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Moulin Rouge Performances Commence November 12 at Melbourne Regent

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.

Bell Shakespeare Season 2022.

Image: Shaun Rennie and Laura Murphy (director and composer of The Lovers)

David Campbell to Star in North by Northwest

Following seasons in Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane the U.K. and Toronto, the stage adaption of Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest will play an exclusive limited season at Sydney Lyric Theatre from March 9 2022.

Calls to 1194

Geoffrey Williams recently caught up with award-winning playwright Sandra Thibodeaux in Darwin to talk about her latest play – Calls to 1194 – for the 2021 Darwin Fringe Festival.

Is it possible to die from a broken heart? Or does ‘broken hearted’ belong strictly to the emotionally cathartic world of prose, songs, poems, and melancholic malaise?

Sydney Theatre Company Act 1 Season 2022 Announced

Image: Lin Yin, Nicole Milinkovic and Cheryl Ho (2021 White Pearl cast). Photographer: Philip Erbacher.

Sydney Theatre Company Artistic Director Kip Williams has announced Act 1, six shows to kick off STC’s 2022 season that he says will “celebrate the joy, revelation and connection only theatre can offer” as the industry returns to the stage. 

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Black Swan State Theatre Company Announces Season 2022

Black Swan State Theatre Company describes its 2022 season of theatre as a celebration and exploration of connection and family. It is called KIN and promise to explore how we are connected as family, from bloodlines right through to a virtual family. 

State Theatre Company South Australia 2022 Season

State Theatre Company South Australia’s 2022 season ranges from new Australian works and a big new musical to a shaken-up classic and celebration of an Australian sporting legend.

The company, which in 2022 marks 50 years since it was legislated into being by former Premier Don Dunstan, officially launched the season at Her Majesty’s Theatre on 13 Oct.

Artistic Director Mitchell Butel says he has set out to deliver a dynamic and ambitious season, with theatrical experiences ranging from grand and sweeping to the intensely intimate.

Belvoir Season 2022.

Image by Daniel Boud

Belvoir has announced the productions making up its 2022 season. Next year sees nine plays (and one repertory season) take to the stage.

Belvoir Artistic Director, Eamon Flack said, “Theatre is a leap of faith at the best of times: anything could happen at any moment. It’s the one-off-ness that makes it special. The pandemic only makes it even more special. The instinct to gather for a story is irrepressible. It’ll never end. We’re still here. Join us”.

BELVOIR’S 2022 SEASON

Perahu-Perahu to Premiere at OzAsia Festival

Stunning imagery and live music turn the traditional art form of ‘wayang kulit’ on its head in the world premiere of Perahu-Perahu at Adelaide’s OzAsia Festival from 27 October.

Indonesian-Australian artist Jumaadi shares his vision with our SA correspondent, Mark Wickett.

‘Perahu-Perahu’ means ‘boats’ in Indonesian, and this production explores the precarious relationship between humans and the sea using the ancient storytelling technique of shadow play.

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