Stage Briefs

"Let’s Talk About SEX" - STARC Season 2020

Season postponed!

For the first time, Adelaide’s STARC Productions has decided to theme its season of plays – and this time they are all about SEX! 

Premiering off-Broadway in 2010, the first play in STARC's 2020 season is Venus In Fur by award winning playwright David Ives, a hilarious and erotic comedy about sex and power that has wowed audiences around the world. 

Theatre in time of the Corona Virus

Broadway Theatres To Suspend Performances Through April 12, 2020

(New York, NY) – March 12, 2020 - Under the direction of Governor Andrew Cuomo, Broadway shows in New York City will suspend all performances immediately in support of the health and well-being of the theatregoing public, as well as those who work in the theatre industry. Performances will commence the week of April 13, 2020.

Spamalot at Riverside Theatres

Following its sold-out premiere season at Hayes Theatre Co in March 2019, Monty Python’s Spamalot is hitting the road on its first national tour. The acclaimed production will be presented at Riverside Theatres this March as the only Sydney stop on the tour!

Professional Premiere for The Wedding Singer

David Venn Enterprises (Bring It On The Musical) has announced the Australian professional premiere of the Broadway musical, The Wedding Singer.

Premiering at Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre from 19 June, tickets go on sale from 11:00am Thursday 5 March via weddingsingermusical.com.au

Adelaide Festival 2020 Reviews

Click on the links below to read Adelaide Festival 2020 reviews.

Two Crews

The Artist

Mouthpiece

The Sound of History

Cold Blood

The Doctor

Italy Closes Theatres

The performing arts industry is holding its breath at the continued spread of the coronavirus - with the actions of Italian authorities proving a chilling glimpse at what might happen in other countries.

Italy's famous opera house La Scala in Milan has been closed due to its proximity to the latest outbreak.

The following statement was released by the opera house: “The Teatro alla Scala’s performances are suspended in relation to the spread of the coronavirus as a precautionary measure pending the provisions of the competent authorities."

American Psycho for Arts Centre Melbourne.

American Psycho - The Musical, an adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ best-selling novel and the 2000 cult film of the same name, will have its Melbourne premiere at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Playhouse from 21 – 31 May, 2020.

John Frost and Opera Australia Join Forces for Cinderella

Continuing their successful collaboration of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musicals including The King and I and South Pacific, Opera Australia and John Frost have announced they will be collaborating again to produce Cinderella for the first time in Australia.

Adelaide Fringe 2020 Reviews

Click on the links below to read reviews of Adelaide Fringe Festival reviews.

The Ballad of Mulan

Baggage Limit

The Wild Unfeeling World 

Schapelle,Schapelle

Mullygrubs

LaChiusa Musical Hello Again at Marrickville

Seductive, intimate and nostalgic – John Michael LaChiusa’s Hello Again explores themes of lust and abandonment, and is a social commentary on how sex transcends time and status. Set in ten different decades throughout the 20th century, the show follows ten characters who pursue each other in a daisy chain of various social classes. Whether it’s the Whore or the Senator, the roaring 20s or the wild 70s – everyone desires to be loved.