Tag: "theatre"

Neon: Festival Of Independent Theatre
0 Comments. 239 Views. Posted 21 Mar 2013 @ 9:26pm.
The Melbourne Theatre Company is launching a bold new festival of independent shows, Neon, kicking off at the Southbank Theatre in May. The centrepiece is five original works from five smaller companies – the Daniel Schlusser Ensemble, Fraught Outfit, The Hayloft Project, THE RABBLE, and Sisters Grimm – each with a ten-day season in the Lawler. MTC Artistic Director Brett Sheehy had a desire to... Read More
Hate Takes Over The Malthouse Theatre
0 Comments. 570 Views. Posted 24 Jan 2013 @ 9:14am.
Hate, the new production by the Malthouse Theatre, will explore hatred through the Gleason's demise. It is a common story that pervades society: a successful family that appears 'perfect' to the public, but beneath the surface they're ridden with deceit, lies and loathing. John Gleason, an affluent business man and politician, summons his family to the family homestead for the weekend where the... Read More
The Rape Of Lucrece
0 Comments. 439 Views. Posted 23 Jan 2013 @ 10:26am.
While there are some Shakespearean classics that are interpreted and reinterpreted a hundred times over on both a local and international scale, the prolific wordsmith has a number of plays, narrative poems and sonnets that seem to have fallen by the cultural wayside. The Rape Of Lucrece is one such poem that, with the help of the Irish performer Camille O’Sullivan, her musical... Read More
Here Lies Henry
0 Comments. 524 Views. Posted 17 Jan 2013 @ 10:41am.
“Here Lies Henry is a monologue that goes for 75 minutes non-stop. There's no other characters, there's no set – that sounds like a really obvious thing to say but you just take things for granted,” says Matthew Hyde, star of the acclaimed new version of the cult one-man play by Canadian playwright Daniel McIvor. “You're just there completely and utterly by yourself, all you've got is the... Read More
Silent Come To Melbourne
0 Comments. 352 Views. Posted 10 Jan 2013 @ 2:56pm.
Critically acclaimed and The Scotmans Fringe First Award play Silent is coming to Melbourne for a limited season. Filled with trademark black humour, Silent illustrates the tale of Tino McGoldrig who is a homeless man who might be insane.   Through the device of silence, the 21-year-old veteran of Irish theatre breathes life into Tino McGoldrig, a character inspired by silent movie star... Read More
The Moreland Theatre Presents Three Course Theatre
0 Comments. 556 Views. Posted 23 Nov 2012 @ 9:09am.
The Moreland Theatre Company will be presenting a special three bill composition entitled Three Course Theatre this month. Directed by Sarah Rily, Kyleigh Langrick and Michele Haywood, the production will feature three short plays that travel the world. First course will straight from the heart of America with Floyd Dell's Angel Intrudes, a story about an angel that comes down from heaven.... Read More
Almost With You
0 Comments. 596 Views. Posted 28 Jun 2012 @ 12:18pm.
It’s one of those entangled stories that almost everyone can relate to. Why does Lisa keep Dan a secret, even at the risk of losing Tom, who only wants to give her the life she’s dreamed of?  A little more Offspring and a little less Bold & The Beautiful, Almost With You is a funny, deeply affecting story of love, loss and letting go, set against a nostalgic backdrop of the... Read More
Hell House
0 Comments. 673 Views. Posted 21 Jun 2012 @ 10:07am.
Ah, Back to Back Theatre. They're just the company that just keeps on giving. Using a staged performance of the live theatre show Hell House as a catalyst for discussion, Geelong's world-renowned Back to Back Theatre together with Arts House are initiating three community forums on themes of provocation, belief and morality.  Designed by America's bible-belt communities to scare young... Read More
The Democratic Set
0 Comments. 707 Views. Posted 21 Jun 2012 @ 10:07am.
What do you do with difference in equality? Ignore it, mark it, suppress it or smooth over it? As part of a 10-week Australian national tour for Mobile States, award-winning theatre company Back to Back Theatre brings their community residency project The Democratic Set to the Arts House.  Created in collaboration with local community members, The Democratic Set is a visual... Read More
Protect The Astor
0 Comments. 1,464 Views. Posted 23 May 2012 @ 9:52am.
The Astor Theatre, one of Melbourne’s most prized theatres and a symbol of Australia’s strong film heritage is under threat, and locals are being asked to lend their voice to a campaign to protect the theatre. Friends of The Astor Association Inc., is championing a campaign to save the theatre from likely closure after the building which houses it was purchased by nearby St. Michael’s Grammar... Read More
Uncle Vanya
0 Comments. 583 Views. Posted 7 May 2012 @ 12:40pm.
The world of this timeless play is hilarious while it is heartbreaking, endearing while frustrating, and baffling while delightful. Chekhov’s genius lies in shaping despair, longing and frustration into a play about hope and transformation, and that is no exception with Uncle Vanya.  The modern masterpiece is brought to life by a brilliant and unique performance ensemble of nine actors, led... Read More
Mark Watson - The Information
0 Comments. 493 Views. Posted 27 Apr 2012 @ 2:04pm.
As we reach the top of their stairs at The Forum Theatre, we are all handed a piece of paper with Mark Watson’s mobile number. All the stalkers in the house are ecstatic, but the rest are raising eyebrows. We find out mid-way through the show that many fans did indeed text Watson in response to his request for ‘The Information’ on their accomplices. It exemplifies just how much Watson values... Read More
The Axis of Awesome - The Axis of Awesome World Tour 2006
0 Comments. 558 Views. Posted 26 Apr 2012 @ 12:37pm.
It’s fairly presumptuous to name your musical comedy group The Axis of Awesome. What if it’s not awesome? What if it’s only average? But Jordan, Lee and Benny more than deliver, in the best show I have seen all festival. They’re used to playing in stadiums with fireworks, glitter and dragon-eating cars, they explain at the start of the show, asking the audience to imagine that’s all going on.... Read More
Ali McGregor's Western Lullabies
0 Comments. 477 Views. Posted 26 Apr 2012 @ 12:37pm.
Lullabies aren't necessarily something you'd associate with stand-up comedy. These songs are for children, not adults, and they’re designed to make them sleep, not laugh. Ali McGregor and her cast of talented friends use the term 'lullaby' loosely. They've chosen a bunch of vaguely soothing songs and thrown in enough banter to remind the audience they're at the comedy festival. Proceeds from the... Read More
Jason Byrne – People’s Puppeteer
0 Comments. 417 Views. Posted 27 Apr 2012 @ 2:04pm.
The only thing I regret about going to see Jason Byrne, People’s Puppeteer, is not taking a spare pair of pants. The man puts on a show, so sidesplittingly brilliant that it will defy even the strongest of pelvic floor muscles. Within the glittering glory that is the Athenaeum Theatre, the show begins with a rousing orchestral introduction, when Byrne appears dangling on the end of puppet... Read More
Cal Wilson is All Ears
0 Comments. 514 Views. Posted 26 Apr 2012 @ 4:07pm.
You’d think Cal Wilson was impossible to embarrass when hearing the stories she shares to packed rooms every night. Cal Wilson is All Ears is based around the premise that truth is more entertaining than fiction, and that sharing the most humiliating moments of your life can be the best way of getting past them.   Wilson shares stories of being chased by her ‘blind’ brother as a kid,... Read More
Tom Ballard - Doing Stuff
0 Comments. 526 Views. Posted 18 Apr 2012 @ 1:32pm.
Tom Ballard – crowd-pleasing chatterbox from Triple J’s Tom and Alex breakfast show – has not succeeded this time around. Doing Stuff is a show that seems as aimless as its title, whipping from politics to one-night stands to good-naturedly picking on audience members. He’s got a good on-stage persona, but it’s clear he’s not always at ease with the material he is using. The political jokes... Read More
Ad Nauseam: A Night Of Infidelity
0 Comments. 1,371 Views. Posted 20 Mar 2012 @ 9:14am.
  A relative newcomer to Melbourne’s theatre scene, Attic Erratic has quickly established itself among Australia’s growing ranks of promising, young independent theatre companies. Their latest show, Ad Nauseam: A Night of Infidelity has just finished an extremely successful season at Adelaide’s Fringe Festival, succeeding in achieving that golden balance of critical acclaim and happy... Read More
Zombatland
0 Comments. 2,028 Views. Posted 8 Mar 2012 @ 8:48am.
  Any team that’s been referred to as ‘Tom Waits meets The Mighty Boosh’ by The Guardian are a group we should all want to get to know. As luck would have it, they’re in Melbourne right now, on the brink of performing their first show down under in two years. You read right folks – The Suitcase Royale is back in town – and they’re about to kick off their Australian tour of their... Read More
The Wild Duck
0 Comments. 3,298 Views. Posted 5 Mar 2012 @ 8:26am.
Written in 1888, Henrik Ibsen’s The Wild Duck epitomizes modernist naturalism. In this adaptation director Simon Stone (of The Hayloft Project) has taken Ibsen’s text and distilled it to its dramatic essence, transposing its exploration of family, greed, jealousy and paternal inheritance into the present day. What immediately becomes apparent is the strength and longevity of the play’s emotional... Read More
MTC Lawler Studio Season 2012
0 Comments. 1,297 Views. Posted 2 Mar 2012 @ 8:52am.
  As Australia’s oldest professional theatre company, the Melbourne Theatre Company has in recent years gained a reputation for traditionalism. They may be one of the most popular companies in the country, taking a record 20,000 subscriptions in 2010, but they are not renowned for taking programming risks. MTC set out to challenge this perception with the launch of their Lawler Studio in... Read More
Cautionary Tales for Children
0 Comments. 2,014 Views. Posted 22 Feb 2012 @ 10:32am.
Cautionary Tales for Children is a steampunk cabaret, taking children’s musical theatre to a whole new level. The folks at Arena Theatre Company have put together an ensemble to get toes tapping, adults chuckling and kids screaming at the top of their lungs.  Cautionary Tales for Children is one of three performances presented by The Arts Centre as a part of their... Read More
The Wild Duck
0 Comments. 3,184 Views. Posted 14 Feb 2012 @ 11:46am.
  In Belvoir St Theatre’s promotional video for its production of The Wild Duck, a jittery soundtrack punctures scenes of a young family’s torrid internal affairs. But for a few brief seconds, a sexagenarian played by Anthony Phelan cradles a live duck onstage and all is unnervingly calm. Henrik Ibsen’s play heads to the Malthouse Theatre this month after a critically-lauded season in... Read More
Butterscotch
0 Comments. 1,271 Views. Posted 5 Feb 2012 @ 3:41pm.
With an imagination that’s both sweet and salty and deemed “utterly captivating...a superb songstress”, it’s no surprise that you need to share yourself with the world.  This month, Melbourne-based cabaret artist, Emma Clair Ford, is getting set to debut her latest solo creation Butterscotch in an exclusive Melbourne season before taking her show to Adelaide audiences for their Fringe... Read More
Good People
0 Comments. 1,288 Views. Posted 31 Jan 2012 @ 11:00am.
  David Lindsay-Abaire’s stage drama Good People may question the American Dream, but given recent world events such as the global financial crisis, it’s just as relevant to Australian audiences halfway across the planet. According to actress Alexandria Steffensen, who plays the character of Kate, at the core of the play lies the question, ‘Does one’s fortune come down to blind luck or hard... Read More
Crash Test Drama Melbourne
0 Comments. 960 Views. Posted 13 Jan 2012 @ 4:33pm.
You know you've got a good thing going when you have to turn people away at the door due to a packed house. Theatre industry event Crash Test Drama is attracting so many from Melbourne's fringe theatre community that after only two events at St Kilda's finest arts hub, Dogs Bar, it is getting set to relocate to the much larger MeMo Hall on Acland Street.  CTDM is a unique event that 'crash... Read More
The National Theatre Drama School’s Advanced Diploma Of Acting
0 Comments. 2,412 Views. Posted 12 Jan 2012 @ 8:42am.
There's never been a more exciting time to be involved in Australian theatre, according to Melbourne-based actor, director and filmmaker Mark Constable, who has recently been appointed new Head Of Acting (Theatre) at the National Theatre Drama School, St Kilda. A whole new brigade is coming through the ranks and the industry is changing at an ever-rapid speed - and Constable has found... Read More
Astor Theatre Unveils New Calendar
0 Comments. 1,163 Views. Posted 6 Jan 2012 @ 8:40am.
The Astor Theatre have just announced their new season calendar and we can't be more excited.  On the tip of the Astor iceberg, Jim Henson's beloved classic, Labyrinth, will be screened for Australian audiences in a theatrical quality presentation. They've got everything. From Princess Bride and Dirty Dancing to the original Fright Night to an Orson Welles... Read More
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
0 Comments. 2,158 Views. Posted 2 Dec 2011 @ 8:52am.
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - book, movie, play. There aren't many novelists that can claim one story has successfully spanned over 50 years, has been enjoyed, reread and recreated onstage and the screen. The 1962 release of the acclaimed novel was just the start of R.P McMurphy and his band of misunderstood misfits. In 1963 the play premiered on Broadway, 1975 saw the release of the... Read More
RAW Comedy 2012 registrations open!
0 Comments. 2,705 Views. Posted 22 Nov 2011 @ 9:12am.
Fancy yourself a bit of a comedian? This one's for you! You can find yourself on the same stage that produced comedic greats such as Chris Lilley, Peter Helliar, Claire Hooper and Tim Minchin.  Before becoming some of Australia's most recognisable names in comedy, they all spent their time fine-tweaking their routines, taking on RAW Comedy, Australia's biggest and most prestigious annual... Read More
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