Melbourne Theatre Company today (July 16, 2013) announced that David Williamson’s Rupert will tour to Washington D.C. to participate in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts WORLD STAGES: INTERNATIONAL THEATER FESTIVALin March 2014. This is Melbourne Theatre Company’s first international tour and it will be the only Australian theatre company participating in this Festival.
Music Theatre and dance diva Caroline O’Connor feels Australian down to her bootlaces. Yet more than any other performer she has been a true gypsy, travelling the world stage to rave reviews, rarely calling anywhere home. Coral Drouyn caught up with her on the eve of her opening as Mama Rose in Gypsy.
WICKED returns to its original Australian home, the Regent Theatre, Melbourne in 2014, opening on Saturday May 10, 2014 (previews May 7 - 9) for a strictly limited season, before touring to Sydney's Capitol Theatre from September 20 and Brisbane, with a cast led by popular stars from the original Australian tour, Lucy Durack (Glinda), Jemma Rix (Elphaba) and Maggie Kirkpatrick (Madame Morrible).
As Legally Blonde prepares to close we’ve taken the opportunity to update Cameron Daddo’s views on coming home when he spoke with Coral Drouyn some months ago. See Legally Blonde this week if you can.
The Dancing Man - David Atkins - has dusted off his tap shoes to help introduce a new generation to Hot Shoe Shuffle, the musical he co-created. Now opening in Sydney, and soon Melbourne after a Brisbane season, the director of iconic sporting ceremonies in recent times is back on stage. David Spicer reports.
David Atkins relishes telling the story about how the musical which has now been performed in six countries, and was a hit in the West End, got started.
Due to “an unprecedented demand for tickets,” more performances of GREASE are being released for sale on July 15 in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.
GREASE producer John Frost said, “We’re thrilled with the overwhelming demand for tickets - the rush to buy tickets shows that GREASE must be everyone’s favourite party musical. So we’ve added additional weeks and performances so everyone can get to see this fantastic cast perform in one of the most loved musicals of all time.”
It’s hard catching up with Marina Prior these days. Australia’s favourite musical theatre diva is on the road touring for the rest of the year. Peter Pinne spoke to her in between concerts in Bathurst and Orange.
Gary Gumbleton, Head of Sales at Iticket (New Zealand), explains how theatres can ride the social media wave to fill their theatres.
Why should you be using social media? Well, above all, it’s free (although you can pay for additional reach). It allows you to feed information directly to the people who are specifically interested in what you have to offer.
Pop music icon Kylie Minogue OBE and Arts philanthropist David Blenkinsop CBE AM have been named co-recipients of the 2013 JC Williamson Award by Live Performance Australia (LPA).
