Indigenous plays look set to provide many of the highlights of our 2022 mainstage seasons. David Spicer reports.
A heady mix of comedy, musical theatre, dance and in-your-face drama will be included in a remarkable year of productions. Artists range from leading creators of the last 20 years like Wesley Enoch and Stephen Page, to newer voices including Meyne Wyatt and Nakkiah Lui.
Nominations have been announced for the Sydney Theatre Awards for 2021, which will be presented at an industry gala ceremony on Monday 31 January 2022 at 7pm at the York Theatre, Seymour Centre.
Australian actress Marika Aubrey has made her Broadway debut in extraordinary circumstances - flying into New York to save a production of Come From Away with just a few hours to spare.
The production got to the stage this week with eight of the 12 actors filling for regular cast members struck down by COVID-19.
Marika Aubrey was on the national tour of Come from Away in the key role of pilot Beverley, when she received an emergency call to get to Broadway as soon as possible.
The Performing Arts is holding its breath about whether the latest surge of infections will close the industry again. David Spicer looks at how companies which were devastated by the Delta variant are bouncing back, along with the setbacks they are encountering along the road back.
Breaking: The Australian premiere of an American in Paris - due to open in Brisbane - has been postponed due to an outbreak of Covid-19. Seasons in Perth and Adelaide have also been postponed.
After two years of disruptions, 2022 promises blockbuster new musicals, classics staged in spectacular new waysand many intimate showsmaking their way to stages across Australia.
Australian chamber music group, Southern Cross Soloists (SXS) have announced their 2022 Season. The SXS collective has been featuring some of Australia’s leading instrumental soloists for 27 years, 13 of those in partnership with Brisbane's Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC). To celebrate that close relationship, all performances of the SXS 2022 concert series will take place at QPAC's Concert Hall.
The Board of Circus Oz has announced that it has taken the "devastating" decision to close the company founded more than 40 years ago because of "systematic issues holding back the company."
In statement released today the Board stated that "After surviving the pandemic challenges and recently emerging with new artform support initiatives, audience engagement programs and launching 2022 shows, the Board acknowledges this is a devasting blow to the current teams of creatives, circus artists and employees."
On December 7, 2021 the Australian Writers’ Guild will celebrate an outstanding field of Australian screen and stage writers at the 54th Annual AWGIE Awards.
Playwrights featured heavily in the 2021 winners’ list, taking out the top prizes, highlighting the immense contribution they make to our cultural landscape.
Musical theatre may be dominated by male writers, but the true stars of the genre are women. Coral Drouyn raises a glass for Broadway’s leading ladies.
