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I LOVE THEATRE – MARCH

Latest NewsMusical Theatre 5 Mar, 2015

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FULL CAST ANNOUNCED – THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW

Latest NewsMusical Theatre 12 Feb, 2015

Producers Howard Panter and John Frost today announced the full cast for the 2015 season of Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show, which will play at the Sydney Lyric Theatre from 11 April and the Comedy Theatre, Melbourne from 12 June. In the coveted role of Frank N Furter will be te… Read Article

Sweet Charity at new Hayes Theatre Co

Musical Theatre 6 Dec, 2013

February 7 – March 9 2014At Hayes Theatre Co – Potts PointDirected by Dean BryantChoreography by Andrew HallsworthMusical Direction by Andrew Worboys The first show at the Hayes Theatre Co is an up-close and personal production of the classic musical Sweet Charity, produced by Lu… Read Article

MARY POPPINS – CHILDREN AUDITIONS

Auditions 25 Jul, 2011

Based on the beloved books by Australia’s P.L. Travers and the classic 1964 Walt Disney film, MARY POPPINS will continue following its Sydney season to other Australian cities. Produced by Cameron Mackintosh and Thomas Schumacher, for Disney Theatrical Productions, MARY POPPINS… Read Article

MARY POPPINS REVIEW By Emma Bell

Musical Theatre 9 May, 2011

Anyone who was a die-hard fan of the Disney movie-musical Mary Poppins starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, will remember the timeless songs including Chim Chim Cher-ee, A Spoonful of Sugar, Jolly Holiday, Feed the Birds and of course the famous Supercalifragilisticexpialidoci… Read Article

DANCELIFE INTERVIEWS MATT LEE (BERT IN MARY POPPINS)

Musical Theatre 3 May, 2011

DanceLife reporter Emma Bell caught up with Matt Lee to chat about his role in Mary Poppins as well as what skills make a performer employable and valuable. Watch the interview above. Australia’s leading dancer and choreographer, Matt is best known as a judge on Ten’s ̶… Read Article

DANCELIFE INTERVIEWS VERITY HUNT-BALLARD (MARY IN MARY POPPINS)

Musical Theatre 27 Apr, 2011

DanceLife writer Emma Bell caught up with the cast of Mary Poppins in Sydney the other week before the start of the Sydney season. Above is an interview with Verity Hunt-Ballard who plays Mary in the production. Verity graduated from WAAPA in 2003. She is currently starring in the Disney s… Read Article

MARY POPPINS REVIEW

TIME TO STEP IN TIME! By Callum Mansfield

Dance 6 Jun, 2010

The time has come for me to pack my bags and fly to Melbourne to work as the dance secondment to choreographer Geoffrey Garratt, on Disney’s Australian Tour of Mary Poppins. It was nearly three years ago that I found myself choreographing a production of CATS with Harvest Rain Theat… Read Article

AUSSIE MARY POPPINS ANNOUNCED

Musical Theatre 9 Mar, 2010

VERITY Hunt-Ballard is literally a woman in a thousand. She was among more than 1000 performers who auditioned for the leading role in the $16 million production of Mary Poppins, which opens in Melbourne in July. She has just been offered the career-defining role by legendary producer S… Read Article