Student Blog: Letters from a Nobody in New York #5: Snapshots of The Week of the Shutdown
by Student Blogger: Liam Joshua Munn - April 21, 2021 What did New York City sound like? Where were you when Broadway announced its closing? What were you doing? Were you eating dumplings with too much soy sauce? Were you crying into your Chipotle? I was doing all of that and more. Actually, I was sitting in a dressing room. I was finishing the run of ...
Preston Live Arts Festival Calls For Submissions
by Stephi Wild - April 21, 2021 Calling all local Creatives! The recently announced Preston Live Arts Festival is inviting applications for local artists to create and submit unique work celebrating the city of Preston and its people. ...
Lockdown Does Not Impede Varuna's The Writer's Space Fellowship Residencies
by Stephi Wild - August 30, 2021 Varuna, the National Writers’ House, will host 12 writers in an online program of professional development for the next two weeks as part of their inaugural fellowship program for writers with disability. ...
Dance Church Returns To Live Format & Goes On Tour In Partnership With Nordstrom
by A.A. Cristi - June 08, 2021 With carefully curated playlists and professional dancers driving the experience, the community-driven format of entertainment exercise was created and took off. In response to COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown that left many in search of new ways to exercise, let out pent up energy, and experien...
Opera Australia Receives $4 Million Grant to Ensure its Survival
by Stephi Wild - July 25, 2021 It is still unclear when the company will return to performances, but chief executive Rory Jeffes said he was hopeful the production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle at Brisbane’s Queensland Performing Arts Centre will proceed in October....
Photo Flash: First Look at Austyn Farrell and Oscar Conlon-Morrey in Legends Of Lockdown - LIVE! at The Vaudeville Theatre
by Stephi Wild - June 10, 2021 The show stars Seán Burke, Joe Carter, Oscar Conlon-Morrey, Naomi Cooper, Austyn Farrell, Lizzi Gee & Rufus Batemen, Rosie Holt, Rob Madge with Mufseen Miah & Spencer Cooper for Queer Talk Podcast....
Raycee Jones to Release New Single 'Final Serenade'
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 12, 2021 Brooklyn singer-songwriter, Raycee Jones, has launched back into this new normal with pop song, Final Serenade, which drops June 4th, 2021. Final Serenade is an upbeat pop song that will inspire listeners to continue to ask that lifelong question, “do you still believe in love?”...
Time Travelling Magicians Morgan & West Return To Theatre Royal Winchester
by A.A. Cristi - May 10, 2021 The time-travelling magicians, Morgan & West, are set to return to Theatre Royal Winchester with their Fantastic Family Magic Spectacular on Saturday 29 May - a show full of bags of bafflement, tricks and side-splittingly laughter for the whole family. ...
VIDEO: HERE COME THE BOYS Arrives at the London Palladium
by BroadwayWorld UK TV - May 26, 2021 Tonight marks the first official opening night at the iconic London Palladium since the UK most recently went into lockdown last December. The dance extravaganza known as Here Come The Boys features a handful of stars from the BBC's smash hit series Strictly Come Dancing, so we sent our very own @We...
Pleasance Reopens This May With Musicals, Drag, Stand-up and A Brand New Fringe Futures Festival
by Stephi Wild - April 08, 2021 Pleasance Islington will reopen its doors on Monday 17th May with a busy programme of comedy, theatre, drag and musicals. To help set theatre up to thrive once again Pleasance will also partner with VAULT Creative Arts to present Fringe Futures Festival. Taking place across May and June, this brand...
COME FROM AWAY Cancels Performances Through April 1 Due to Brisbane Lockdown
by Stephi Wild - March 29, 2021 The Premier recently announced that Brisbane is going into lockdown for three days from 5pm today. Because of this, QPAC has made the decision to cancel all performances of Come From Away through April 1, 2021. ...
The Belgrade Will Premiere Richard and Rishard's Film THE SQUARE
by Stephi Wild - July 30, 2021 A Springboard company of the Belgrade, Richard and Rishard is a duo featuring playwright Richard Walls and actor Rishard Beckett. Since 2018, the Belgrade has helped support Richard and Rishard in mentoring, communications and fundraising, helping them to deliver their productions....
THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT Season at Melbourne Theatre Company Extended Due To Popular Demand
by Stephi Wild - July 06, 2021 Written by Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell and Gordon Farrell, the play is based on the critically acclaimed book of the same name that was written by John D'Agata and Jim Fingal. The Lifespan of a Fact is a tightrope walk of playful debate on the virtues and vices of creative non-fiction as inspired...
Chantel McGregor Releases 'The Shed Sessions Volume 1 & 2'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - July 26, 2021 The first volume (acoustic) has been available for a few weeks and the second volume (electric) will be released August 2nd and is now available for pre-order....
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Announces HRH The Prince of Wales as New Patron
by Stephi Wild - April 27, 2021 The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra has announced that The Prince of Wales has accepted an invitation to become the Orchestra’s Patron....
LOWLIFE Share New Track 'Friends'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - July 12, 2021 The song is about Friends (duh), and how the nature, foundation, and intentions of friendships change throughout life. It has aspects of Latin, Pop and Hip-Hop, we were influenced by Dr. Dre, Eminem, and Timbaland on the beat”....
Kim Petras Releases New Single 'The Future Starts Now'
by Michael Major - August 27, 2021 Kim Petras has released the lead single from her debut album, her first release under her new contract with Republic Records, home to artists such as Ariana Grande and The Weeknd....
KILLING KATIE Rescheduled For January 2022
by A.A. Cristi - July 14, 2021 Ensemble Theatre's best-selling play for this year, KILLING KATIE: CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK CLUB is being rescheduled to Wednesday 12 January - Saturday 19 February 2022 due to the impact of the extended lockdown across Greater Sydney....
Frank Turner Releases New Track Feat. Jason Isbell & Dom Howard of Muse
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 06, 2021 Produced by Rich Costey (Biffy Clyro, Foo Fighters), who Turner worked with on 2013’s Tape Deck Heart, “The Gathering” features pile driving drums courtesy of Muse’s Dom Howard and a triumphant guitar solo from Jason Isbell, who recorded remotely from Los Angeles and Nashville....
Australian Contemporary Opera Co Announces Cancellation Of THE ENCHANTED PIG
by Stephi Wild - July 25, 2021 Ticket holders for ACOCo’s season of The Enchanted Pig will be contacted by TICKETEK with an offer to refund....
Germany Extends Lockdown Through April 18, 2021.
by Stephi Wild - March 24, 2021 The lockdown in Germany is now being extended until at least April 18, 2021....
VIDEO: Two River Theater Premieres "Close to Me" from REAL PEOPLE THINGS
by Stephi Wild - July 12, 2021 A pop/folk musical about finding a real connection over the internet! We follow Rosie Peters and Theo Goldberg after they match on a dating app and fall in love over text messages, phone calls and FaceTimes during the April 2020 lockdown in New York City....
Student Blog: Broadway Reopens and South Africa Recloses
by Student Blogger: Caiti Ho - June 28, 2021 I am so excited for Broadway and the West End to reopen. It is so amazing to see the greater countries returning to a somewhat normal life. I love that there is that hope in the world for a better tomorrow. South Africa on the other hand, we're in our third wave of the pandemic and our biggest threa...
Malthouse Theatre's BECAUSE THE NIGHT Extended Until September 2021
by Stephi Wild - June 28, 2021 Tickets are now on sale for performances until 26 September 2021, with two performances nightly at 6pm and 8.30pm from Tuesdays to Sundays, and a matinee performance at 1pm on Saturday....
Preston Live Arts Festival Announces 2021 Lineup
by Stephi Wild - May 21, 2021 Preston Live Arts Festival, a celebration of arts, culture, and homegrown talent in Preston, announces the initial line-up for this year's Summer Festival which will run at venues across the city from 21-30 June. ... |