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    16-26 May Director Daniel Schlusser is candid about the origins of his latest work. "We initially applied for the copyright to do the... More details
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    15-26 May What if Stephen Hawking, astrophysicist and atheist, is actually an instrument brought forth by God for the special purpose of... More details
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    25 Apr-08 Jun Daisy, a young pop-anthropologist, has a theory that men will never commit to a relationship if their mother doesn't first... More details
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    09 May-29 Sep As cliché as it is to compare a musical to fairy floss, it rarely seems as fitting as it is in the case of Legally Blonde ,... More details
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    15 May-02 Jun When you’re young and living in an unnamed rural Australian town, options can seem pretty limited. You can marry a truck... More details
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    17 May-22 Jun One Man, Two Guvnors lands in Australia with a whopper of a reputation to live up to. The play – adapted by British... More details
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    18 May-23 Jun If you think getting and keeping a band of artists together is tough, you should try putting on a musical. The Mamas and the... More details
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    23 May-02 Jun Peter Evans directs Catherine McClements in Racine’s Phèdre , a tragedy bound by love, lust, disloyalty and death in a... More details
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    23 May-02 Jun Tackling themes of life, death, growing up and the afterlife, Heaven is an award-winning, touching comedy from playwright... More details
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    25 Apr-08 Jun Daisy, a young pop-anthropologist, has a theory that men will never commit to a relationship if their mother doesn't first... More details
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    09 May-29 Sep As cliché as it is to compare a musical to fairy floss, it rarely seems as fitting as it is in the case of Legally Blonde ,... More details
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    15 May-02 Jun When you’re young and living in an unnamed rural Australian town, options can seem pretty limited. You can marry a truck... More details
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    17 May-22 Jun One Man, Two Guvnors lands in Australia with a whopper of a reputation to live up to. The play – adapted by British... More details
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    18 May-23 Jun If you think getting and keeping a band of artists together is tough, you should try putting on a musical. The Mamas and the... More details
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    23 May-02 Jun Peter Evans directs Catherine McClements in Racine’s Phèdre , a tragedy bound by love, lust, disloyalty and death in a... More details
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    23 May-02 Jun Tackling themes of life, death, growing up and the afterlife, Heaven is an award-winning, touching comedy from playwright... More details
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    25 Apr-08 Jun Daisy, a young pop-anthropologist, has a theory that men will never commit to a relationship if their mother doesn't first... More details
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    09 May-29 Sep As cliché as it is to compare a musical to fairy floss, it rarely seems as fitting as it is in the case of Legally Blonde ,... More details
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    15 May-02 Jun When you’re young and living in an unnamed rural Australian town, options can seem pretty limited. You can marry a truck... More details
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    17 May-22 Jun One Man, Two Guvnors lands in Australia with a whopper of a reputation to live up to. The play – adapted by British... More details
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    18 May-23 Jun If you think getting and keeping a band of artists together is tough, you should try putting on a musical. The Mamas and the... More details
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    23 May-02 Jun Peter Evans directs Catherine McClements in Racine’s Phèdre , a tragedy bound by love, lust, disloyalty and death in a... More details
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    23 May-02 Jun Tackling themes of life, death, growing up and the afterlife, Heaven is an award-winning, touching comedy from playwright... More details
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    28 May-08 Jun Theatre is nothing without death, marriages and money-grabbers. Russian plays The Bear and Vodka, Fucking and Television ,... More details
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    28 May-14 Jul A brand-new, Australian-made, multi-million dollar musical theatre production of King Kong was launched Sunday October 8 in... More details
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    15 May-02 Jun When you’re young and living in an unnamed rural Australian town, options can seem pretty limited. You can marry a truck... More details
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    23 May-02 Jun Peter Evans directs Catherine McClements in Racine’s Phèdre , a tragedy bound by love, lust, disloyalty and death in a... More details
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    23 May-02 Jun Tackling themes of life, death, growing up and the afterlife, Heaven is an award-winning, touching comedy from playwright... More details
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    29 May-01 Jun A plane crashes in the middle of the bush, no one survives and it definitely wasn’t an accident... For his 13th solo... More details
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    29 May-01 Jun The latest from highly regarded playwright Noëlle Janaczewska, Third Person sees her examine ideas of loss, displacement... More details
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    25 Apr-08 Jun Daisy, a young pop-anthropologist, has a theory that men will never commit to a relationship if their mother doesn't first... More details
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    09 May-29 Sep As cliché as it is to compare a musical to fairy floss, it rarely seems as fitting as it is in the case of Legally Blonde ,... More details
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    17 May-22 Jun One Man, Two Guvnors lands in Australia with a whopper of a reputation to live up to. The play – adapted by British... More details
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    18 May-23 Jun If you think getting and keeping a band of artists together is tough, you should try putting on a musical. The Mamas and the... More details
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    28 May-08 Jun Theatre is nothing without death, marriages and money-grabbers. Russian plays The Bear and Vodka, Fucking and Television ,... More details
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    28 May-14 Jul A brand-new, Australian-made, multi-million dollar musical theatre production of King Kong was launched Sunday October 8 in... More details
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    29 May-08 Jun   This exciting new play written and directed by Australian playwright Ross Mueller and actor, theatre... More details
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    29 May-01 Jun A plane crashes in the middle of the bush, no one survives and it definitely wasn’t an accident... For his 13th solo... More details
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    29 May-01 Jun The latest from highly regarded playwright Noëlle Janaczewska, Third Person sees her examine ideas of loss, displacement... More details
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    15 May-02 Jun When you’re young and living in an unnamed rural Australian town, options can seem pretty limited. You can marry a truck... More details
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    23 May-02 Jun Peter Evans directs Catherine McClements in Racine’s Phèdre , a tragedy bound by love, lust, disloyalty and death in a... More details
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    23 May-02 Jun Tackling themes of life, death, growing up and the afterlife, Heaven is an award-winning, touching comedy from playwright... More details
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    30 May-02 Jun The Lover  will be returning for another season in the New Ballroom Theatre at Trades Hall. The one-woman play starring... More details
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    25 Apr-08 Jun Daisy, a young pop-anthropologist, has a theory that men will never commit to a relationship if their mother doesn't first... More details
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    09 May-29 Sep As cliché as it is to compare a musical to fairy floss, it rarely seems as fitting as it is in the case of Legally Blonde ,... More details
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    17 May-22 Jun One Man, Two Guvnors lands in Australia with a whopper of a reputation to live up to. The play – adapted by British... More details
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    18 May-23 Jun If you think getting and keeping a band of artists together is tough, you should try putting on a musical. The Mamas and the... More details
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    28 May-08 Jun Theatre is nothing without death, marriages and money-grabbers. Russian plays The Bear and Vodka, Fucking and Television ,... More details
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    28 May-14 Jul A brand-new, Australian-made, multi-million dollar musical theatre production of King Kong was launched Sunday October 8 in... More details
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    Fri 31 May Julie Andrews has been in the biz for a long time now – she made her stage debut in London at age six! And now, some six-odd... More details
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    15 May-02 Jun When you’re young and living in an unnamed rural Australian town, options can seem pretty limited. You can marry a truck... More details
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    23 May-02 Jun Peter Evans directs Catherine McClements in Racine’s Phèdre , a tragedy bound by love, lust, disloyalty and death in a... More details
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    23 May-02 Jun Tackling themes of life, death, growing up and the afterlife, Heaven is an award-winning, touching comedy from playwright... More details
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    29 May-01 Jun A plane crashes in the middle of the bush, no one survives and it definitely wasn’t an accident... For his 13th solo... More details
  • (Theatre)

    29 May-01 Jun The latest from highly regarded playwright Noëlle Janaczewska, Third Person sees her examine ideas of loss, displacement... More details
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    30 May-02 Jun The Lover  will be returning for another season in the New Ballroom Theatre at Trades Hall. The one-woman play starring... More details
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    25 Apr-08 Jun Daisy, a young pop-anthropologist, has a theory that men will never commit to a relationship if their mother doesn't first... More details
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    09 May-29 Sep As cliché as it is to compare a musical to fairy floss, it rarely seems as fitting as it is in the case of Legally Blonde ,... More details
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    17 May-22 Jun One Man, Two Guvnors lands in Australia with a whopper of a reputation to live up to. The play – adapted by British... More details
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    18 May-23 Jun If you think getting and keeping a band of artists together is tough, you should try putting on a musical. The Mamas and the... More details
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    28 May-08 Jun Theatre is nothing without death, marriages and money-grabbers. Russian plays The Bear and Vodka, Fucking and Television ,... More details
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    Sat 01 Jun Victorian Opera continue their highly successful series of shows for families. Written by Catalan composer Xavier Montsalvatge... More details
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    15 May-02 Jun When you’re young and living in an unnamed rural Australian town, options can seem pretty limited. You can marry a truck... More details
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    23 May-02 Jun Peter Evans directs Catherine McClements in Racine’s Phèdre , a tragedy bound by love, lust, disloyalty and death in a... More details
  • (Theatre)

    23 May-02 Jun Tackling themes of life, death, growing up and the afterlife, Heaven is an award-winning, touching comedy from playwright... More details
  • (Theatre)

    29 May-01 Jun A plane crashes in the middle of the bush, no one survives and it definitely wasn’t an accident... For his 13th solo... More details
  • (Theatre)

    29 May-01 Jun The latest from highly regarded playwright Noëlle Janaczewska, Third Person sees her examine ideas of loss, displacement... More details
  • (Theatre)

    30 May-02 Jun The Lover  will be returning for another season in the New Ballroom Theatre at Trades Hall. The one-woman play starring... More details
  • (Theatre)

    25 Apr-08 Jun Daisy, a young pop-anthropologist, has a theory that men will never commit to a relationship if their mother doesn't first... More details
  • (Theatre)

    09 May-29 Sep As cliché as it is to compare a musical to fairy floss, it rarely seems as fitting as it is in the case of Legally Blonde ,... More details
  • (Theatre)

    17 May-22 Jun One Man, Two Guvnors lands in Australia with a whopper of a reputation to live up to. The play – adapted by British... More details
  • (Theatre)

    18 May-23 Jun If you think getting and keeping a band of artists together is tough, you should try putting on a musical. The Mamas and the... More details
  • (Theatre)

    28 May-08 Jun Theatre is nothing without death, marriages and money-grabbers. Russian plays The Bear and Vodka, Fucking and Television ,... More details

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