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Ordinary Days

A contemporary chamber musical, Ordinary Days centres around four individuals in the metropolis that is New York, and the amazing ways in which their lives intersect in a city of millions. A proven cult hit, this double love story features a sensational score by Adam Gwon, and humorous insight into modern love, finding connection, and celebrating beauty in our everyday lives. A refreshingly honest and poignantly accurate portrayal of how 8.3 million individual stories can combine in unexpected ways to make New York City such a unique place.

A reminder that there is always something beautiful to find in the mess around us.

Director: Tyran Parke
Musical Director: Stephanie Lewendon-Lowe

For more http://chapeloffchapel.com.au/melbourne-comedy-theatre-art/melbourne-events/melbourne-theatre/ordinary-days-8-18-june/

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21 Chump Street

A fourteen minute musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda (In The Heights, Hamilton), 21 Chump Street is based on a true-story as reported by acclaimed NPR podcast and radio show, This American Life.

For the first time in Victoria, we tell the cautionary tale of Justin, a high school senior, and Naomi, the cute new girl he falls for in class. Justin goes to great lengths to oblige her request for marijuana in the hopes of winning her affection — only to find out that his crush is actually an undercover cop planted in the school to find drug dealers. 21 Chump Street confronts the issues of peer pressure and conformity in schools, and covers the stark divide between the sensible-seeming ‘war on drugs’ and the stark, unexpected realities of its enforcement.

Director: Byron Bache
For more http://chapeloffchapel.com.au/melbourne-comedy-theatre-art/melbourne-events/melbourne-theatre/21-chump-street-8-18-june/


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1984

April, 1984. 13:00. Comrade 6079, Winston Smith, thinks a thought, starts a diary, and falls in love. But Big Brother is always watching.
Set in a world where an invasive government keeps a malevolently watchful eye on its citizens, this radical and much-lauded staging explores surveillance, identity and why Orwell’s vision of the future is as relevant now as ever.
Produced by UK theatrical innovators Headlong along with Nottingham Playhouse and the Almeida Theatre, George Orwell’s dystopian classic came roaring onto the stage in 2013 and since then it has become an international phenomenon.
Seen by over 400,000 people worldwide, it has enjoyed three hugely success­ful West End seasons as well as an international tour including a sold out season at the Melbourne Festival.
Now with a brand new Australian cast, we bring adapter-directors Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s thrilling vision back to Australia for a national tour.

For more http://www.1984play.com.au/

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Marina Prior – Hello, Dolly

One of the most enduring musicals of all time, Hello, Dolly! bursts with humour, romance and high energy dancing. Dolly Levi, the irrepressible matchmaker from Yonkers, New York has an idea for the perfect match – the tight-fisted, local merchant Horace Vandergelder and herself!

Dolly Levi has been played by a bevy of stars from Carol Channing to Bette Midler. Now Marina Prior takes on the title role. Marina’s real-life husband Grant Piro, who last starred with Marina in The Production Company’s Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, returns to play Horace Vandergelder.

For more http://www.theproductioncompany.com.au/hellodolly/

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Shrine by Tim Winton

From the multi award-winning writer of Cloudstreet comes an otherworldly theatrical event that shines a light on the tangled bonds of one Australian family. Following the resounding success of Glimpse and The Leenane Trilogy, The Kin Collective joins forces with fortyfivedownstairs and director Marcel Dorney to present the Melbourne premiere of Tim Winton’s searing drama, Shrine. The deeply personal connection readers have with Australia’s sharpest storyteller is brought to life by a stellar cast that includes Ally Fowler (Wentworth, Neighbours) and Christopher Bunworth (Boy Out of the Country).

For more http://www.fortyfivedownstairs.com/wp2016/event/shrine-tim-winton/

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Spring Awakening The Musical

A revelatory journey from adolescence to adulthood with poignancy and passion that is illuminating and unforgettable. It is Germany, 1891, a world where the grown-ups hold all the cards while the youth struggle through the adversity of coming of age in a time when sexual education is non-existent. Join this group of late nineteenth century students as they navigate teenage angst and self-discovery, in a powerful celebration of youthful rebellion in the daring and remarkable Tony award winning Spring Awakening.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Katherine Armstrong & Robbie Carmellotti DIRECTOR: Robbie Carmellotti MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Caleb Garfinkel

For more http://www.stageart.com.au/springawakening

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My Fair Lady 60th Anniversary Production

Celebrating the beloved original, Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady is now playing at the Regent Theatre Melbourne and will arrive in Sydney in August, with an outstanding cast under the direction of Julie Andrews.

For more http://myfairladymusical.com.au/

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Minnie & Liraz

The Autumn Road Retirement Village in Caulfield has a fiercely competitive bridge club, but with old age doing its inevitable work, no bridge partnership lasts for long. When Minnie loses her playing partner in an unfortunate swimming accident, Liraz is desperate for them to team up. You see, Minnie has a granddaughter and Liraz has a grandson. Both are hopelessly single. Laying all her cards on the table, Minnie is bidding hearts.

After her success with Neighbourhood Watch, playwright Lally Katz returns to MTC with a characteristically oddball story of kindly Jewish grandparents and raw ambition. As riotously funny and brilliantly original as you would expect a brainchild of Lally Katz to be, Minnie & Liraz has a misfit charm that will leave you grinning. Award-winning director Anne-Louise Sarks (Medea) returns to conduct a great cast in which veterans Nancye Hayes AM (Funny Girl) and Sue Jones (Other Desert Cities) mix with comedy darling Virginia Gay (Seven’s Winners and Losers).

For more visit http://www.mtc.com.au/plays-and-tickets/season-2017/minnie-and-liraz/#unit-production-info

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Cabaret

Presented by: David M Hawkins

WILLKOMMEN, BIENVENUE, WELCOME!

CABARET's famed 'Kit Kat Klub' is returning to Melbourne for 4 weeks only from 27 April! David M. Hawkins presents a new Australian revival of one of the world’s most loved musicals and a certified smash hit that transports audiences back to 1930’s Weimar Berlin, where sexual freedom and self-expression are set against the backdrop of a changing society in the wake of Hitler’s rise to power.

Fresh from a sold-out season at the Hayes Theatre, the stellar Australian cast includes: five-time Helpmann award winning performer Paul Capsis as the flamboyant Master of Ceremonies (Emcee), leading lady Chelsea Gibb in her dream role as the beguiling Sally Bowles, and the brilliant Kate Fitzpatrick as Fräulein Schneider.

For more and ticket details: https://www.cometothecabaret.com.au/

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Effie The Virgin Bride

For details on tickets, tour dates etc visit http://effievirginbride.com/

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