Adelaide’s Davine Interventionz Productions has been on a critically acclaimed retrospective music odyssey for some time now, with Xanadu being the most recent show in that journey. 2015 begins with another stop on memory lane, with the company’s 2015 Adelaide Fringe production of flowerchildren – the mamas and papas story. Lesley Reed reports.
Coral Drouyn talks to Jason Langley, the director of a new musical about Gertrude Stein having its Australian Professional debut this month
It’s not often that we get an Australian premiere of a Musical with impeccable multi-award-winning creators, that very few people have even heard of; yet that’s precisely what will happen from the 21st of January for a limited season at Chapel of Chapel, when Loving Repeating begins its limited run.
It’s enough to make Joseph Ting scream. He argues that the ebb and glow of flickering screens is spoiling theatre.
The essence of the cultural experience is a direct, personal and revelatory encounter with an event or artwork. The joy of seeing a play or visiting an art installation is in the physical live experience. Our attention must be directed to the subject matter in front of us.
Leading Australian theatre producer John Frost has announced that the role of Glinda in the 2015 Brisbane and Perth seasons of the Broadway musical will be played by Suzie Mathers, taking over from Lucy Durack who is leaving at the end of the Sydney season for her next “thrillifying” role … as a mother.
The evolution of mankind, no less, is the mighty canvas for Cirque du Soleil’s latest touring extravaganza. But is it Theatre? FRANK HATHERLEY peeks under the big top.
What should we call Cirque du Soleil? Is it Theatre or Circus or Big Top Cabaret or Massive Musical or what?
New York’s Drama Desk has no doubt. This respected posse of Broadway critics and reporters gave its 2013 Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience to Totem, the latest themed entertainment from Cirque du Soleil.
John Frost has announced popular musical theatre star Simon Gallaher will play the Wizard in the upcoming Brisbane and Perth seasons of the hit musical Wicked. Frost said he had been hoping to work with Simon for many years and is thrilled that he has accepted his invitation to play the role in Brisbane and Perth.
Stage Whispers correspondents preview another exciting year of Musical Theatre.
The biggest musical theatre news of 2015 is the arrival of Tim Minchin's West End and Broadway smash hit Matilda The Musical at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre in July, at the start of a national tour.
Stage Whispers correspondents cast their eyes over the best drama on offer next year.
Melbourne Theatre Company
Coral Drouyn says it’s been a long while since she has been as excited by an MTC season as she is about 2015, the third season under Artistic Director Brett Sheehy.
There’s something for everyone, including a couple of world premieres. For me it’s a veritable feast but there are certain must-sees that I have already got in the diary.
