Belvoir programs an eclectic festival, the company's first repertory season featuring plays by Caryl Churchill and Alana Valentine, and a new panto by Virginia Gay to end the year in ridiculous, joyous fashion.
The Darlo's 2021 program includes A Chorus Line, the return of the musical Once, and jasmine lee-jones's coruscating 2019 play seven methods of killing kylie jenner.
The Hayes is back on the boards with a genre-defying concert.
An enormously enjoyable production that recalls the madcap experiments with musical theatre launched out of the 1970s Australian New Wave theatre movement.
Emily Havea will play cocky cowboy Curly in Richard Carroll’s production for Black Swan State Theatre Company. The musical will be performed in the round with a bluegrass quartet.
A beguiling, touching production of the gorgeous, bittersweet musical, based on the cult film.
The cast give it their all, but the sketchy show is no musical holy grail. Still, it’s a lot of fun.
Monty Python irreverence, a "kinky" Gilbert and Sullivan, and a new Australian musical are part of the bill.
Blazey Best gives a heart-on-her-sleeve performance in a show that doesn't shrink away from the gritty realities of vaudeville and burlesque.
Everything’s coming up roses for director Richard Carroll who now tackles Gypsy.
Highlights include Blazey Best in Gypsy, a revival of Australian musical Darlinghurst Nights, Aspects of Love, and In the Heights. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Highlights include Kate Mulvany in an Ibsen gender-switch, an adaptation of Bliss, and a revival of the Hayes’ Calamity Jane. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Elise McCann’s album Dahlesque, released by ABC Music, features the songs from her new cabaret show of the same name, which premiered to rave reviews at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival. Dahlesque comprises a selection of music inspired by the gloriously irreverent, darkly funny stories of children’s author Roald Dahl including numbers from the film Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and the musicals Matilda The Musical, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and James and the Giant Peach. It’s a clever idea, and spins off the fact that McCann recently played Miss Honey in the Australian production of Matilda The Musical, winning both a Sydney Theatre Award and a Helpmann Award for her touching portrayal. The warmth and glow that McCann has as a stage performer shines through on the album. She has a lovely pure, true voice with a honeyed tone in her middle register, an effortless belt, and top notes that send ripples down the spine. It’s also a voice with real character. Her diction is impeccable and she connects with the lyric, which makes her a great storyteller in song – altogether a consummate musical theatre voice. Accompanied here by… Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4…
