Ansell – has been announced.
Events range from mainstage gigs for 12,000 to intricate musical moments ensconced in the city’s waterways; from Broadway hits to a ballet of BMX bikes; from a symphony under the stars to a cacophonous contemporary corroboree; from intimate moments for one to a rave on Mount Olympus
Lyndon Terracini for Opera Australia and John Frost for Crossroads Live have announced that the Tony® Award-winning Broadway production of Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella will have its Australian Premiere at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre from 20 May 2022, with a season at the Sydney Lyric Theatre from 23 October.
With its kaleidoscope of blended pop songs and eye-popping scenery, Moulin Rouge! The Musical has opened in Melbourne in November 2021 after being put on ice during the lockdown. David Spicer speaks to the stars Des Flanagan (Christian), Alinta Chidzey (Satine) and Simon Burke (Harold Zidler).
In 2019 Des Flanagan stood on the stage of Moulin Rouge! at the Al Hirschfield Theatre on Broadway and stared out at the empty theatre. The young performer had just watched the production, from a standing room ticket space supplied by a friend in the cast.
The Australian Ballet and GWB Entertainment have announced that Broadway and West End leads Robert Fairchild and Leanne Cope will reprise their roles as the American GI Jerry Mulligan and the young Parisian dancer Lise Dassin in Australia in An American In Paris, with two of
Riverside Theatres, in partnership with Sydney Festival, is thrilled to announce the Australian premiere season of the much-anticipated Broadway smash A Chorus Line as part of its dazzling 2022 program.
Darlinghurst Theatre Company’s new production of the Tony Award-winning musical, which was originally slated to open last year, is now set to kick off at Riverside Theatres in Parramatta on 6 January.
Australia is mourning the late great Bert Newton (23 July 1938 – 30 October 2021) and those who shared the stage with him are sharing their tributes and dedications.
The 37th Adelaide Festival program will run over 17 days from Friday 4 to Sunday 20 March, 2022. The program offers a total of 71 events in theatre, music, opera, dance, media and visual arts, including uniquely local programs Adelaide Writers’ Week, UKARIA Chamber Landscapes and WOMADelaide.
The Festival will feature 9 World premieres, 6 Australian premieres and 17 shows playing exclusively in Adelaide.
Adelaide Festival Artistic Directors Rachel Healy and Neil Armfield say:
Moulin Rouge! The Musical had its Australian premiere performance on Friday 12 November, 2021 as Baz Luhrmann’s film came to life onstage, remixed in a new musical mash-up extravaganza.
Melbourne’s Regent Theatre has been transformed into the famed French nightclub and is set to transport audiences to 19th century Paris, complete with the iconic red windmill and towering blue elephant.
