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Belvoir’s Artistic Director Eamon Flack has unveiled the company’s 2017 Season. There are new plays from Australia and around the world, return seasons and tours of popular plays and two of Belvoir’s favourite actors in two classics.

Toby Schmitz returns to the Belvoir stage, after a three year absence, in The Rover by Aphra Behn. Schmitz takes the swashbuckling titular role in this raucous and outrageous battle of the sexes from the woman widely considered the first professional female playwright.

With the Heart of St Kilda charity concert on 6th September, 2016, Coral Drouyn talks to the amazing Brian Nankervis.

Brian Nankervis is better known to some of us as the marvellous comic beat poet Raymond J Bartholomeuz, or (if you’re a little young to remember the eighties) as the co-creator  and adjudicator of the fabulous Rockwiz, SBS’ great contribution to entertainment and nostalgia. But to the people of  St Kilda, Brian is a local, and a bloody good bloke and they owe him a lot, especially those in need.

MAMMA MIA! will tour Australia in 2017 – 2018 commencing its national tour in Canberra in November 2017 before moving on to five other capital cities. The announcement was made by the Hon. Andrew Barr, ACT Chief Minister.

Melbourne Theatre Company Artistic Director Brett Sheehy AO today (Aug 28, 2016) revealed MTC’s 2017 Season – a collection of works from around the world that celebrate the art of great, live storytelling. 

‘Season 2017 is one of our most exciting yet,’ Brett Sheehy said. ‘The year ahead draws together an enviable assortment of artists to present stories from France, Britain, Ireland, America, India, and, of course, Australia for a season that will bring laughter, empathy, debate and intrigue to all our lives.’