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Belvoir St Theatre Reveals 2025 Balnaves Foundation Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artist Fellow
by Stephi Wild - Jan 19, 2025

Belvoir has announced Yuwaalaraay actor, screenwriter, and playwright Hannah Belanszky as the latest Balnaves Foundation Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Fellow, after a record number of entries.

Review: THE BOY FROM OZ at ARTS Theatre
by Barry Lenny - Oct 18, 2024

The Met is on a winner with this one says our critic in BWW's review of THE BOY FROM OZ.

WEST SIDE STORY, GYSPY & More Set for OFC Creations Theatre 2024-25 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 12, 2024

OFC Creations Theatre has revealed its 2024-25 season, featuring six professional musical productions directed by Eric Vaughn Johnson. See the lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

RISING And University of Melbourne Arts And Culture To Present Melbourne Debut COUNTING AND CRACKING
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 22, 2024

RISING, the premier festival of new art, music, and performance in the heart of Melbourne today unveils a centrepiece of its 2024 program: S.Shakthidharan's acclaimed Sri Lankan-Australian saga Counting and Cracking, co-presented with University of Melbourne Arts and Culture at the new Union Theatre.

THE VISITORS, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, and More Take Home Sydney Theatre Awards; Full List!
by Stephi Wild - Jan 30, 2024

The winners of the 2023 Sydney Theatre Awards were announced on 29 January 2024 at a star-studded ceremony, with 30 Awards presented, shared between 15 productions which played on Sydney stages during 2023.

Video: Celebrate 20 Years of THE BOY FROM OZ
by Sidney Paterra - Oct 16, 2023

2O years ago, on October 16, 2003, The Boy From Oz opened on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre, where it went on to play 32 previews and 365 regular performances.

National Theatre of Parramatta Announces Playwrights Selected For Inaugural Mentorship Program
by Stephi Wild - Dec 7, 2022

Riverside Theatres’ National Theatre of Parramatta (NTofP) has announced the playwrights selected for their inaugural 2023 Staging the World mentorship program. 

Hugh Jackman Is Open to Playing Peter Allen From THE BOY FROM OZ Again
by Michael Major - Oct 26, 2022

Hugh Jackman has revealed that he is open to playing Peter Allen from The Boy From Oz again. Jackman, who said that playing Peter Allen was 'the most fun [he's] ever had,' looked back on the celebrities who joined him onstage during performances, including Matt Damon, Barbara Walters, and Sarah Jessica Parker, in a new interview.

Griffin Theatre Company Presents WHITEFELLA YELLA TREE Beginning Next Week
by Stephi Wild - Aug 11, 2022

Griffin Theatre Company will present the world premiere of multi award-winning playwright Dylan Van Den Berg’s heartbreaking story about love, Country and Blak queerness, Whitefella Yella Tree, at the SBW Stables Theatre from 19th August to 23rd September.

Powerful And Poignant Play THEM Comes To Riverside
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 21, 2022

From multiple-award winning playwright Samah Sabawi comes THEM, a compelling tale of survival, friendship, and the things we are willing to do to protect the ones we love. 

Melbourne Theatre Company Announces Jennifer Medway as Head of New Work
by Stephi Wild - Jun 6, 2022

Melbourne Theatre Company today announced Jennifer Medway has been appointed in a new role as Head of New Work, bringing over a decade of professional experience in the development of new Australian work as a dramaturg.

Saint-Saëns On Swan! A Shimmering Perth Summer Comes To Life With Two Concert Pianists In New Puppetry Show
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 15, 2021

The shimmering sounds of a Perth summer come to life when Spare Parts Puppet Theatre presents a unique theatrical production of French composer Camille Saint-Saëns' comic musical masterpiece, Carnival of the Animals for two pianos live on stage during the 2022 New Year holidays.

Griffin Theatre Company Announces 2022 Season
by Stephi Wild - Nov 23, 2021

Griffin Theatre Company announces its jam-packed 2022 season with new and exciting works from Australian playwrights, along with two Australian plays making their Sydney premiere. 

Pilot Theatre Will Stage The World Premiere of THE BONE SPARROW
by Stephi Wild - Sep 21, 2021

Following their critically acclaimed productions of Noughts & Crosses and Crongton Knights, Pilot Theatre, in co-production with York Theatre, will next year stage the world premiere of award-winning Australian playwright S. Shakthidharan's adaptation of The Bone Sparrow, Zana Fraillon's beautiful, vivid, and deeply moving story about a Rohingya refugee boy who has spent his entire life living in a detention centre in Australia.

The Orange Tree Theatre Announce Full Cast of RICE in Co-Production With Actors Touring Company
by Stephi Wild - Aug 12, 2021

Nisha is a young hotshot executive working for Golden Fields, Australia's largest producer of rice. Ambitious and headstrong, she's determined to become the first female Indian CEO in Australia. She's close to sealing a contract with the Indian government, which would see her company take over India's national rice distribution system.

Trans Love Story TRIPLE X Comes To Sydney Theatre Company
by A.A. Cristi - May 25, 2021

New York-based, Australian performer and two-time Griffin Award-winning playwright Glace Chase will finally make her Sydney Theatre Company debut in July with Triple X - a semi-autobiographical trans love story that's evocative, tender and hilarious.

STC's Patrick White Fellow, Award Winner And Emerging Writers Group Announced
by A.A. Cristi - May 5, 2021

Angus Cerini has been appointed Sydney Theatre Company's new Patrick White Playwrights Fellow, just six months after his gothic two-hander Wonnangatta starring Hugo Weaving and Wayne Blair marked the Company's return to the stage following last year's industry shutdown. 

VIDEO: JEOPARDY!'s Alex Trebek Tribute Video Features 'Once Before I Go' From THE BOY FROM OZ
by Stephi Wild - Jan 11, 2021

The video features the song 'Once Before I Go', from The Boy From Oz. The song, by Peter Allen and Dean Pitchford, is sung by Hugh Jackman on the 2003 original Broadway cast recording.

BLACK IS THE NEW WHITE Comes to MTC
by Stephi Wild - Sep 11, 2019

Following sell-out seasons in Sydney and Brisbane, Nakkiah Lui's Black is the New White arrives in Melbourne starring Miranda Tapsell alongside Tony Briggs, Luke Carroll, Vanessa Downing, Geoff Morrell, Tuuli Narkle, Melodie Reynolds-Diarra, Tom Stokes and Anthony Taufa.

OPEN HEART Announced At The Butterfly Club
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 25, 2019

In a messy Coburg apartment we meet Angus (Lachie Hewson), a semi- accomplished Author, and his Long Time Boyfriend Mark (Callum O'Malley), An Executive Assistant. There is a deep love between them, even if they've grown apart.