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A Chorus Line

An all-new Australian production of one of the most successful American Broadway musicals of all time, A Chorus Line is coming to the Festival Theatre, Adelaide in December 2011 and Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne for 35 performances only in February 2012.
Direct from Broadway and a U.S. Tour, this Australian production is directed and re-staged by Baayork Lee, one of the original cast members and inspirations from the Tony® Award winning 1975 production. Musical director will be Peter Casey (Jekyll & Hyde, Topol’s Fiddler on the Roof)
Until August 2011  A Chorus Line was the longest running American musical in Broadway history.
Director Baayork Lee has been involved in A Chorus Line since 1975, when she was invited by director Michael Bennett to participate in the workshops from which the snow was developed, with the role of Connie Wong in large part based on her own life. She has since directed and choreographed 35 international productions of the show.
A Chorus Line tells the tale of 17 dancers desperately auditioning for eight stage roles in a musical. In an empty theatre, on a bare stage, this audition is the chance of a lifetime. It’s what they’ve worked for – with every drop of sweat, every hour of practice, every minute f every day of their lives. This is the chance o dance. Their personal human stories are told through captivating song, riveting drama and stunning choreography.
MELBOURNE Season: from February 4, 2012
Venue: Her Majesty’s Theatre Bookings Ticketek 1300 795 012.

GHOST the MUSICAL

The Minister for Tourism and Major Events Louise Asher joined Co-composer and Co-lyricist Dave Stewart to announce that Ghost the Musical will open at Her Majesty’s Theatre Melbourne in August 2013.
The Minister said, “ Securing the premiere seasons of major theatre productions helps reinforce Melbourne’s status as one of the world’s most liveable cities, and provides investment and employment opportunities.
Based on the blockbuster film of the same name, Ghost the Musical is directed by Tone Award winner Matthew Warchus and choreographed by UK based Australian, Ashley Wallen.
Ghost the Musical features ground-breaking technology and spectacular illusions by Paul Kieve, whose credits include Magic Consultant for the film of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

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How to Train Your Dragon Spectacular on Television

Airs nationally on the Seven Network at 6.30pm on Saturday February 4.

This exclusive television special delves behind the scenes during the creation of the spellbinding show How to Train Your Dragon Arena Spectular
The television special will feature the cast and crew preparing for the sho'w World Premiere in Melbourne in March. The star dragon of the show Toothless, will be introduced to viewers with his dark colour, piercing eyes and lovable nature. He is indeed the dragon that the audience will irrestibly fall for.

How to Train Your Dragon Arena Special

Global Creatures, the masterminds behind the phenomenon Walking with Dinosaurs - The Arena Spectacular and Dreamworks Theatricals are bringing high-wire, fire-breathing drtagons top life in an unprecedented live entertainment event for a worldwide audience.
This is a one-of-a-kind, live theatrical event that promises to break every rule of traditional arena entertainment. In this state-of-the-art production, fire-breathing dragons will soar overhead, immersing audiences in a magical and mythical world of Vikings and Dragons. The astonishing cast of characters features 24 Dragons, some with wingspans of up to 14 metres, Viking warriors and villagers as well as world-class circus and acrobatic performers. The arena spectacular will feature unrivalled production values, projections, flying stunts, circus performers, fire and pyrotechnics.
How to Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular rolls fire-breathing action, epic adventure and laughs into a captivating and original story that is set in the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons and is based on the book by Cressida Cowell.. It centre on Hiccup, a Viking teenager who doesn't fit in wiht his tribe's longstanding tradition opf heroic dragon slayers. Hiccup's world is turned upside down when he encounters a dragon that challenges him and his fellow Vikings to see the world from an entirely different poit of view.
Season: March 2 - 11.

Palais Theatre celebrating 85 years.

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                                              War Horse

The National Theatre of Great Britain and Global Creatures, in association with the Arts Centre, are proud to announce that Melbourne has secured the rights to stage the multiple Tony and Oliver Award winning War Horse, for a season commencing in late 2012.
State Premier Ted Baillieu said the announcement that Melbourne would stage War Horse confirmed Melbourne’s status as the theatre capital of Australia.
Melbourne is the best place to enjoy this award-winning and highly innovative production and I am sure many Victorians and visitors will flock to Melbourne’s art Centre to relish its delights.
Since its world premiere in London in 2007, War Horse has won numerous prestige awards including two Laurence Oliver Awards, five Tony Awards and four Outer Critics’ Circle Awards amongst a host of others.
The Handspring Puppet Company has also won many accolades including a 2010
Nick Stafford’s stage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s book, War Horse is a magnificent drama which tells the heart-wrenching story of Joey, the beloved horse of a boy called Albert, who is sold to the cavalry at the outbreak of World War I and shipped to France. He’s soon caught up in enemy fire, and fate takes him on an extraordinary odyssey, serving both sides before finding himself alone in no man’s land. But Albert cannot forget Joey and still not old enough to enlist, he embarks on a treacherous mission to find him and bring him home.
At its heart are astonishing life-size puppets strong enough for men to ride, created by South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company, who bring breathing, galloping, charging horses to life on stage. Life size horses traverse the stage, their flanks, hides and sinews built of steel, leather and aircraft cables.
War Horse is a life affirming story about friendship, courage and family, which appeals to all ages. This is a production that brings the family together.
The ANZAC spirit is deeply entrenched in the Australian ethos. We expect War Horse to have a great resonance in this country not only because of our connection to World war I but because themes of the land, loss and the ultimate triumph of friendship have a special place in the Australian psyche.
Season opens late 2012 tickets on sale early 2012. Venue: State Theatre Victorian Arts Centre.

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Unanswered

Beginning as an award winning short work, Best Choreography & Best Female Dancer at Short Sweet Dance Melbopurne 2011.
collaboration's latest work under the direction of Paul Malik is a spellbinding look at teh world that lives & breaths as one. Every living organism is reaching a commond goal, to expand and grow. In this world, when one looks to the one standing next to them, it is not always a hand one shares, but opinions, that lead to prejudice that erupts in hatred. For we are all a jumble of animals, serching for something that could be nothing.
Season: January 25 - February 4.

The Year of Magical Wanking

Neil Watkins has wanked more than is healthy, allegely. One of Ireland's most exciting artists and incedary performers. Neil is a force of nature, a maverick, a 33-year old homosexual with a Jesus complex. On orders from heaven, this is Neil's journey through the wildness of queerness from Catholic Ireland to the cruising bars of the world, from suburban 'Head Shops' to native American ceremonies.
Season: January 17 - January 20.

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Never Did Me Any Harm

Drawing inspiration from Christos Tsiolkas' best-selling novel The Ship, Director and Choreographer Kate Champion has conducted interviews with people of all ages and backgrounds to garner their views on the subject of parenting. In a familiar, yet disconcertingly Lynchian, Aussie backyard, seven actors and dancers including Kristina Chan, Vincent Crowley, Marta dusseldorp, Heather Mitchell and Sarah Jayne Howard, create familiar characters by fusing movement with verbatim text.
Season: Previews from January 6 Season: January 11 - February 12.

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

The deliciously deviant Marquise de Merteuil and Vicomte de Valmont plot an elaborate salon amusement of seduction and humiliation that soon escalates into t a brutal battle of guile, deceit and treachery.
Season: April 5 - June 10.

A History if Everything

Text by Alexander Devriendt, Joeri Smet in collaboration with the cast.

Belgian theatre makers Ontroerend Goed and STC's own Residents collaborate in an attempt to reach the vastness of the ungraspable, astronomical history of the world and universe, in about an hour and a half.
Season: January 17 - February 5.

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Duran Duran - All You Need is Now

The stunning new album All You Need is Now has already been proclaimed a triumph by fans and critics alike, and hit the #1 spot on download charts in the top 15 markets around the world when it was released earlier this year.
The original Duran line-up of Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, and Nick Rhodes continue to reign supreme as one of the biggest British bands of all time - reimagining pop music, creating ground-breaking music videos and winning over millions of new fans worldwide with their unique fusion of music, art, technology and fashion. From the very beginning, when Duran Duran first took the visual imperatives of the new Romantic movement of the 1980s to a whole new level;, defining the MTV generation, tey have built a loyal army of fans who have stayed with them to this day.
Season: Saturday March 17, 2012

How to Train Your Dragon Arena Special

Global Creatures, the masterminds behind the phenomenon Walking with Dinosaurs - The Arena Spectacular and Dreamworks Theatricals are bringing high-wire, fire-breathing drtagons top life in an unprecedented live entertainment event for a worldwide audience.
This is a one-of-a-kind, live theatrical event that promises to break every rule of traditional arena entertainment. In this state-of-the-art production, fire-breathing dragons will soar overhead, immersing audiences in a magical and mythical world of Vikings and Dragons. The astonishing cast of characters features 24 Dragons, some with wingspans of up to 14 metres, Viking warriors and villagers as well as world-class circus and acrobatic performers. The arena spectacular will feature unrivalled production values, projections, flying stunts, circus performers, fire and pyrotechnics.
How to Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular rolls fire-breathing action, epic adventure and laughs into a captivating and original story that is set in the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons and is based on the book by Cressida Cowell.. It centre on Hiccup, a Viking teenager who doesn't fit in wiht his tribe's longstanding tradition opf heroic dragon slayers. Hiccup's world is turned upside down when he encounters a dragon that challenges him and his fellow Vikings to see the world from an entirely different poit of view.
Season: March 28 - April 1.

A Chorus Line

An all-new Australian production of one of the most successful American Broadway musicals of all time, A Chorus Line is coming to the Festival Theatre, Adelaide in December 2011 and Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne for 35 performances only in February 2012.
Direct from Broadway and a U.S. Tour, this Australian production is directed and re-staged by Baayork Lee, one of the original cast members and inspirations from the Tony® Award winning 1975 production. Musical director will be Peter Casey (Jekyll & Hyde, Topol’s Fiddler on the Roof)
Until August 2011  A Chorus Line was the longest running American musical in Broadway history.
Director Baayork Lee has been involved in A Chorus Line since 1975, when she was invited by director Michael Bennett to participate in the workshops from which the snow was developed, with the role of Connie Wong in large part based on her own life. She has since directed and choreographed 35 international productions of the show.
A Chorus Line tells the tale of 17 dancers desperately auditioning for eight stage roles in a musical. In an empty theatre, on a bare stage, this audition is the chance of a lifetime. It’s what they’ve worked for – with every drop of sweat, every hour of practice, every minute f every day of their lives. This is the chance o dance. Their personal human stories are told through captivating song, riveting drama and stunning choreography.
ADELAIDE Season: from December 31, Venue: Adelaide Festival Theatre. Bookings: BASS 131 246

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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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