Image: Running Woman. Photographer: Anne Colliard.
Luzia, Cirque du Soleil’s 38th extravaganza under the Big Top, is touring Australia this year. Jonathan Cox spoke to Helena Merten and Nelson Smyles, two Aussies living their dreams performing with the troupe.
Debora Krizak speaks to stars of Rent and The Rocky Horror Show who cut their teeth in the industry as children.
Having spent the best part of 2023 performing with young kids, I have often wondered whether any of them would go on to pursue a performing arts career, and at what cost.
The Tony®, Olivier®, and Grammy® award-winning production The Book of Mormon will return to Sydney from July 2025.
Winner of nine Tony Awards® including Best Musical and the Grammy® for Best Musical Theatre album, The Book of Mormon follows a pair of mismatched Mormon boys sent on a mission to a place that’s about as far from Salt Lake City as you can get. It will play at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney from July 2025.
In the hugely privileged world we inhabit as theatre reviewers, there are often experiences that continue to haunt us (mostly in good ways), long after we have seen and written about them. The Gary Lang NT Dance Company’s The Other Side of Me remains, for me, one such experience.
The Picture Of Dorian Gray’s star Sarah Snook has been named Best Actress at the 2024 Olivier Awards, held at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
The annual awards, presented by the Society of London Theatre, recognise excellence in professional theatre in London.
Praise be! In the biggest role of her career to date, Casey Donovan has been confirmed to lead the cast of Sister Act, when it opens at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney from August and the Regent Theatre in Melbourne from November. Joining Casey in donning the habit will be the Genevieve Lemon in the role of Mother Superior.
Victoria’s theatre industry came together on April 8th at the Melbourne's Comedy Theatre for the presentation of the 2024 Green Room Awards with the Melbourne Theatre Company taking eight awards including Best Theatre Production for My Sister Jill, while Best Commercial Musical went to Mary Poppins.
Sydney Theatre Company Artistic Director Kip Williams, will leave at the end of the year after 13 years with the Company, eight as Artistic Director, to prepare for a career on Broadway.
Following the success of The Picture of Dorian Grayin London’s West End, Kip has decided to hand over the reins to a new Artistic Director at the end of 2024 as he makes space in his schedule for a proposed Broadway season in 2025.
