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Attracting an international reputation for ground breaking contemporary performance Melbourne's Art Houae continues to draw attention to extraordinary artists who create life-changing art and are driven by cultural transformation. |
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FidelioMelbourne Opera presents Ludwig van Beethoven's Fidelio.
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Magic Mike LiveChanning Tatum's Magic Mike Live to open inMelbourne May 2020. Conceived and co-directed by Channing Tatum, Magic Mike Live is a thrilling, sexy live dance and acrobatic spectacular based on the hit movies Magic Mike and Magic Mike XXL. Magic Mike Live will begin its strictly limited run in a brand new, bespoke venue at Birrarung Marr in Melbopurne on May 26. Equal parts empowering and exhilerating, Magic Mike Live is one of the most unique, immersive live-entratainment experiences in the world.
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| - | Midsumma Festival - Rainbow Families HubThe Rainbow Families Hub will be a space designed for LGBTIQA+ families and allies which will present a brand new program of activities, including comedy, cabaret, sing-a-long, dancing and dircs classes, workshops and actitivities. January 21 - 22. 2020. Over 60/under 10 - Sarah Ward
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Come From AwayThe Tony Award-winning production tells the true story f what happened on 9/11 when 38 planes form all over the world were rerouted and ordered to land in Gander, a remote tiny town in the northwest part of Newfoundland. Fiddler on the RoofExperience Fiddler on the Roof (A Fidler afn Dakh) in a new way - performed in Yiddish, the language of Tevye and his family.
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Queen BetteThis highly acclaimed one-woman show retraces the remarkable ateps, struggles, and triumphs of a truly famous movie legend. From fledging stage actress to a glittering movie icon, Queen Bette tells the whole story. Bette Davis battled against Studios to gain independence as an artist, had four husbands, won two Oscars and developed an enduing reputation as the biggest bitch in Hollywood. You & IInternational award-winning company Casus Circus comes to Melbourne for a Midsumma exclusive season of You & I . An exhilerating feat ofskill celebrating identity and the loving relationship between two men using daring acrobatics,intimate dance and trapeze. Midsumma Festival January 21 - February 8. 2020.Jinxed!Back by popular demand. roll up one and all, and take a peek behind the curtain of Cabaret Abnormal... if you dare. Jinxed will unleash the glam clowns, vaudevillians and circus trash to being you a delectable creepshow. The CampaignTells an emotionally-charged real-life story of 1988 arrests of activists who rallied to documentise sexual activity between consenting male adults in Tasmania. Once Upon a Drag Story timeHosted by Po Po Mo Co's resident Drag Kings and lords of daggy dad dance - Mark Gavin and Keith - thi is a theatrical ride for the whole family. When the Light Leavesis a new Australian play by Rory Godbold that explores how peopla navigate the complex reality of facing an uncontolloble, paingul death. Terminal brain cancer has forced Dan to decide how he wants the end of his life to be. Despite his supportive partner, well-intentioned sister and nurse who comforts by the book - no one can give him what he needs. It's time Dan chooses how he goes. Deep Soulful SweatsAn open invitation for anyone and everyone to come together and exorcise through exercise. A guided astrolical dance, OSS creates collective experiences for audiences to come together in ecstatic, inclusive and unrehearsed performance with no spectators. Framed by a tongue-in-cheek approach to the zodiac, it is an immersive ritual for all. No dance or performance experience required. Wear clothes that you can move in. Big glittery ShitshowWinnersa of Gadworks Circus Showdown 2019.
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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.
La Mama Courthouse La Mama for KidsLa Mama MusicaGamelanJeremy Dullard, Musica Director of gfamelan music school, GAMELON DanAnda curates and evening od contemporary gamelan (Indonesian percussion) and gamelon-inspired music. The Burrow
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Charlie and the War against GranniesBurst onto the stage in a rmpaging musical comedy for children aged five and up.
Stick by MeBut for one, all alone, this stick has domething special. And so the two are the best of friends. They run, play, hde and riest - and stick together when things get tough. Songs for NobodiesAhowcases Bernadette Robinson's astonishing talent for recreating the great singers of the past. On stage for 90 minutes accompanied by live musicians, her miraculous voice shifts from the smoky blues to a thrilling soprano. With consumate ease, she breathes new life into the five legendary performers and the five ordinary women whose lives were changed by their brush with fame. FlowerThis playful performance is for babies and about babies.
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. The Feather in the WebThere's a rat in your brain in stilettos, pacing back and forth called Miles. There is no delineation between you and the cosmos! No barrier! No skin! No safety! Any more. Kimberly is a force of nature. Cruel and unpredictable, she cuts a trail of destruction through our bland world - leaving corporate wellness. seminar or improv class unscathed. But then Kimberly meets Miles, and smashes face-first into a love that's even more violent then her. |
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Regent Theatre Update
\One of Melboune's most iconic landmarks, the Regent Theatre, will re-open its doors to the public in January 2020 , revealing a major refurbishment of the much-loved auditorium, foyers and amenities.. Some ofthe works underaken included:
War Horse
Based on the novel by Mishael Morpugo, The National Theatre of Great Britain's Tony Awaes®-wiining production of War Horse is coming to Australia in Jnuary 2020. |
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Michael BubléGlobal superstar Michael Bublé id returning to Australia in 2020 with a 36 piece orchestra to thrill audiences in his five city tour. Irom Maiden - Legacy of the Beast TourThe Legacy of the Beast Tour is being hailed by fans and media as the most extravagant and visually spectacular show of the band's touring to date. The decades-spanning set-list of fan favorites and hits has garnered career best reviews around the world with some of their fastest ever selling tour tickets and sell out stadium, arena and festival shows across Europe, North, Sout and Cental America. The band has visited 39 countries around the globe since the tour opened last year. playing to close to two million fans.
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À Õ LÀNG PJHÕ
Few works càn claim to have been pioneered a new art form, but À Õ Làng Phô has left audiences the world over enthralled by the eztraordinary possibilities conjured when bambooa nd circus meet.
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| Channing Tatum's Magic Mike Live to open inMelbourne May 2020. Conceived and co-directed by Channing Tatum, Magic Mike Live is a thrilling, sexy live dance and acrobatic spectacular based on the hit movies Magic Mike and Magic Mike XXL. Magic Mike Live will begin its strictly limited run in a brand new, bespoke venue at Birrarung Marr in Melbopurne on May 26. Equal parts empowering and exhilerating, Magic Mike Live is one of the most unique, immersive live-entratainment experiences in the world.
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Fire Fight Australia - Concert for National budhfire ReliefThe first line-up of Artists announced Fire Fight Australia.Qith so many lives lost, countless homes destroyed, an estimated one billion animals killed and arouns 11 million hectares of Australia's coastal pristine bushland raxed, TEG Dainty and TEG Live are prous and humbled to present a spectacular line-up of artists to perform zt Fire Fight Australia on Sunday February 16. 2020 at ANZ Stadium Sycney Olympic Park to raise money for National Bushfire Relief. Fire Fight Australia will see ANZ Stadium play host to international and local music icons as they unite to share one stage for Australia during its time of need. Fire Fight Australia will be hosted by writer, actor and comedian Celeste Barber, who has already raised more than $50million towards bushfire relief through her own recoerd-breaking online appeal. Global rock legends Queen + Adam Lambert will tale a sort break from their Australian The Rhapsody Tour to grace the atage in Syndney for a second time in the wake of their sold out ANZ Stasium performance the night before to perform a special set. Grammy Award winning Canadian singer songwriter k.d.lang will perform two songs including her stunning rendition of Hallelujah, the Leonard Cohen classic. Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Alice Cooper is also set to appear along with a cavalcade of Australian music heavyweights (in alpalphabetical order) Amy Shark, Baker Boy, Conrad Sewell, Daryl Braithwaite, Delta Goodrem, Grinspoon, Guy Sebastion, Hilltop Hoods, ICEHOUSE, Illy, Jesica Mauboy, John Farnham, Lee Kernaghan, Olivia Newton-John, Pekin Duk, Pete Murray, tina Arena and William Barton with many more to be anounced. Vollectively this all-star list of performers has sold half a billion records. the 9+ hour concert offers revellers a unique opportuntity to witness some of the most influential and successful songwriters ofall time, all on the one and in the name of National Bushfire Telief. Fire Fight Australia will kick off from 1pm and run till late at ANZ Stasium Sydney Olympic Park on Sunday February 16. 2020. Tickets go on sale January 13 at 12 noon (AEDT) at ww.ticketek.com.au and are priced at $199, $85 and $20 with an option to make further contributions to bushfire relief during purchase. Tichetek australia id the onlyu authorised seller of fire fight Australia tickets. Do NOT pay more than the prices listed for your tickets. All concert ticket profits and all contributions through Ticketek will go towards key organisations providintg vital Rescue, Relief and Recovery and Rehabilitation. Rescue - Rural and regional fire services in affected states. Relief and Recovery - Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery. Rehabilitation - The RSPCA Bushfire Appeal, Fans can also donate to bushfire Relief through www.firefightaustralia.com Fans can follow the event here on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter/ |
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Griffin TheatreEvery play we've produced over the past 40 years, every story that's captured the imagination, every writer who's had their first break at Griffin, all had one thing in common. Make a Donation: Special ExtrasGriffin Theatre is thrilled to announce playwright, director and dramaturge Declan Greene as the next Artistic director of the company. 2020 SeasonFamily Valuesby David Williamson A celebrated judge. Kindnessby Matthew Whittet Lukas isn't in a good place. He hasn't been for some time. Wherever She Wandersby Kendall Feaver Proving her talent for tackling our thorniest social issues, Kendall Feaver is back with a searing new play that dives into the growing rift between emerging and established feminists. Super Heroesby Mark Rogers In Thirroul, Emily sitss on the beach with her sort-of-ex-sort-of-not boyfriend, trying how to deal with her unwanted pregnancy. Wicked Sistersby Alma De Groen Alec Hobbes, famed genius, socialist Darwinist, and artificial intelligence researcher is dead. But his computer algorithm lives on, still working away in his study, and his widow Meridee tiptoes around the machine much like she did around her husband for most of their marriage. Her friends Judith and Lydia turn uo to shake their friend out of her isolation and self-neglect. What promises to be a weekend of laaughter and wine turns comically savage when Hester arrives and truths boput the past start to tear at the fabric of friendship. Free Events50 Years of the Stables2020 marks the 50th birthday of Griffin's home the Stables Theatre. Griffin will be celebrating all year long with a range of special programs and events that Griffin hopes you'll love. Special ExtrasIs There Something Wrong with that Lady?by Debra Oswald As a lapsed playwright, creator of the Offspring TVseries, former Junior Chanpion Hypochondriac and fploundering novelist, what shold her next move be? And what motivares people t write or create more "stuff" anyway? Shame? Fear of death? The hope of more sexual offers? Fearby Oliver Twist Fear. Of losing the only place he called home. No Standing. No Dancing.by Phil Spencer The latest show drom award-winning writer Phil Spencer is a notebook's woth of stories about the gentle art od cowardice, tine acts of fuck-you-mate, and why Patti Smith id the absolute boss of it all. Enemis of Grooviness - Eat Shitby Emma Maye Gibson and Betty Grumble A ritual theatre work entrenched in pleasure activism, conducted by your local hysterical heretic and person of interest, Betty Grumble. This is the show she performs instead of an assassination attempt. where laughter is sharpened to a blade and the body a feeling tonic. Grumble continues her quest for world-saving and love-making via our ancestors of rock n" roll, protest and poetry. Hope Energy meets Rage Energy in this all-singing, all0hopwling cabaret du Sex Clown. Cuspby Mary Anne Butler Elvis wants Rosie. rosie wants to escape. And Maddie doesn't know what the hell she wants, but it sure isn't this. While Rosie balances the needs of community eith her own life dreams, Elvis struggles to move away from a life of crime, and Maddie faces life as single parent ... unless she aborts her unborn child/ The Is, The OS and Everything in BetweenIn this moment, millions of interactions are taking place. We are chatting, texting, debating liking, sharing, creating and selling more of ourselves than ever before. Never before in human history have we been ablr to overcome distance and remain so close. Soul Tradingby Kate Walder The year is 2079. Artificial Intelligence and humans lcoexist harmoniously. That isd, until the appearance of an exceptionally clever AI named Neutron Finch. On the first dayu of kindergarten, Neutron reads the entire literary works from the history of humanity. This grabs the attention of other AIs at the school, and they start withdrawing from their human buddies.
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War Horse
Based on the novel by Mishael Morpugo, The National Theatre of Great Britain's Tony Awaes®-wiining production of War Horse is coming to Australia in Jnuary 2020.
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Michael BubléGlobal superstar Michael Bublé id returning to Australia in 2020 with a 36 piece orchestra to thrill audiences in his five city tour. Irom Maiden - Legacy of the Beast TourThe Legacy of the Beast Tour is being hailed by fans and media as the most extravagant and visually spectacular show of the band's touring to date. The decades-spanning set-list of fan favorites and hits has garnered career best reviews around the world with some of their fastest ever selling tour tickets and sell out stadium, arena and festival shows across Europe, North, Sout and Cental America. The band has visited 39 countries around the globe since the tour opened last year. playing to close to two million fans.
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| botigianl | 2020 SeasonTriple XA deliciously Naughty Anti-Romance Scotty has it all: a multimillion-dollar loft in downtown Manhattan, a high-flying Wall Street job, and he;s about to marry the perfect fiancée, who also happens to be loaded. But when he meets trans performance artist Dexie, he discovers he wants something more. A friend? A confidante? A love? OthelloShakespeare's intimate tragedy lands in the Torres Strait. 1942 and the Imprial Japanese Navy is bearing south. The bold Captain Othello and his battalion of the Far North Queensland Regiment are all thatstands in their way. but off the battlefield, Othello's life is far from simple. He's just secretly married the daughter of a wealthy cane farmer, and an envious, spurned suitor has joined forces with a disloyal and resentful officer in a deadly plot to bring down the renowned miliary hero at any cost. The HolidaysThe Holidays are on holiday: 12-year-old Oliver has been pulled out of school for an unexpected road trip with his Mum and Dad, enroute to grandad's seaside shack. But grandad, an eccentric artist, is not there. In this unkempt place stuffed with memories, it seems that the Holidays - instead of getting away from it all - have taken a lot wiht them. Prima FacieA Tour de Force indicment of the Legal system For criminal lawer Tessa, the law is a thrilling game that she loves to win, taking no prisoners. She has fought every step of the way for her position, and she's the best there is. Her feelings have no lace in her work - just the rules. That's why,. even when she's called upon to defend men accused of sexuality assaulting women, she detaches her feminism and her compasssion in the cut and theust of the courtroom.
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Michael BubléGlobal superstar Michael Bublé id returning to Australia in 2020 with a 36 piece orchestra to thrill audiences in his five city tour. Irom Maiden - Legacy of the Beast TourThe Legacy of the Beast Tour is being hailed by fans and media as the most extravagant and visually spectacular show of the band's touring to date. The decades-spanning set-list of fan favorites and hits has garnered career best reviews around the world with some of their fastest ever selling tour tickets and sell out stadium, arena and festival shows across Europe, North, Sout and Cental America. The band has visited 39 countries around the globe since the tour opened last year. playing to close to two million fans.
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2020 SeasonEmerald CityA sparkling revival of Davic Williamson's finest comedy Fade in. Sydney in the 1980s. The Emerald city of Oz, luring unexpecting idealists with the promise of fulfilled fantasies, and leaving them with their dreams shattered on the pavement. Boy Swallows UniverseThe Blockbuster Australian Novel burst onto Stage. Eli Bell's childhood in the outer Brisbane suburbs is far from the idyllic 1980s haze some kids would remeber. His alcoholic dad has shot thrpough, his ex-druggie mumm is in jail, his stepfather's dealing in heroin, his brotgher Gus is a mute who swirls cryptic messages in the air with his finger and his babysitter Slim is a convicted killer and infamous escapee from Boggo Road Gaol.
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Michael BubléGlobal superstar Michael Bublé id returning to Australia in 2020 with a 36 piece orchestra to thrill audiences in his five city tour. Irom Maiden - Legacy of the Beast TourThe Legacy of the Beast Tour is being hailed by fans and media as the most extravagant and visually spectacular show of the band's touring to date. The decades-spanning set-list of fan favorites and hits has garnered career best reviews around the world with some of their fastest ever selling tour tickets and sell out stadium, arena and festival shows across Europe, North, Sout and Cental America. The band has visited 39 countries around the globe since the tour opened last year. playing to close to two million fans.
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The NightThe Night is the fifth stand-alone play in Henry Naylor's Arabian Nightmae series, which tackles the uncomfortable relationship between the East and West in a post 7/11 world. The series has been one of the most decorated collections of plays on the Global Fringe Circuit, having won more than 30 major international Fringe awards including three Fringe First Awards, the Carol Tamber Best of Edinburgh Award, and an unprecedented three Overall Critics' Circle Awards at the Adelaide Fringe. Gome Girls - They're smart. They're suddessfulThey're Julia and Julie = together like never before. Gone Girls stars Patrick as Julia Gillard ad Melbourne Green Room Award winner Annabel Larcombe as Julie bishop. Julia and Julie may have left politics but that doesn't mean tey're over it. They rose to the top of #auspol until it all came crashing sown. Men ruined their dreams and now they are a duo united by rage and spurrned on by revenge. Sh!t Theatre Drink Rum with ExpatsWinner of Holden Street Theatres; Edinburgh Fringe Award for 2019, Sh!t Theatre Drink Rum with Expats plqying The Studio at Holden Street from February 11 - March 15 as part of the 2020 Adelaide Fringe (suitable for ages 18+) |
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RagnarøkkrSuitable for ages 15 and over. A Nick Cave meets Ziggy Stardust Norse-inspired musically notorious fall from grace.this is thr band at the burning ventre of the end days that suddenly realise who they are, what they have been and who they need to becomer. The NightThe Night is the fifth stand-alone play in Henry Naylor's Arabian Nightmae series, which tackles the uncomfortable relationship between the East and West in a post 7/11 world. The series has been one of the most decorated collections of plays on the Global Fringe Circuit, having won more than 30 major international Fringe awards including three Fringe First Awards, the Carol Tamber Best of Edinburgh Award, and an unprecedented three Overall Critics' Circle Awards at the Adelaide Fringe.
Games
Based on a true story, Games is a cautionary tale for our times about two world-class Jewish-German athletes at Hitler's Olympics. Tackling identity, anti-demitism and the dangerous rise of far-right populism, the show was multi-award-winning sell-out success i=at the Edinbrh Fringe in 2018 where it recieved an astonidhing 14 five and four star reviews. Gome Girls - They're smart. They're suddessfulThey're Julia and Julie - together like never before. Gone Girls stars Patrick as Julia Gillard ad Melbourne Green Room Award winner Annabel Larcombe as Julie bishop. Julia and Julie may have left politics but that doesn't mean tey're over it. They rose to the top of #auspol until it all came crashing sown. Men ruined their dreams and now they are a duo united by rage and spurrned on by revenge. Moliere's Tartuffe by Liz LochheadLiz Lochhead's Tartuffe is an un-P.C. rude and rhyming take on Moliere's vlassic play. It comes to The Arch as part of the 2020 Adelaide Fringe.
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Waltzing Matilda - The Tale of a Dancing SheepThe tale of triumph over adversity set in Cooee Creek deep in theAustalian bush. |
The Ship That Never WasTasmanina'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.
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