Dirty, Sexy Opera

Melbourne's most innovative Opera company delivers again, bringing you he hottest arias and Opera Dingers in town.
Did you know that Opera can be sexy?
Did you know that Opera can be dirty?
Did you know that Mozart was a very cheeky and naughty fellow?
We did!

It's time to have some fun with all the naughty, sexy and downright dirty opera classics. This hilarious adults only concert will entertain and amuse you leaving little to the imagination.
Performed in cabaret style by Melbourne-based BK Opera, known for their raw, edgy asnd intimate and intimate productions, it will not only entertain sevout opera connoisseurs but will also brak down the preconceptions and stereotypes new audences have of opera. Over four nights in April the company will show you that opera can be fun, vibrant, hot, sizzling, innovative and poignant unlike any other art form. Brace yourslevs Melbourne for Opera unike you have seen before.
As a relative newcomer in town BK Opera has come off the back of two successful seasons, winning the 2017 Opera Chaser Innovation Award. Working with emerging singers, they aim to strip opera back to the 'bare bones', focusing on the emotional core of this timeless art form. This means showing the sexy, raw and intimate moments of our favourite opera characters.
Season: April 24 - 27. 2019

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Dolly Di*mond's Bl*nkety Bl*nks

Everyone's favourite game show hostess; Solly Siamond presents the top-rating television cult hit classic BL*nkety Bl*nks as part of MELBOURNE'S COMEDY FESTIVAL
Joining Solly on stage each night are six famous-much-loved celebrities -will elp audiences contenstants win fabulous prizes.
Season" April 11 - 12. 2019

The Lion King jr.

Must-see school holiday fun! Wxperience this epic Disney Musical performed for kids by kinds! All your favourite Lion King charcters and songs performed live with sazzling costumes, stunning lighting design and non-stop theatre action.
Season": April 12 - 14. 2019

Neon

An hilarious ride back to the fabulous 80's - it's glam, glorious and gaudy.

Non is is an apologetic, funny and downright dirtydancing cabaretwhere circus meets comedy and song.
Everything that is tongue-in-cheek and too-lycra, Neon is an inforgivably dluoro and big shoulder pads night out - it's afult, uncut and naughty with hazardous levels of hair gel.
Neon is hosted by cabaret dynamo Geralsine Quinn, who will belt out 80's classics while the Circus Oz wnsemble showcase eye-popping circus skills and stunning acrobats as they make everything that is so wrong aboutnthe 80's so right.
Directed by the inimitable Malia Walsh, Neon features mesmerising hula hooping, beautiful juggling, gravity defying, afagio en pointe, hand balancing, incredible vocals and physical comedy.
Season: April 12 - 20. 2019. Venue: The Melba Speigeltent. 25 Johnson St. Collingwood. Time 10pm.

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Single AsianFemales

Audiences are invited to step inside the Golden Phoenix, a suburban Sunshine Coast Chinese restaurant where a family of whip-smart women are definitely talking about you in their native tongue. Single Asian Females tells the story of the Wong family and dynamics that pit sister against sister, spill family secrets and put the spotlight on a mother trying to overcome generational and cultural gaps to connect with her two daughters.
They are all dealing with some of life's big questions and whnat it means to be Asian women in Australia. Pearl (Hsiao-Ling Tang) is the qunitessential matriarch balancing family, busienss and her love of karaoke. Daughter Zoe (Jing Kuan Chan) is in the throes of online dating and big decision making while Mei (Courtney Stewart) is a teenager grappling wiht her identity in modern Australia. They ofcourse see the world differently to their mother whose onslaught of embarrassing observationa questions her Westernised children.
Season: April 3 - 21. 2-19

The Miser

Wealthy skinflint, Harpargon is so cheap he'd rather bury his money in the backyard and steal oats from his horse before seeing a dollar spent.
John Bell stars in The Miser as the stingy Harpagon, a money-lender who makes Ebenzer Scrooge look generous. With his eye on the prize - an inappropiateley young bride who already has set on his con - Harpago is prepared to sacrifice his children and his dignity to win it all.
Season: April 25 - May 12. 2019

Underground

The World Premiere season of Christine Croyden's playUnderground the story of an adventurous and icomic Australian woman during one of history's darkest periods, Nacy Wake, codemane The White Mouse.
The play guides audioences through the emotional journey of Nancy's life as it explores the theme od survival against the odds and questions the gulf between what we now now and what we knew in our youth, as well as the inevitibility and futitlity of perspectibe. The passionate and feisty Nancy tells her own story, her own way,. with trademark roguishness.
Nanvy took many risks to fight for freedom and led over 2000 Resistance fighters, all men, in open confrontations to defeat nazism. Was the price she paid to high? In a hallucionatory review of her life, Nancy's story unfolds with humour and pathos, together with a cast of comrades from the forests of rance. Among thema mystrious GErman spy and cabaret cinger, who performs Marlene Dietridh's most loved songs.
Season: Thursday March 7 - Saturday March 9. 2019 at 7.30pm.

Marveled: An Original Parody Cabaret

Are you a fan of 'Captain USA', The God of Thnuder or Bulked Shrek?
Then this is the cabaret for you.

Marveled is a comical exploitation if the films associated with those forst mentioned, clearly superior characters, cleverly paradying musical theatre and pop repertoire! Watch as your favourites sing of lost love, the burden of being super ridicously good looking, or even the tough life of being a secondary colour in this SMASH hit show that'll leave you writing a post-credit scene!
Seaqson April 8 - 13. 2019

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Yo, Carmen

The undisoted queen of moder flamenco, Maria Pagés, vibrant ode to womanhood uses flamenco with poetry in the unforgettably beautiful and radical imagining of the story of Bizet's heroine Carmen.
Accompanied by an ensemble of dancers and six of Spain's most talented musicians, Yo, Carmen can be seen at Hamer Hall melbourne Arts Centre.
The mu8sic doesn't solely rely on Bizet's original Carmen score, incorporating the pieces that inspired Bizet as well as some adaption of classical Fl;amenco music ], with original compositions by Rubén Levaniegos, Sergio Menem and David Moñiz
Season: March 11 - 12. 2019.

Yothu Yindi & The Treaty Project

The founding members of Yothu Yindi are joined on stage by the next generation of indigenous stars to perform classic Yothu Yindi hits with an electronic twist.
Featuring origianl Yothu Yindi members allong with emerging First Nations artists and special guests performing new mixes of classic Yothu Yindi hits with an electronic twist.
Yothu Ynidi & The Treaty Project was initially launched in 2017 to celebrate the release of the 25th anniversary remix of Yothu Yinidi's timeless hit Treaty and raise awareness for the need for treaty with Australia's First Nation people.
As enhanced by Yothu Yndi's success in the 1980s, Indigenous music, song and dance, are powerful tools pf protest. The current national conversation surrounding indigenous affairs and recent wave of new generation artists keeping the message and culture alive - such as A. B. Original, Baker Boy, Kardajala Karridarra, Electric Fields and the recent successful reformation of Midnight Oil. stawart supporters of the cause - have made it clear that now is the time for this iconic outfit to renew their involvement in the that protest.
Yirramboi means tomorrow in the shared languages of the Boon Wurrang and Eoi Wurrang peoples pf the Kulin Nations. YIRRAMBOI is Melbourne's premier biennial Fort Peoples festival celebrating the vibrant living cultures and diverse contempporary practices of First Nations creatives. The full program will be launched in march 2019
Debut: Saturday May 4, 2019

Andrea Chénier

Andre Chénier is in danger of losing his head. As France cowers under the Rign of Terror, thepoet is falling madly, passionately in love.
A gripping storybased on true events unfolds swiftly in Giordano's famous opera, beloved by audiences and performers for its magnificent arias, tender love story and dramatic music.
a poet, a philosopher and defender of the poor, Chénier believes in ideals of his revoultionary brothers: Liberty! Equality! Fraternity! Now the revolution is over, but La Guillotine hasn't lost her taste for blood. The revolutionaries, once so idealistic, are turning on their own to keep her fed.

Season: Thursday August 13. 2019 at 7pm.

Brian Cox - A Symphonic Universe with the MSO

Violinist virtuoso Jack Liebeck will join the Orchestra to perform the world premiere of Paul Dean's violin concerto A Briek History of Time, which was dedicated to late physicist Prefessor Stephen Hawking<
The concert will feature music from the pre-scientific age, highlighting how great composers have, through the ages, attempted to understand and explain our place in the universe using music.
The c3entrepiece of the extrapordinary evening will be the first movement from Gustav Mahler's Tenth Symphony. in which the composer wrestles with the idea of the fionite nature of existance.
Throughout the evening, Professor Cox will present on our universe and solar system, discussing what was kanoen about the world during the time when each of these composers created their own music and what is known now.
Season: Daturday November 16, 2019 at 7.30pm & Sunday November 17. 2019 at 4pm.

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2019 Season

I have to report some very sad news inasmuch as recently La Mama had a very bad fire and was completely destroyed. The forthcoming shows at La Mama will be transferred to otther venues and when notification is forwarded Pktheatre will keep in touch.

Flawed _ like a b_y

Every time you undercut me, invalidate me, sidline me.

How to walk like a boy
How to talk like a boy
How to fight like a boy
How to f*#k like a boy
Brought to you by No ChanceThatre's Bj McNeil Flawed _lika a b_oy is a queer, sexy and experimental show about ione person's story of being gay andgrowing up in a homophobic part of Australia. Complete with banging soundtrack, the show deals heavily with homophobia, sexual assault, parental relationships and identity and is a work that is aligned with the current queer movement pushing for greatger vicibility and equal to the LGBTQ+ community. Flawed is set to challengethe pathological homophobia in Australia.
Season: January 20 - 27. 2019

November 1975: The dismissa; of the Whitlam government by the Governor-General has rocked the nation. liberal voters feel vindicated and Gough supporters, they're in kill mode. More dinner parties ended in uproar over that one then about the night the dingo took the baby.
Still reeling from what;s befallen Gough, and anxious to placate his exasperated wife Isobel. Ron asks new neighbours, the Slaters around for supper, idela. Except his only son has a shock annouincement, Isobel is Not Happy and Paul Slater is a fervent Fraser supporter.
Season: February 13 - 17. 2019. Sednesday 6.30pm. Thursday - Saturday 7.30pm. Sundsay 4pm.

Holy Mothers

Holy Mothers signalled the meteoric rise to fame of the "Austrian Fassbinder" Werner Schwab. The play rips apart the values behind family and religion and trnasports us into the grotesque world of three retired cleaning lasies.
Season: February 20 - March 3. 2019

The Yellow Wallpaper

A recuperating woman, a neglected husband, a hideously painted room.
The Yellow Wallpaper is a shrewd blend of ohysical performance and subtly subversive text - a gothically - patterned tale which challnegs the boundaries between care and controlm madness and liberation.
Season: March 6 - 17. 2019.

The Girl Green as Elderflower

The musical stage adaptation is based onthe novel of the same name by multi-award winning, Australian-born Randolph Stow. It revolves around Cris Clare, who returns to his ancestral family in Suffolk, recovering from a mysterious illnesss.
His fevered dreams are filled with the local folklore and soon the line between reality and myth blurs. This multi-layered story touches on xenpphobia, misogyny, sexuality and mental illness in the vhanging UK seasons of 1961. Mostly lighthearted and sentimental, this strange piece is also eerie, fragile, and cruel, abounding with youthful charcters inhabited by older souls.
Season: March 20 31. 2019

Dénouement!

A suddenly silly and frenitically farcical comedy whodunnit.
A staley English home, an amateur detective, a missing will, a bloody knife. Everyone is a suspect. Anyone xould be next vistim. Nothing is what it seems.
A traditional thriller descends into a surreal and subversive celebration of the genre complete wity surprise twists, suspicious characters and sparkling black comedy.
Season: April 3 - 7. 2019.

RECIPROCO/reciprocal

brings together five contemporary Australian artists of Italian origin and five contemporary artists from Italy to create new works in iconic venues of Carlton.
Multidisciplinary artidst will explore the nuances narratives that describe both the chsronicles of century-old Italian migration to Aystralia and those who have signposted the traditional e3volution of Italianity.
Season: April 11 - 13. 2019

In the Solitude of Cotton Fields

Late at night in a dark alley two men meet. One has something to sell and believes that the other has something he wishes to buy. The otherprotests"no..." But of course, deep down he must desire something and whatever it is the seller has it for him.
Season: April 17 - 28. 2019.

The Honouring

La Mama for Kids

PInocchio

Welcome to the fantastical - and dark - world of Pinocchio...
An epic adventure of danger, villainy and excitement, told through multiple characters, puppetry, song and plenty of hilarious audience interaction.
An innovative reimagining of Carlo Collodi's cautionary tale about the little wooden [uppet who is tobecome a real boy. A local and unique adaptation that draws on the traditions of the travelling storytellers and Commedia del Arte.
Season: May 15 - 26. 2019

Bongo Brothers

Teh Bongo Brothers launch their third album, Quest for the Ultimate Rhythm - a musical journey around the world.
Meet Mongo, music-maestro and hilarious baby brother bongo. together they spell a recipe for disaster.
Through music, theatre and story telling, travel to African jungles. Voyage to Egy7pt. Drive to Outback Australia. Stow away on Carlbbean pirate ship. Skydive into a samba-filled stadium and safari to New Orleas, the birthplace of jazz.
Season: Sunhday February 3. 2019 at 11am.

La Mama Musica

Adam King (solo) Andrea Keeble and Kylie Morrigan

MARCH Monday 25. 2019

Adam King (Minminalist drumset, Businessgongs) is a Melbourne drummer known for his culteral dialogue as a solo artist, ensemble collaborator, researcher and kendang player, He will debuut a suite of original improvised compositions, each characterised by a distinct sonic realm.

Anhdrera Keeble (violin, viola) and Kylie Morrigan ( 5 string violin) from AD HOC COLLECTIVE will perform a set of new, semi-pmprovised and improvised duets exploring the timbre and musical relationship of the upper string family. Special guestws will aldi be featured.

APRIL Monday 22. 2019

NO MAN'S LAND, Naima Fine Fine, Cebris Facility & Ensemble

NO MAN'S ;AND is a duo of Pippa Bainbridge and Swiss Van Kalken. they make atmosphric drone, drawing on influences such as Byzantine chant, industrial,, found sound and minimalstic music movements, to create live performance rituals and audioscapes.
Composer Naima Fine Fine and Debris Faciliy present a performance of live-created graphic-sound compostitons, projected in real time for an acoustic chamber ensemble to perform.

MAY Monday 20. 2019

Gamelan

Jeremy Dullard, Musica Director of gfamelan music school, GAMELON DanAnda curates and evening od contemporary gamelan (Indonesian percussion) and gamelon-inspired music.
The first half of hte night will be solo performances by Jeremy Adam King and Jonathan Griffits, Nathalia Gould and Sophie Covey=
Crump will join them for he second half of the show, playing new compositions created for an by this new ensemble.

La Mama Poetica

February Tuesday 26. 2019 at 7.30pm for 8pm start

Barry Dickens

is a writer and teacher of poetry and prose. He has been writing plays since 1075 to include Remember Ronald Ryan which won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for drama.

Elena Gomez

is a Me;lbourne poet and book editor, and is the author of Body of Work (Cordite Books, 2018) and the chapbooks Chill Flakes (SUS Press) and Per (co-written with Eddie Hopely, Make NOW Books)>

Andy Jackson

His moat recent collection is Music our Bodies Can't Hold (Hunter Publishers, 2017), consisting of portrait poems of people with Merfan Syndrone. He is currently completing a PhD in poetry and otherness.

Jeltje Fanoy

utilises the possibilities of accent, rhythm and patterns of speech to disrupt opressive dominant narratives. Her recent poetry collection id Flying into the Hands of Strnagres (Collectib=ver Effort P{ress, 2018).

June Tuesday 4. 2019 at 7.30pm start for 8pm.

TT.O

has published ,many books including Big Numbers - New & Selected Poems and Fitzroy - The Biography. and is soon to launch a book on art entitled EIDE. He also the editor of the poetery magazine Unusual Work.

Michelle Cahill

is a Sycney poet and a recipient of the QPF's Vals Vallis Award, she recently releaed a book og poetry called The Herrin Lass (Arc aPublivations 2016) and is also the author of Vishvarupa (Five Islands Press, 2012), shortlisted in the Victorian Premer's Literary Awards.

MKatt Heatherington

is a writer and music master based in Northern NSW. He has been writing poetry for 30 years ans published over 300 poems. His fifth collection is The Love of the Sun, (Recent Work Press ,2018).

Anna Forsyth

has had poems published in FourW, n-Scribe, Poetry in New Zealand, Landfall and Headland, and her latest collection in Beatific toast, (General Chaos Press, 2018). She is currently working on a project called The Unknown Great for release in 2019.

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BECKETT THEATRE

MERLYN THEATRE

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The Greatest Love f All - A Tribute to Whitney Houston

Showtime Australia will present the critically acclaimed live production, The Greatest Love of All - A tribute to Whitney Houston across Australia in April 2019. The show is beautifully crafted, honouring the talent, music and memory of one of the world's most revered singers.
In preparation for such an anticipated show, Sowtime Australia conducted more than 15,000 auditions across 12 countries before selecting accomplished South African vocalist Belinda da Davids who delivers the voice, charm, nuances, and even the gestures of Houston.
Accompanying the breathtaking vocals of Davids on stage will be a sic-piece band, and dancers with an array pf stunning replica costumes. full scale lighting and effects.
Season: April 10. 2019.

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Briefs: Close Encounters

This id the third show from Briefs Factory, and since its premeire atht eAdelaide Cabaret Festival in 2017 it has gone on to have stellar seeasons at London's Uncerbelly Festival, enjoyed a successful run at Aukland's Q Theatre and even a performance at World Pride in Madrid, 2018 has seen them crash-land at Sydney Festival with Adelaide Cabaret Festival and Edinburgh Fringe also on the flight path.
Close Encounters is an incredible uplifting show, where the Briefs warriors journey through space to the future where there is a place for everyone, Having glitter-bombed the globe with their circus skills, drop dead gorgeous drag and raicous comedy, it's time these Australian heartthrobs made their way back home.
Featuring their trademark heart-stopping blend of insanely, talented cabaret burlesque, comic capery,. circus to die for, interstellar aerial feats and waro-speed strippers, the Briefs boys apply their skill and hunour to pudh the boundaries of artistry, maqsculinity and decencey. And to top it all off, they do it with punkish swagger, Briefs explore the third dimension only they know how so be prepaered for a close encounter
Season: March 20 - 24. 2019 .
In addition to their Close Encounter season, Briefs Factory is also bringing their Brat Kid's Carnival to the Playhouse Theatre for one show only on Saturday March 23. 2019. In this circus extravagamza, children are invited to pop on their party outfit and join the carnival in a wildly fum afternoon for mischief makers and their grown-ups. The work features hula hoops at top speed, acrobatics at alarming heights, clowing ntics, magic and puppets. From awe-inspiring to downight hilarious, this high-energy mix odf circus and cabaret is perfect for kids aged seven and up.

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2018 Season

We Need You More Than Ever

Hullo,

It has been an overwhelmingly exciting year for Red Stitch - sellout houses,. new audiences, loyal supporters, regional tours and a season of acclaimed new work. And, with thanks to you - a small step in the right direction with an increase to our artists fees. We are growing and the outlook for the next 6 months is no exception.
However, the proposed Federal Government budget reform to the Arts announcement last month has sent waves of uncertainty through our community. Red Stitch are among those now vulnerable to funding cuts. Grant applications that were well underway have been scrapped as relevent programs evaporate.
We need our community's support now more than ever! We are committed to advancing the vitality of Australian theatre through nurturing artists and an unerring pursuit of integrity in our craft. But without our audience, theatre doesn't exist. We ask you, our community, to do what you can to ensure Red Stitch is alive and vibrant for years to come.
WHAT CAN YOU DO?

Support our EOFY campaign by making tax deductible donation.

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The Man The Music The Show - Hugh Jackman

Academy Award® nominated, Golden Globe, Grammy and tony Award winning performer Hugh Jackman announced the Australian leg of his The Man, the Music, the Show WORLD TOUR.
The tour will see Jackman perform a new show with hits from The Greatset Showman, Les Miserables and more from Broadwayand film accompanied by a live orchestra. Making a very special guest appearance on the Australian tour id actress and singer Keala Settle who will perform the Acasemy Award® nominates and Golden Globe Award-winning song This is Me from The Greatest Showman and more
Season: Friday August 16 at 20.00 Saturday August 17 at 14.00 & 29.99. Sunday August 18 at 14.00.

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Sydney Independent Theatre Company

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The Greatest Love f All - A Tribute to Whitney Houston

Showtime Australia will present the critically acclaimed live production, The Greatest Love of All - A tribute to Whitney Houston across Australia in April 2019. The show is beautifully crafted, honouring the talent, music and memory of one of the world's most revered singers.
In preparation for such an anticipated show, Sowtime Australia conducted more than 15,000 auditions across 12 countries before selecting accomplished South African vocalist Belinda da Davids who delivers the voice, charm, nuances, and even the gestures of Houston.
Accompanying the breathtaking vocals of Davids on stage will be a sic-piece band, and dancers with an array pf stunning replica costumes. full scale lighting and effects.
Season: April 12. 2019.

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2019 Season

Hydra

The True Love Story of Charmian Clift, George Johnstone and My Brother Jack.

They were writers, dreamers and free spirits. In the 1950s, Australiaq authors Charmian Clift and George Johnston fled halfway across the world to the idyllic Greek island of Hydra, determined to carve out a bohemina living as artists.
As they revel in their picturesque community, far off the world's kliterary map, inspiration for the great Australian work strikes. But a many heade monster of jealousy, infidelity, illness and alcoholism also rises from the crystal blue waters of their sun-kessed island home.
Award-winning Sue smith weaves the original writings of wo of Australia's literary icons to a moving relationship drama. She conjures the passion and intrensity of the near mythical 'King nd queen of Hydra' as they follow their dream only to end up in a Greek tragedy of their own making.
Season: March 9 - April 6. 2019

Barbara and the Camp Dogs

Hitting the big time is tough when the only booking your kick-ass-band can secure is a pub gig. But the boisterous bolshie Barbara and her rio=ockers the Camp Dogs are in it for the long haul.
When a family tragedy beckons, Barbara and her sister (and fellow muso) René set off on a long and winding motorbike adventure from Sydney theough Darwin and finally to Katherine - where the bickering pair come face to face with some home truths.
Season: May 1 - 25. 2019

City of Gold

All Breythe ever wanted was to be an actor, but this isn't how he imagined his first big television gig - as a young Aboriginal man, being the face of a disastrous misfire of an advertisement that will get him roasted by his mob.
When a messenger bird suddenly brings Breythe the tragic tidings from his familym it sours him on a journey of grief and duty. Returning home to Kalgoorlie , he is thrust headlong into a family conflict and the reality of what it means tobe an indifenous youth in today's Australia.
Season: June 29 - July 20. 2019.

Fangirls

The new musical comedy about a poorly understood force of nature.

Meet Edna: She's 14, chronically awkward, and everone thinks she's a seial liar. but none of this will matter when her REAl life starts. With Harry. There;s just one problem. Harry is the Tre connection - the world;s biggest boybad.
Whe True Connection announced a stop in Edna's city, she realises that this is her one chance to meet Harry and convince him of their destiny. But just how far is she prepared to go in the name of love? edna takes her obsdession to unforeseen heights in this thrilling and hilarious musical comedy about lost love, fan culture and the danger of underestimating teenage grils.
Season: Septembe 7 - October 5. 2019.

Antigone

A great city has benn torn apart by a civil war between two brothers. In the aftermath, both lie dead - one hailed as a hero and lying in state, the other condemned as a traitor and dumped on a carrion pile. From the ashes of their conflict rises a dystopean state under a new leader - a career politician who rose to power by dint of her ruthlessness.
Brieving and heartbroken, their sister Antigone challenges the leader for the right to bury and mourn her dead brother with dignity, sparking a furious act of rebellion that will shake the city to its foendations.
Season: October 26 - November 16. 2019.

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The Greatest Love f All - A Tribute to Whitney Houston

Showtime Australia will present the critically acclaimed live production, The Greatest Love of All - A tribute to Whitney Houston across Australia in April 2019. The show is beautifully crafted, honouring the talent, music and memory of one of the world's most revered singers.
In preparation for such an anticipated show, Sowtime Australia conducted more than 15,000 auditions across 12 countries before selecting accomplished South African vocalist Belinda da Davids who delivers the voice, charm, nuances, and even the gestures of Houston.
Accompanying the breathtaking vocals of Davids on stage will be a sic-piece band, and dancers with an array pf stunning replica costumes. full scale lighting and effects.
SeasonL April 24. 2019.

L'Appartement

It;s a dream holiday for Aussie couple Meg and Rooster - a decadent getaway in Paris in a swanky Airbub, with fine wine, lavish food, and best of all, no three year old twins in tow - a chance for these parents to lookafter themselves, kisk back and reconnect.
But when they pick up the keys from their departing hosts - an achingly cool, overachieving young French couple - all it takes is 15 minutes for the trip to be derailled. And when they crack open a mystriuos package that arrives on the doorstep, it throws up the biggest ethical drama they've ever faced.
Season: August 3 - 31. 2019.

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2019 Season

Storm Boy

Young Storm Boy lives a simple yet free life in the coastal wilds of the South Australian Coorong, combing beaches with his reclusive father, Hideaway tom.
During a long summer, he makes two friends who will shephed him from childhood into adulthood: the jester Fingerbone Bill, who teaches him about his country and Mr Percival, an orphaned pelican who prepares Storm Boy for the wider world with a poignant lesson about love, loss and letting go.
Season: July 29 - August 17. 2019

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Mad for Love

The internationally celebrated Grammy-award winning coloratura soprano Sumi Jo returns to Australia this July for a series of unmissabel concerts.
One of the world's greatest exponents of bel canto, Sumi Jo will perform a magnificent program of music from her unsurpassed repertoire, joined on stage for the first time by daching Argentine-born baritone José Carbó.
Sumi Jo and José Carbó will ignite Australian atages with renditions of the most passionate pices from opera and operetta, as well as tango, and traditional folk song from Jo's native Korea. Her astonishing vocal technique and purity of tone will be matched by exquisite wardrobe for a night f operatic glamour.
Season: Sunday July 15th at 5pm.

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Peter Pan goes Wrong

Following hot on the wobbly wheels of the box office hit The Play That Goes Wrong Mischielf Theatre brings its triumphant disaster Peter Pan Goes Wrong from London's West End to Australia.
Once again the much-loved members of The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society battle against technical hitches, flying mishaps and cast disputes with hilarious and disastrous results.
Will they ever make it to Neverland
Season January 30 - February 3. 2019 7 shows only.

Madiba the Musical

Madiba the Musical which celebrates the life of the former South Adrican leader, Nelson Mandela. who would have turned 100 in July this year, is interwoven with stories of the fight against apartheid and fobidden love in a troubled land.
Astralian producer Neil Croker said an excitring line up of singers, actors and dancers for Madiba the Musical has been assembled with the role of Nelson Mandela being played by Perci Moekstsi who was recently announced following an international search>
From a very humble background where a career in the arts was considered nothing but a hobby for a black child. Perci says he is pinching himself that he'll soon portraing his hero and on an international plaorm.
The South Sfrican star of stage, teklevision and film, Perci Moekets, dare to dream the impossible, encopuraged by Mandela's own words "It is mpossibel until it's dome."
Season: Jnuary 17 - 20, 2019

The Man The Music The Show - Hugh Jackman

Academy Award® nominated, Golden Globe, Grammy and tony Award winning performer Hugh Jackman announced the Australian leg of his The Man, the Music, the Show WORLD TOUR.
The tour will see Jackman perform a new show with hits from The Greatset Showman, Les Miserables and more from Broadwayand film accompanied by a live orchestra. Making a very special guest appearance on the Australian tour id actress and singer Keala Settle who will perform the Acasemy Award® nominates and Golden Globe Award-winning song This is Me from The Greatest Showman and more
Season: Saturday August 10. at 14.00 & 20.00. Sunday August 11. at 20.00

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Uncle Vanya

Produced by La Mama and Bagryana Popov

Chekov quaintly but pointedly dubbed Uncle anya A Portrait of Country Life in Four Acts. Anything but his tragic but funny/awful masterpiece deals honestly with isilation, economic uncertainty, tensions around prperty inheritance, obsession, resilienc, and family bonds.
Sounds pretty contemporary? How about "Forests are disappearing, rivers are running dry...the climate is ruined." this is the 19th century Russian writer's themes are becoming more urgent by the minute.
But this version goes further. For a start it's performed in real time over two days/ Ona real country estateinthis case. Hans Heysen's magnificent historic home The Cedars near Hahndorf. A small audience of 40 people per performance enters the world of the play as it was within the rooms of the house and splits into the surrounding landscape. Between acts, the audience hear about the history of the property and the ecology of the area, and interact with the characters, who go about their lives, seamlessey continuing both in;and out' of performance.

Wednesday March 6; Act 1 and Act 2.
Thursday March 7; Act 3 and Act 4.
Friday March 8; Act 1 and Act 2.
Saturday March 9; Act 3 and Act 4.
Monday March 11; Act 1 and Act 2.
Tuesday March 12 : Act 3 and Act 4.
Wednesday March 13; Act 1 ad Act 2.
Thursday March 14; Act 3 ans Act 4.
Friday March 15; Act 1 and Act 2.
Saturday March 16; Act 3 and Act 4.,

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The Ship That Never Was

Tasmanina's longest running play The Ship That Never Was based on a real event in 1834 when the last ship built at the convict settlement at Macquarie Harbour was about to sail for the new prison at Poet Arthur but was hijacked by 10 convict shipwrights.
So begins the story of an amazing escape, an extraordinary voyage and an intriguing twist in the tale of The Ship That Never Was.
The play tells the dramatic and hilarious true story of the Great Edcape from Sarah Island! delightful family entertainment not to be missed.
Advance bookings are necessary for all grouops. The play is approxiamately one hour and is performed every day at 5.30pm and from December 27th to January 26th at 5. 30 pm and 8.30pm.

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The Greatest Love f All - A Tribute to Whitney Houston

Showtime Australia will present the critically acclaimed live production, The Greatest Love of All - A tribute to Whitney Houston across Australia in April 2019. The show is beautifully crafted, honouring the talent, music and memory of one of the world's most revered singers.
In preparation for such an anticipated show, Sowtime Australia conducted more than 15,000 auditions across 12 countries before selecting accomplished South African vocalist Belinda da Davids who delivers the voice, charm, nuances, and even the gestures of Houston.
Accompanying the breathtaking vocals of Davids on stage will be a sic-piece band, and dancers with an array pf stunning replica costumes. full scale lighting and effects.
Season: AQpril 5. 2019 tickets via ticketek

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Barry Humphries - The Man Behind the Mask

On this tour Barry will take audiences on a revealing, funny and moving trip through his colourful life and theatrical career in an intimate, confessional evening - seasoned with highly personal, sometimes startling, and occasionally outrageous stories - Australia's best loved entertainer will be peeling off his mask to introduce the man behind the clown.
Season: May 16. 2018

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