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National Theatre’s Barber Shop Chronicles FREE Online

National Theatre At Home’s latest FREE online offering is Barber Shop Chroniclesis Inua Ellams' hit play about the places where banter can be barbed, and the truth always is telling.

Directed by Olivier award-winning director Bijan Sheibani, this heart-warming, hilarious and insightful new play leaps from a barber shop in Peckham to Johannesburg, Harare, Kampala, Lagos and Accra over the course of a single day.

Rhonda Burchmore, Aled Jones and Ricki-Lee Star in Big Night In

Australian entertainer Rhonda Burchmore, Welsh singer, radio and television presenter Aled Jones and popular singer/songwriter Ricki-Lee are set to entertain during this week’s episode of live variety digital show, Arts Centre Melbourne’s Big Night In with John Foreman on May 13, 2020 at 7pm.

New Cancellations From Opera Australia

·         Fiddler on the Roof –  cancelled

·         Sydney Winter season cancelled

·         Rembrandt’s Wife –  postponed

·         Carmen National Tour – postponed

Small theatres might open in July

Australia's performing arts sector faces months more closure under the Federal Government's new guidelines released today, for the easing of COVID-19 restrictions.

The Prime Minister announced that he wants many aspects of Australian life up and running by July - which may include small theatres in some states.

However even under what is described as Stage Three of life getting back to normal, almost all live theatre will not be possible.

Opera Queensland Announces An Aria a Day

Opera Queensland, May 8 onwards

Opera Queensland has consulted some of Australia’s most revered music specialists to prescribe an uplifting and invigorating course of free online performances in An Aria a Day.

Theatres and concert halls may be closed but opera continues to ring through the homes and hearts of Australians, uniting people through song during this time of isolation.

Trafalgar Entertainment to Re-Open Theatre Royal Sydney

Sydney’s Theatre Royal will return to life in 2021.

Leading global live entertainment company Trafalgar Entertainment (TE) HAS announceD its agreement with the New South Wales (NSW) Government to become the new operator of Sydney’s Theatre Royal, in a 55-year sublease.

Today’s announcement signals the beginning of a new era for TE in Australia and points a confident way forward for the Theatre Royal which is planned to reopen in August 2021 as the cornerstone of TE’s Asia-Pacific operation. 

Healthcare Workers and Artists Celebrate International Nurses Day with Heart Sounds

HEART SOUNDS, an online concert, will stream on International Nurses Day, Tuesday 12 May 2020.

Bangarra Dance Theatre Announce Digital Streaming Program

Bangarra Dance Theatre have announced the launch of a new digital offering, Nandhu, (pronounced Naan-do), meaning 'to be close' in Wiradjuri language.

Building on the incredible success of the recent digital streaming of multi-award winning work Bennelong, Nandhu will comprise a series of curated programs, headlined by a selection of the company’s works, available for audiences to watch from their own homes.

Five Australian Plays Free on ABC iview

In a nationwide win for theatre-lovers and students, not-for-profit arts organisation Australian Theatre Live announces landmark distribution of five Australian plays, free on ABC iview.

The release of these plays on such an expansive and widely available free platform marks an historic deal in how theatre-on-film will be consumed by audiences in the future. Perhaps the most exciting element is the world premiere of Malthouse and STC’s production of Michael Gow’s iconic play, Away on a streaming platform.

Staying Creative in Quarantine

Beth Keehn reports on how Brisbane’s Minola Theatre has reworked Bianca Butler Reynolds’ ‘Begotten’ as an audio drama.