It was announced today (February 9) that Amanda Harrison (pictured here with Jemma Rix at the Sydney launch), who has played the role of Elphaba, the green-skinned...
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Toby Schmitz talks candidly to Emma Bell about acting, writing, directing and that...
The Broadway musical Spring Awakening requires a cast of teenagers to...
Kimberley Shaw reports on the demise of "The Smallest Theatre in the Southern...
Latest Reviews
David Berthold, in his inaugural address as the new Artistic Director outlined his vision for the theatre from 2010: a dynamic, experimental use of the intimate in-...
I have now seen several of the Metropolitan Opera series of films showing around...
David Brown, the head acting teacher and director in the Hunter TAFE stage and screen...
Sister Act (First Night CAST CD107) is currently London’s biggest hit....
Remember the famous song Video Killed the Radio Star. Well now Digital TV is...
Pauline Butler Nicholson describes the challenges of keeping community theatre alive...
Researchers from Griffith University have been investigating changes afoot in...
Stage Heritage and History
In his research, Stage Whispers editor Neil Litchfield has found many tales of the exploits of early theatrical tours around regional Australia and New Zealand.
Leann Richards reports on how the whiff of backstage shenanigan’s made the front page in 1901, when actors used their skills in a courtroom drama of love and jealousy.
Neil Litchfield interviewed Toni Lamond for Stage Whispers about her astonishing career shortly after the announcement of her Green Room Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008.
Schools on Stage
This school has a dynamic drama teacher who stages amongst the largest school musicals anywhere in the country.
After 12 weeks of lively rehearsals, 50 boys from ages 9 to 13 prepared to take the King’s School community by storm with their extravagant production of The Wiz, with five sell-out performances in July.
The Radford College (ACT) production of Grease demonstrated how imaginative direction and a talented cast can keep an old favourite fresh, playing to sell-out crowds. From the “typewriter font” program, to the wonderful use of period TV advertisements as between scene...
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