Nominations have been announced for the Sydney Theatre Awards for 2015, which will be presented at a gala ceremony on Monday January 18, 2016 at 6pm at the Paddington RSL.
As Georgy Girl - the Seekers Musical prepares to open on Australian stages, Pippa Grandison, who will play the iconic lead vocalist Judith Durham, speaks to Neil Litchfield.
Did you grow up in the 1960s too?
If so, you probably share the same proud, joyous memories of a nation watching from the other side of the world on grainy black and white TV as Aussie folk music quartet The Seekers blazed the trail as our first international pop superstars.
After 18 years delivering independent theatre to Sydney audiences, Rock Surfers Theatre Company regrets to announce that it has ceased trading from December 17 2015.
As is the case with many small to medium organisations in the sector, the Company has, when balanced against output, been under-funded and under-capitalised since inception.
With a new production of The Sound of Music opening, Coral Drouyn explores why the musical holds so much magic for us.
What is it about The Sound of Music that sets it apart from other musicals? Why are we welcoming yet another production, this time the award winning London Palladium production from 2006? After all, the show is 55 years old, so what is its magic appeal?
A new network to help develop Australian musicals has been born with a range of ideas including a million dollar fund to workshop new productions. David Spicer attended the symposium at the Victorian College of the Arts in September.
Composer/musical director Max Lambert was pulling no punches. “A lot of people in Australian musical theatre have no idea of what they are doing.”
Today’s musical theatre audiences expect to see increasingly innovative staging for shows, which can be a challenge for theatre companies. Undaunted, Adelaide’s Emma Knights has faced such a challenge with enthusiasm. In January, Emma Knights Productions will produce Oklahoma! in an unusually immersive and environmentally friendly theatrical environment, a real farm. Lesley Reed reports.
