Theatre First

Theatre First Episode 283Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Faulty Towers The Dining Experience - Duke of Wellington Hotel, Melbourne Australia The international smash-hit, Faulty Towers The Dining Experience is returning to Melbourne from 8th April to 18th April at The Duke of Wellington Hotel as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Basil’s rude, Manuel’s confused and Sybil’s cracking the whip… all the while dishing up the laughs and a three-course meal. The world’s longest-running and most successful Fawlty Towers tribute, this unforgettable immersive show sees audiences become paying guests at the Faulty Towers hotel, ready for two hours of chaos, comedy and action. A loving homage to the smash hit BBC TV series written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, Faulty Towers The Dining Experience uses a supreme blend of top-flight improvisation, audience participation, and a completely original theatrical script to create a night perfect for absolutely anyone rea

Theatre First Episode 282Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Coral Browne : This F**king Lady - Brunswick Ballroom, Melbourne Australia A new play about the front lines of normal life. Grande dame, adventuress, beauty, wit... the flamboyant Coral Browne travelled a world away from her humble Australian beginnings to become the toast of the London stage in the 1940s. Sexually adventurous, with a deliciously bawdy wit, Coral was as well known for her glamorous lifestyle as she was for her memorable stage and screen performances (Auntie Mame, The Killing of Sister George, Dennis Potter’s Dreamchild and Alan Bennett’s An Englishman Abroad). She had a string of famous lovers, including Paul Robeson and Maurice Chevalier, and enjoyed a late-life marriage to the king of schlock horror, Vincent Price. In the Australian premiere of this critically-acclaimed one-woman play, the wonderful Amanda Muggleton (The Book Club, Hollyoaks, Prisoner Cell Block H) brings Coral Browne to sparkli

Theatre First Episode 281Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Stop Girl  -  Belvoir St Theatre, Melbourne Australia A new play about the front lines of normal life. Suzie’s at the top of her game. She’s devoted the best years of her life to reporting from the dangerous front lines all over the world. But even the most resilient foreign correspondents need to come home one day. What happened to Australia while she was away? And what happened to her?For more information visit: https://belvoir.com.au/productions/stop-girl/#iI6fg-wQspg Theatre First RSS feed: https://rss.acast.com/theatre-first  Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, ACast etc. If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you. #theatre #stage #reviews #melbourne #australia  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and o

Theatre First Episode 280Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).The Umbilical Brothers – The Distraction - Melbourne Comedy Festival Do you love staring at screens? Are you staring at a screen right now? You should get out more. Specifically to a show that has an enormous screen smack-bang in the middle of it.  The Umbilicals take the energy of live performance and the spectacle of cinema and smash them together into a new show performed simultaneously on stage and the big screen. It’s like nothing you’ve ever seen, and nothing they’ve ever done, and it will blow your mind way more literally than you are expecting. The Distraction: enabling your screen addiction.  The Umbilical Brothers are an international comedy phenomenon. Their unique mix of mind-bending comedy and back-breaking physicality has taken the world’s favourite Australian comedy duo to 40 countries – from stadiums supporting Robin Williams to stadiums supporting N’Sync.For more information visit: https://www.com

Theatre First Episode 279Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Michael Shafar – Melbourne Comedy Festival There's a reason Michael Shafar is one of the most exciting new comedians in Australia right now and has sold out at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival since his debut in 2017. This year he's back to give 110%. Neither a pandemic nor cancer have been able to stop him from getting back on stage in his home town.For more information visit: https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2021/shows/michael-shafar-110 Theatre First RSS feed: https://rss.acast.com/theatre-first  Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, ACast etc. If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you. #theatre #stage #reviews #melbourne #australia   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Theatre First Episode 278Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Black Santa – Melbourne Comedy Festival Christmas was late this year. Forgive Santa, he was running on black time. After winning the state finals of RAW Comedy, Emo made a successful debut in Melbourne and Perth FRINGEWORLD 2019 with his show, Not Quite Grown, Yet, rated 5 Stars by Fringefeed. He doubled down in 2020 with Just Your Typical Aussie. He's back to dig a little deeper into his experiences of culture-clash, with side-splitting stories of adjusting from a refugee camp in East Africa to gifting out jokes globally with his new show Black Santa.For more information visit: https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2021/shows/black-santaTheatre First RSS feed: https://rss.acast.com/theatre-first Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, ACast etc. If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, pleas

Theatre First Episode 277Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Handa Opera – La Traviata on Sydney Harbour (Australia))Raise your glass, flutter those lashes. He’s staring at you, he’s singing for you… Are you tempted? Violetta is the life of every party. A courtesan with a heart of gold, she’s free and free-spirited. Could a little love change everything?In 2021, we present La Traviata: the story that inspired Moulin Rouge.For more information visit: https://opera.org.au/productions/la-traviata-on-sydney-harbour/Theatre First RSS feed: https://rss.acast.com/theatre-first Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, ACast etc. If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you. #theatre #stage #reviews #melbourne #australia  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Theatre First Episode 276Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Frozen The Musical (Capitol Theatre, Sydney Australia))You’ve never seen Frozen like this before.For more information visit: https://frozenthemusical.com.auTheatre First RSS feed: https://rss.acast.com/theatre-first Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, ACast etc. If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you. #theatre #stage #reviews #melbourne #australia  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Theatre First Episode 275Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Hamilton (Lyric Theatre, Sydney Australia)) HAMILTON is the story of America then, told by America now. A record-breaking masterpiece that has “transformed theatre and the way we think about history.” – The New York Times The Tony®, Grammy®, Olivier and Pulitzer Prize winning musical is now playing at the Sydney Lyric Theatre. Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadway, HAMILTON has taken the story of American founding father Alexander Hamilton and created a revolutionary moment in theatre – a musical that has had a profound impact on culture, politics and education. With book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, direction by Thomas Kail, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler, and musical supervision and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire, HAMILTON is based on Ron Chernow’s acclaimed biography. HAMILTON has also received an unprecedented special citation from the Kennedy Centre Honours.For m

Theatre First Episode 274Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Pants On Fire (Melbourne International Comedy Festival) PANTS ON FIRE live onstage at Andrew Kay’s brand new venue Brunswick Ballroom. Two teams of well known showbiz types from comedy, television, film, music and more; compete to see who is the greatest bullshit artist of them all. Pants on Fire is a live onstage panel game, which started as a way to stay sane during lockdown and now explodes live onstage. Host Karen Davitt (Blue Heelers, Skirts, All Day Fritz) is joined every Wednesday evening (starting March 24) by headliner performers from the Melbourne Comedy Festival and beyond including:Jane Clifton, Geraldine Hickey, Brian Nankervis, Derek Guille, Dave O'Neil, Anna Go-Go, Adam Zwar, Fiona Scott Norman, Russell Fletcher, Alison Ferrier, Dan Witton, Fahey Younger, Dylan Lewis and more to be announced, not to mention surprise kamikaze guests from the audience itself. For more information visit: https://www.co

Theatre First Episode 273Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Voldemort and Teenage Hogwarts Musical Parody (Theatre Works, Melbourne Australia)Tickets to Voldemort and the Teenage Hogwarts Musical Parody are available now via the Theatre Works website. Keep in mind it's showing in the Glasshouse, hence tickets are booked as booths. Theatre First RSS feed: https://rss.acast.com/theatre-first Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, ACast etc. If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you. #theatre #stage #reviews #melbourne #australia   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Theatre First Episode 272Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). RUNT (fortyfive downstairs, Melbourne Australia) One small woman takes on the world. Following their incredibly successful and multi award-winning collaboration on SHIT, Susie Dee, Patricia Cornelius and Nicci Wilks have re-teamed to create RUNT, a play about the runts of the world: the lesser, the unwanted, the weak, those without clout, the insignificant; all the unders. Runt, a small, undernourished woman has endured enough of the misery of being the runt of the litter. She toughens up and attempts to take power, to lead the oppressed, to rise up and fight, for equality, for decency and what’s right. She liberates sack after sack after sack of miserable runts. And she grows. She feels herself reaching eight foot or more. She gets a taste for what it means to be great. Trouble is, ‘greatness forgets runtness‘. For more information visit https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/runt/ Theatre First RSS feed: https:/

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Theatre First Episode 271Come From Away (The Comedy Theatre, Melbourne Australia)  The Tony® and Olivier Award-winning musical Come From Away tells the remarkable true story of thousands of stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland, Canada that welcomed them all. Cultures clashed and nerves ran high, but uneasiness turned into trust, music soared into the night, and gratitude grew into enduring friendships.For more information visit Melbourne – Come From Away - https://comefromaway.com.au/tickets/melbourne/Theatre First RSS feed: https://rss.acast.com/theatre-first Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, ACast etc. If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you. #theatre #stage #reviews #melbourne #australia #comedytheatremel

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).Theatre First Episode 270Very Nice Pot Plants To Purify The Air and Enrich Your Life (Theatre Works, Melbourne Australia)A fern breaks an aloe vera’s heart. A monstera gets loose on a night out. A tiny cactus dreams of a better tomorrow. This is a show about pot plants. Just imagine actual pot plants on stage. Not pretend ones. Real ones - with hot bodies and great personalities. Doesn’t that sound like a very nice night out at the theatre under stage two restrictions? Yeah, that’s right. You’re so desperate to get out of the house you’ll come see anything. Even pot plants on stage. Born from this strange sociopolitical moment, POT PLANTS plays with and attempts to speak to the uncanny environment we now find ourselves in. Maybe pot plants have a lot more going on than we give them credit for? From award-winning theatre makers Karla Livingstone-Pardy (who has a thriving collection of indoor plants) and Zachary Sheridan (who killed his hou

Theatre First Episode 269Emerald City (MTC, Melbourne Australia) Welcome to the glittering jewel in Australia’s cultural crown – that sinkhole of ambition and superficiality we call Sydney. Colin is Australia’s most successful screenwriter, but since moving from Melbourne with his wife Kate he’s been faced with a choice between art and commerce that will define his career forever. Meanwhile, Kate’s star is on the ascent and her latest publication has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Fame and fortune are there for the taking, but big surprises are in store for them both.Part love-letter, part hate-mail to the harbour city, this is the finest comedy by Australian theatre’s most beloved craftsman and commentator, David Williamson. A panoramic view of the city that tends to prize beauty over brains, Emerald City is a fast-moving, wisecracking commentary on contemporary values that skewers the materialism of the 1980s with razor-sharp precision.For more information visit https://www.mtc.com.au/plays-and-tick

Theatre First Episode 266Slut (The Burrow, Melbourne Australia)Slut is a powerful indictment of misogyny from one of Australia’s most celebrated playwrights. It follows the rise and fall of Melbourne schoolgirl Lolita, chronicling her fraught journey from girlhood to womanhood.Inspired by true events and interviews with young women about their sexuality and the ‘slut’ label, Slut is a searing exploration of the female experience that is horribly, undeniably Australian.For more information visit https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=586996  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Shrek The Musical (Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne Australia) The Broadway smash hit SHREK THE MUSICAL is now playing in Melbourne.This lavish multi-million dollar musical, starring Ben Mingay as Shrek, Lucy Durack as Princess Fiona, Todd McKenney as Lord Farquaad and a special guest appearance by Marcia Hines as The Dragon is now playing at Her Majesty’s Theatre followed by a limited season in Brisbane.SHREK THE MUSICAL, based on the Oscar®-winning DreamWorks film, brings the hilarious story of everyone’s favourite ogre to life on the stage.Featuring a terrific score of 19 songs, big laughs, great dancing, and breathtaking scenery, it’s no wonder The New York Times called it ‘True Happiness’ and The Daily Mirror said it’s ‘the most fun you’ll ever have’.SHREK THE MUSICAL, part romance, part twisted fairy tale and all irreverent fun for everyone!For more information visit https://shrekthemusical.com.au  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Billy Elliot The Musical (Regent Theatre, Melbourne Australia) Featuring music by the legendary Elton John, Billy Elliot the Musical is an extraordinary theatrical experience that has captivated audiences around the world. Seen by over 12 million people worldwide and acclaimed by audiences and critics alike, Billy Elliot is the recipient of over 85 awards internationally.Set in a northern town during the miners’ strike of 1984/5, the show follows Billy’s journey from boxing ring to ballet class where he discovers a passion for dance that unites his family, inspires his community and changes his life forever.For more information visit https://billyelliotthemusical.com.au/  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Torch The Place (MTC, Melbourne Australia) Teresa’s mum finds it impossible to let anything go – from grudges to household objects. She thinks of her home as a museum full of irreplaceable treasures. But she’s not really a curator – she’s a hoarder – and her house is enough to give Marie Kondo heart palpitations. When her kids return home to celebrate her 60th birthday, she’s over the moon to have the family back together. This isn’t a reunion. It’s an intervention.Celebrated TV writer, Benjamin Law (The Family Law) is one of this country’s brightest literary stars. For his hysterically funny and moving stage premiere, Law employs his effortless self-deprecating wit to spark joy in the clutter and find truth in those chaotic moments that bring families closer together.Renowned director Dean Bryant (The Lady in the Van) brings an irresistible energy to this poignant modern comedy, with a stellar cast including Fiona Choi (The Family Law), Michelle Lim Davidson (An Ideal Husband), Diana Lin (Little Emperors) an

Cats (Young Australian Broadway Chorus, Melbourne Australia) Based on TS Elliot’s collection of poems ‘Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats’, and featuring an eclectic score by Andrew Lloyd Webber, CATS has enjoyed record-breaking runs in the West End, on Broadway, and all around the world, and later this year will be released as a major motion picture. Taking its lead from the era of the original poems, which were written by Elliot for his children in the 1930s, our new production will evoke England during the Great Depression.In a crumbling Music Hall, our band of very theatrical Cats will strut and sing and prance and dance as they gather together for the Jellicle Ball.Music by Andrew Lloyd WebberBased on “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” by T.S. EliotFor more information visit https://nationaltheatre.org.au/cats/  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.