'Raiding The Rock Vault' and 'Raiding The Country Vault' To Be Launched As Worldwide Concert Tours
'Raiding The Rock Vault' and 'Raiding The Country Vault'--two of the most successful shows and brands in Las Vegas and Branson, Missouri, respectively--will be launched as worldwide concert tours in 2019. The show's producers, 'Sir' Harry Cowell and Simon Napier-Bell, have announced that touring dates are now being booked for America, Canada, the U.K., Europe, Japan and South America. On top of this, the two impresarios reveal that plans are now in the works for 'Raiding The Latin Vault' and 'Raiding The Metal Vault' in 2019/2020.
Millikin University to Break Ground on New Center for Theatre and Dance in 2018
Millikin University announced on Oct. 11 that it will break ground on its new Center for Theatre and Dance in 2018 with plans to open the building in fall 2020. The $25 million facility will include a convertible theatre in addition to well-equipped studios, classrooms, design labs and public spaces for the School of Theatre and Dance. The innovative facility will house all areas of study within the nationally recognized School. The architectural partner of the project will be the Decatur, Ill., firm BLDD.
Call for Entries for The 2017 Patrick White Playwrights' Award and Fellowship
Sydney Theatre Company is inviting applications from Australia's talented playwrights for the 2017 Patrick White Playwrights' Award and expressions of interest for the Patrick White Playwrights' Fellowship. The prizes are designed to benefit both emerging and established writers and have a total prize pool of $32,500.
Sydney Theatre Company to Present Visceral Production of THE BLEEDING TREE
Sydney Theatre Company shares Griffin Theatre Company's acclaimed 2015 production of The Bleeding Tree by Angus Cerini, with new audiences at The Wharf from 9 March to 8 April 2017. The original cast of Paula Arundell, Airlie Dodds and Shari Sebbens are reunited with director Lee Lewis, designer Renee Mulder, lighting designer Verity Hampson and composer Steve Toulmin to remount this "great and complex production" (The Australian).
Jessica Arthur is Sydney Theatre Co's new Richard Wherrett Fellow
Jessica Arthur has been appointed Sydney Theatre Company's new Richard Wherrett Fellow, succeeding Paige Rattray who vacated the post late last year for her new role as Associate Artistic Director at Queensland Theatre. The Richard Wherrett Fellowship is a career pathway opportunity for emerging and developing directors.
RUBEN GUTHRIE To Play Limited, 4 Night Only, Run
Ruben Guthrie is Brendan Cowell's brutally honest and acerbically wicked play about one man's relationship with booze, love, family, redemption and being taken to AA by his mum. What happens when those around you just won't let you quit drinking?
RUBEN GUTHRIE To Play Limited, 4 Night Only, Run
Ruben Guthrie is Brendan Cowell's brutally honest and acerbically wicked play about one man's relationship with booze, love, family, redemption and being taken to AA by his mum. What happens when those around you just won't let you quit drinking?