Stage Briefs

WHERE DO I BEGIN? The Voice of Shirley Bassey

Manilla Street Productions presents the premiere of a new musical work Where Do I Begin? celebrating the music, life and legacy of Dame Shirley Bassey at Melbourne’s Chapel off Chapel in March 2014.

Where Do I Begin? invites the audience to spend a night with the inimitable Shirley Bassey as voiced by Rob Guest Endowment Awardwinner Danielle Matthews.

The Sheds for Adelaide Fringe

James Cunningham’s controversial play The Sheds premiered at Melbourne Fringe 2013, playing eleven shows in a tiny thirty-seat bar and theatre called Long Play. The production team turned it into a locker room for the three weeks of the festival and sold out ten of their twelve shows.

Following the Melbourne season The Sheds is heading to Adelaide to tackle 2014 Adelaide Fringe audiences.

Rom Com Con at Adelaide Fringe

Have you ever watched romantic comedies and wondered if what happens in them could actually happen in real life? UK pair, Lizzy Mace and Juliette Burton have, and what's more, they decided to find out.

A Solitary Choice for Adelaide Fringe

South Australian production has its Adelaide Fringe premiere after touring the world.

All-South Australian production A Solitary Choice was written by local theatre legend, Sheila Duncan, and stars award-winning actor and Adelaide favourite Tamara Lee, with direction by Michael Allen, of Michael Allen Productions.

First mounted in 2008 as part of the Holden Street Theatre “Directors Choice” season, the play earned Sunday Mail awards for writing, directing and acting.

On the Trail of Ruby Moon at Bondi

“It begins like a fairytale…”

Matt Cameron’s fractured fairytale from the dark heart of suburbia, Ruby Moon, unravels during February 2014 at Bondi Pavilion Theatre. Follow the trail of Ruby Moon, the little girl in the red and white polka dot dress, who went out one day to visit her Grandma, never to return...

LUMINOUS: Unique Black Light Circus for Fringe

Black light, body art and circus collide spectacularly to create the unique Adelaide Fringe production, Luminous.

Luminous is Australia’s first black light circus show, performed entirely under UV light. Suitable for all ages, there's an element for every audience member - circus for children and adults, black light, together with engaging music and movement.

Truth, Beauty and a Picture of You

In a premiere production, Tim Freedman and Alex Broun’s Truth, Beauty and a Picture of You will play at Sydney’s Hayes Theatre Co from Friday, 9 May 2014.

ATLANTIS: IN CONCERT

UPDATE - Extra Performance Announced at 8.30pm - First show sold out two weeks in advance.

A cast of leading Australian musical theatre talents will appear for one night only in Matthew Robinson's new work – ATLANTIS on February 23, 2014 in Melbourne.

Sarah Gaul: The Iron(ic) Lady

Sarah Gaul says she hasn’t been sleeping lately and it’s all because of the issues chasing each other around in her head. There’s Hyponchondria and of course, Happiness and what about Veganism and Christianity? Plus, there’s always Irony and also that biggie, The Debt Crisis.

BLOOD BROTHERS: Did you hear the tale of the Johnstone twins?

Melbourne audiences now have the chance to see a brand new production of Willy Russell’s musical Blood Brothers.

Set in impoverished 1960s Liverpool, Blood Brothers tells the tragic tale of Mrs Johnstone and her twins separated at birth and disastrously reunited.