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Australia’s leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre will bring Frances Rings’ powerful production, Yuldea, to Riverside Theatres from 22 – 24 February 2024. Learn more about the production here!

Australia's leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre will bring Frances Rings' powerful production, Yuldea, to regional New South Wales in 2024. The Yuldea regional tour comes after a record-breaking premiere season earlier this year, which marked Yuldea as the highest grossing tour in company history.

To say that I was excited to see this performance would be a massive understatement.

Following a successful world premiere, Bangarra Dance Theatre will bring Frances Rings’ latest work, Yuldea to Adelaide, in her inaugural season as Bangarra Dance Theatre’s Artistic Director. The production which has enthralled audiences in Sydney and Canberra now comes to the iconic Her Majesty’s Theatre from August 10 to 12, as part of Adelaide Festival Centre’s 50th anniversary celebrations.

YULDEA is a dance work that explores the history and heritage of Yooldil Kapi and the traditional lands of the Kokatha people. A powerful, contemporary production that excels in design and choreography.

“The Muppets Mayhem” follows The Electric Mayhem Band — Dr. Teeth, Animal, Floyd Pepper, Janice, Zoot and Lips — on a journey to record their debut album. Guest stars also include Sofia Carson, Morgan Freeman, Kesha, Lil Nas X, Ryan Seacrest, Chris Stapleton, and Zedd. Watch the first video trailer now!

After a ten-year hiatus, Bangarra Dance Theatre announces the return of Dance Clan in 2023; presented at Bangarra’s own Studio Theatre on Gadigal Country, Walsh Bay, from 3rd to 18th February, 2023.

Bangarra Dance Theatre announces the world premiere of Frances Rings’ latest work, Yuldea, in her inaugural season as Bangarra Dance Theatre’s Artistic Director. The production will premiere at the Sydney Opera House as part of the 50th Anniversary Season, before touring across Australia from 14th June to 14th October, 2023.

Dirty Dancing is making its West End return in a renewed version of the iconic story, following a sell-out 2021 UK and Ireland tour. The story of Baby and Johnny, featuring the hit songs 'Hungry Eyes', ‘Hey! Baby’, ‘Do You Love Me?’ and the heart stopping ‘(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life’, returns to London following two blockbuster West End runs, four hit UK tours, and multiple sensational international productions.  

In 2022, Australia's leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, will tour two award-winning contemporary programs to audiences across Australia from June to September, in a rare opportunity to see some of their most engaging and important works re-staged. 

In a first-time co-production, two powerhouse arts companies, Bangarra Dance Theatre and Sydney Theatre Company, will join forces to present the world premiere of Wudjang: Not the Past.

In 2021, Australia's leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, will present the world premiere of a powerful new contemporary program, SandSong: Stories from the Great Sandy Desert. SandSong will tour to Sydney, Canberra, Bendigo, Brisbane and Melbourne from 8th June to 4th September.

The Groundlings alumni and Austin Powers fan favorite Mindy Sterling will be special guesting on The Groundlings weekly online Wednesday show THE CRAZY UNCLE JOE SHOW July 29, 2020, zooming at 8p PST. This hour of improv starts with suggestions from the audience and weaves characters through time and hysterical situations. The always funny cast of CRAZY UNCLE JOE includes Stephanie Courtney, Roy Jenkins, Brian Palermo, Leonard Robinson and Christen Sussin.

In 2020, Australia's leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, will enter its fourth decade with a powerful new contemporary program, SandSong: Stories from the Great Sandy Desert.

Australia's leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, will present its multi award-winning production of Bennelong at Sydney's newest venue Sydney Coliseum Theatre, West HQ on 13 - 14 March, 2020.

Two Pace University alumni are studying abroad after receiving the prestigious Fulbright Award. Gerrard James, an alumnus of the Actors Studio Drama School (ASDS) at Pace, has received a Fulbright Award to study classical acting at Oxford University in London. Sabrina Vasques, an alumna of Pace's College of Health Professions, has been awarded a teaching assistantship in Ecuador.

El próximo 3 de octubre el éxito LA FAMILIA ADDAMS vuelve a Madrid para instalarse en el Espacio Delicias hasta el 9 de diciembre. Además, el 21 de diciembre será DIRTY DANCING el que se instale en este espacio para su regreso a la capital.

The Sydney Opera House today announced the world premiere of Natives Go Wild, a provocative new First Nations cabaret that flips the lid on historical fiction and celebrates the global voice of First Nations people. Shaking up The Studio from 19 - 27 October 2019, this unmissable production interweaves sharp political satire and social commentary with edge-of-your-seat performances. It pays homage to the past and gives a humorous, dazzling, poignant and critical nod to the future in a theatrical whirlwind of burlesque, vaudeville, circus and cabaret-style entertainment.

Antoinette Halloran and Alexander Lewis captivate the audience.