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Mythology of Naked Flesh

Alex Raineri explains to Beth Keehn why he's given classical music a sexy digital makeover that challenges double standards and gender expectations.

Vale Joan Whalley

The foyer of the Bille Brown Theatre was the venue for an informal afternoon tea funded by Queensland Theatre to honor and celebrate the life and career of Joan Whalley OAM, who passed away on 27 August 2021, at the Glasshouse Views Nursing Home, Beewah, just a couple of months shy of her 94th birthday.

Come From Away and Hamilton to Re-Open in Sydney

Producers Rodney Rigby and Junkyard Dog Productions have announced that the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical COME FROM AWAY, is preparing to reopen at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney from Wednesday 20 October.

With theatres able to reopen at 75% capacity until further advice from the NSW Government, tickets are now on sale for dates through to 28 November 2021.

Barrie Kosky's The Golden Cockerel for 2022 Adelaide Festival

Adelaide Festival announces the return of Australia’s celebrated international opera director Barrie Kosky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Golden Cockerel. The opera will form the centrepiece of the 2022 Adelaide Festival.

Musicals – The Reel Deal!

Image: In The Heights

With a batch of blockbuster musicals being released as movies, Coral Drouyn looks between the sheets at the marriage of screen and stage.

Hibernation World Premiere for Adelaide

Playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer’s large-scale futuristic drama Hibernation will have its world premiere at Dunstan Playhouse in August.

More Cancellation Carnage

Theatre Performer Trevor Ashley asked his facebook friends if they lost a gig today and was flooded with bad news.

"Lost 14 gigs so far….Absolutely stuffed and no chance of ‘assistance’."

The Phantom of the Opera Postponed to 2022

Opera Australia has announced the forced postponement of their production of The Phantom of the Opera that was scheduled to open at the Sydney Opera House in September and Arts Centre Melbourne in November.

The company has taken the difficult step to postpone both seasons due to the uncertainty created by the ongoing restrictions imposed by both the New South Wales and Victorian Governments because of the indefinite COVID-19 lockdowns.