Archives for September 2022

Tickets are now on sale for The London Symphony Orchestra’s return to Australia in April-May with conductor, Sir Simon Rattle, leading his final season as LSO Music Director. Among the world’s finest orchestras, the LSO will perform two concerts in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, with a third program exclusive to the Sydney Opera House in

Bloomsday in Melbourne presents Love’s Old Sweet Song Concert, an Irish variety concert, on Sunday, October 8 from 5pm- 7pm at the Hawthorn Arts Centre. The evening of comedy and song featuring James Joyce’s favourite and entertaining songs will celebrate the 100th anniversary of his famous musical novel Ulysses. It is said that audiences don’t

The Australian Ballet returns to Arts Centre Melbourne with a contemporary work, the triple bill Instruments of Dance. Resident choreographers from three of the world’s leading dance companies explore the intricacies of scores created by modern-day composers, showcasing the artistic magic that exists when music and movement unite. Tickets starting from $50. Book now for

Clue, presented by the Playhouse Players at Doncaster Playhouse, was a night of mystery (the farcical kind), and intrigue (the deadly kind). The play is a stage adaptation of the 1985 movie of the same name based on the board game Cluedo. Set in 1954 at a remote New England (American accents required) mansion, six

Virginia Woolf famously criticised Tolstoy for the ending of Anna Karenina. Woolf felt Tolstoy lacked empathy for Anna’s destiny. What with social media and the pile-on women in the public eye are subjected to these days, Woolf might be surprised that women who transgress by falling in love with someone other than their husband are

Based on an actual event, Bakersfield Mist tells the story of Maude Gutman (Helen Ellis), a brassy, unemployed, 50-something bartender, living in a trailer park somewhere in California. Maude is convinced that an ‘ugly’ painting she bought as a joke from a junk shop for a few dollars is a Jackson Pollock and worth millions.

The Jewel by the Sea returns for a fifth season at historic Black Rock House from September 1-17. Written by Cheryl Threadgold and directed by Debbie Keyt, The Jewel by the Sea is a 90- minute creative portrayal, telling of the planning, building and life at Black Rock House, seaside holiday residence of Victoria’s first

The return season of Sankoff and Hein’s Come From Away to the Melbourne stage is a testament to the theatrical brilliance and enduring message of the production. In telling the tale of the 38 planes that landed at Gander after 9/11, the audience are introduced to a panoply of emotion; laughter, pathos, loss, fear and

Stars and the Moon, a new all-abilities production company, is mounting their first production – The SpongeBob Inclusical, from September 18-21 at the Alexander Theatre, Clayton. The SpongeBob Inclusical asks who lives in a pineapple under the sea and has quickly become the hottest name in musical theatre? It’s SpongeBob SquarePants and he will star