Simon Burke News

The Sydney's Theatre community gathered at the 2015 SYDNEY THEATRE AWARDS tonight for the 11th annual celebration of the best of the past year's work as judged by The Sydney Reviewers.

Calling all young performers……If singing, acting or dancing is your passion, then don't miss your opportunity to be a part of the upcoming mega hit, HAIRSPRAY - THE BIG FAT ARENA SPECTACULAR when it bounces into the Adelaide Entertainment Centre in October 2016.

As part of the renewal of Sydney's MLC Centre, located in the heart of the CBD, co-owners QIC and GPT Group have reached another significant milestone with the agreement for Ambassador Theatre Group to take on the lease and management of the Theatre Royal, located in King Street.

From the team behind smash-hit productions CARRIE THE MUSICAL, MAN OF LA MANCHA and most recently, TRIASSIC PARQ - Squabbalogic will present a cryptic and fun filled evening of musical theatre with MYSTERY MUSICAL #2 on Friday 7th August at the Seymour Centre.

Neglected Musicals will present DEAR WORLD, at Hayes Theatre Co on Monday, 3 August.  Directed by Nicholas Hammond, the 1969 Broadway Musical, DEAR WORLD is a clash of good and evil where the forces of idealism, love and poetry win over those of greed, materialism and science.

Stage Door Records has announce the release of LOST WEST END, a unique collection of recordings from lost West End musicals, due for CD release on July 24th, 2015.

The Program Launch for the second half of 2015 shows that the Independent Music Theatre team comprising Luckiest Productions (David Campbell, Lisa Campbell and Richard Carroll), Neglected Musicals (Michelle Guthrie), and Neil Gooding Productions, the driving force behind Hayes Theatre Company, have no intention of slowing down are staying true to their vision to provide a permanent home for small-scale musical theatre and cabaret.

The Production Company's final installment for 2014 La Cage Au Folles opened last night at the Arts Centre. Based on the play by Jean Poiret, opening in 1983 and winning 6 Tony Awards on Broadway, La Cage tells the story of Georges (Simon Burke), owner of the famous La Cage Au Folles club in St.Tropez where his partner Albin (Todd Mckenney) is the star drag act. Georges son Jean-Michel (Robert Tripolino) returns to the club to announce that he is engaged to Anne (Emily Milledge), daughter of the Edouard Dindon (Gary Sweet) leader of the Tradition Family and Morality Party. What ensues is a riotous fusion of two different worlds coupled with a touching story of love and the bond of family set against Jerry Herman's fun, poignant score.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) as tickets to its ever popular Spirit of Christmas concerts are now on sale.

The Production Company today announced additional performances in its season of Harvey Fierstein and Jerry Herman masterpiece, La Cage Aux Folles. These additional performances in the Playhouse at Arts Centre Melbourne are on November 21 and 30 and December 2 and 7.

The 14th Annual Helpmann Awards were presented live from Sydney's Capitol Theatre and broadcast on Foxtel's Arena. Host Jonathan Biggins was joined by some of Australia's most talented performers and industry leaders to announce this year's winners while recognising the distinguished artistic achievement and excellence across the major disciplines of Australia's live performance industry.

The 14th Annual Helpmann Awards were presented tonight live from Sydney's Capitol Theatre and broadcast on Foxtel's Arena. Host Jonathan Biggins was joined by some of Australia's most talented performers and industry leaders to announce this year's winners while recognising the distinguished artistic achievement and excellence across the major disciplines of Australia's live performance industry.

The Helpmann Awards, which has recognised the achievements in live performance in Australia since 2001, is the Australian industry's equivalent of the Tony Awards and the Olivier Awards.

Get together a group, bring a picnic basket and join many of the entertainment industry's finest for a sparkling night of cabaret at Cause Celeb - An Indoor Picnic and Cabaret on Sunday, 7 September at The Opera Centre, Surry Hills.

The Production Company announces it's 2014 Season. All tickets for The Production Company's 2014 Season go on sale at 9am next Monday, May 5.

Jeanne Pratt AC, Chairman of The Production Company, announces her Company's 2014 season. She states, 'Three very different musicals are coming to Melbourne for our 2014 Season. Spanning sixty years of Broadway creativity, they are three of my favourite Broadway classics. Guys and Dolls opens our season on July 19, Show Boat opens on August 16 and our third musical is La Cage Aux Folles, which opens on November 22. To star in these musicals, we have engaged artists who will shine and enchant our audiences. Unique stagings for each musical will be created by our brightest directors, choreographers and conductors. Melbourne is in for another great year of musical theatre entertainment.'

The Broadway at Birdland concert series just announced the debut of David Raleigh in "Retrospective", on Monday, November 11 at 7pm. After spending two months in Australia performing and recording a new album, singer/songwriter/piano player David Raleigh returns to New York City with a brand new show.

The singing, dancing extravaganza, The Wharf Revue, returns with bite for an annual dose of razor-sharp satire and special blend of side-splitting sketches and musical hilarity. Nothing and no one will be spared as the team return for another savage comic swipe at Riverside Theatres from today, 11 to Saturday, 14 September.

The singing, dancing extravaganza, The Wharf Revue, returns with bite for an annual dose of razor-sharp satire and special blend of side-splitting sketches and musical hilarity. Nothing and no one will be spared as the team return for another savage comic swipe at Riverside Theatres fromWednesday, 11 to Saturday, 14 September.