Theatre of Australia refers to the history of the performing arts in Australia, or produced by Australians. There are theatrical and dramatic aspects to a number of Indigenous Australian ceremonies such as the corroboree, and fusions of this ancient theatrical content and style with Western theatrical productions are not uncommon in Australia. However, during its early Western history, Australia was a collection of British colonies in which the theatrical arts were generally linked to the broader traditions of English literature and to British and Irish theatre. Australian literature and theatrical artists (including Aboriginal as well as Anglo-Celtic and multicultural migrant Australians) have, since 1788, introduced the culture of Australia and the character of a new continent to the world stage.
Theatre festivals are amongst the earliest types of festival. Classical Greek theatre was associated with religious festivals dedicated to Dionysus. The medieval mystery plays were presented at the major Christian feasts. Theatre as an everyday part of life is a comparatively recent phenomenon.
In recent years, theatre festivals have been established to promote various types of theatre, such as the works of William Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw. Many festivals, such as those in the fringe theatre movement, promote the work of beginning playwrights and performers.
24:7 aims to bring innovative drama to the people of Manchester and nurtures the writing, directing, performing and producing talent of tomorrow. Each year, scripts are chosen using a ‘blind’ adjudication process: all plays are read anonymously without any judges knowing the writer’s name, giving all entrants an equal chance of being featured in the festival, each being performed in venues not typically associated with theatrical performances. These have included The Midland Hotel, New Century House and a variety of pubs, clubs and bar spaces across the city centre.
The Australian Theatre Festival was a series of adaptations of Australian plays filmed by the ABC in 1979-80. Six plays were filmed in all at an estimated budget of $5,000 an episode. They aired on Sunday night opposite movies on the commercial channels. They were partly inspired by a government ruling that the ABC could keep any money it made selling projects overseas.
Australian Theatre Festival NYC 2024 New Play Award Winner & Runner-Up Announcement
Co-Artistic Directors Mark Barford, Connor Delves & Jillian Geurts announce the Winner & Runner-Up for The Australian Theatre Festival NYC 2024 New Play Award.
The New Play Award is generously sponsored by Shane & Cathryn Brennan.
For more information, visit www.australiantheatrefestival.com/2024newplayaward
published: 30 May 2024
Australian Theatre Festival NYC 2022 New Play Award FINALISTS Announcement
Co-Artistic Directors Mark Barford, Connor Delves and Jillian Geurts today announce six finalists for the Australian Theatre Festival NYC 2022 New Play Award.
The award is generously sponsored by Shane & Cathryn Brennan.
The 2022 New Play Award Finalists are (in alphabetical order):
'Blood in the Water' by Jorja Bentley,
'Paradise Lost' by Melissa-Kelly Franklin,
'No Pink Dicks' by Moreblessing Maturure,
'They're not listening' by Jordan Shea,
'Ways to Drown a Fish' by Stella Webster,
'Hush Hush' by Cassandra-Elli Yiannacou.
“We are excited to announce these six playwrights as finalists for the 2022 New Play Award. The third annual award saw an exciting number of new Australian plays submitted from all over the world. As a team we were blown away by the quality of work and applaud all...
published: 08 Aug 2022
Australian Musical Theatre Festival 2024
The artistic director of the Australian Musical Theatre Festival Tyran Parke previews the 2024 season in Launceston form May 15-19.
published: 02 Apr 2024
Australian Musical Theatre Festival 2021
The second Australian Musical Theatre Festival was held in Launceston in May 2021.
published: 22 May 2021
Australian Musical Theatre Festival 2023
Artistic Director Tyran Parke on the 2023 Australian Musical Theatre Festival
published: 12 Apr 2023
Australian Musical Theatre Festival
Inaugural Australian Musical Theatre Festival in Launceston.
published: 26 May 2019
Junior Theatre Festival Australia 2022 Highlights
Highlights from JTF Australia 2022
published: 31 Dec 2022
Australian Musical Theatre Festival 2023_Opening Night
Credit: Cameron Jones Visuals
published: 22 Jul 2023
Australian Musical Theatre Festival
A diverse program to teach, collaborate, engage, perform, learn and enjoy.
Welcome to the Australian Musical Theatre Festival - the perfect destination for lovers of theatre, learning, performance and celebration!
May 18-22
Co-Artistic Directors Mark Barford, Connor Delves & Jillian Geurts announce the Winner & Runner-Up for The Australian Theatre Festival NYC 2024 New Play Award.
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Co-Artistic Directors Mark Barford, Connor Delves & Jillian Geurts announce the Winner & Runner-Up for The Australian Theatre Festival NYC 2024 New Play Award.
The New Play Award is generously sponsored by Shane & Cathryn Brennan.
For more information, visit www.australiantheatrefestival.com/2024newplayaward
Co-Artistic Directors Mark Barford, Connor Delves & Jillian Geurts announce the Winner & Runner-Up for The Australian Theatre Festival NYC 2024 New Play Award.
The New Play Award is generously sponsored by Shane & Cathryn Brennan.
For more information, visit www.australiantheatrefestival.com/2024newplayaward
Co-Artistic Directors Mark Barford, Connor Delves and Jillian Geurts today announce six finalists for the Australian Theatre Festival NYC 2022 New Play Award.
...
Co-Artistic Directors Mark Barford, Connor Delves and Jillian Geurts today announce six finalists for the Australian Theatre Festival NYC 2022 New Play Award.
The award is generously sponsored by Shane & Cathryn Brennan.
The 2022 New Play Award Finalists are (in alphabetical order):
'Blood in the Water' by Jorja Bentley,
'Paradise Lost' by Melissa-Kelly Franklin,
'No Pink Dicks' by Moreblessing Maturure,
'They're not listening' by Jordan Shea,
'Ways to Drown a Fish' by Stella Webster,
'Hush Hush' by Cassandra-Elli Yiannacou.
“We are excited to announce these six playwrights as finalists for the 2022 New Play Award. The third annual award saw an exciting number of new Australian plays submitted from all over the world. As a team we were blown away by the quality of work and applaud all the playwrights that shared their plays with us this year. Our six finalists represent a diverse range of new Australian writing that inspired us deeply and we are proud to acknowledge them in this way. The award exists to help fulfill our mission of celebrating and showcasing Australian plays and artists in New York City, and we are grateful to our award sponsors, Shane and Cathryn Brennan, for helping us to make this happen.” expressed Barford, Delves and Geurts.
Co-Artistic Directors Mark Barford, Connor Delves and Jillian Geurts today announce six finalists for the Australian Theatre Festival NYC 2022 New Play Award.
The award is generously sponsored by Shane & Cathryn Brennan.
The 2022 New Play Award Finalists are (in alphabetical order):
'Blood in the Water' by Jorja Bentley,
'Paradise Lost' by Melissa-Kelly Franklin,
'No Pink Dicks' by Moreblessing Maturure,
'They're not listening' by Jordan Shea,
'Ways to Drown a Fish' by Stella Webster,
'Hush Hush' by Cassandra-Elli Yiannacou.
“We are excited to announce these six playwrights as finalists for the 2022 New Play Award. The third annual award saw an exciting number of new Australian plays submitted from all over the world. As a team we were blown away by the quality of work and applaud all the playwrights that shared their plays with us this year. Our six finalists represent a diverse range of new Australian writing that inspired us deeply and we are proud to acknowledge them in this way. The award exists to help fulfill our mission of celebrating and showcasing Australian plays and artists in New York City, and we are grateful to our award sponsors, Shane and Cathryn Brennan, for helping us to make this happen.” expressed Barford, Delves and Geurts.
A diverse program to teach, collaborate, engage, perform, learn and enjoy.
Welcome to the Australian Musical Theatre Festival - the perfect destination for love...
A diverse program to teach, collaborate, engage, perform, learn and enjoy.
Welcome to the Australian Musical Theatre Festival - the perfect destination for lovers of theatre, learning, performance and celebration!
May 18-22
A diverse program to teach, collaborate, engage, perform, learn and enjoy.
Welcome to the Australian Musical Theatre Festival - the perfect destination for lovers of theatre, learning, performance and celebration!
May 18-22
Co-Artistic Directors Mark Barford, Connor Delves & Jillian Geurts announce the Winner & Runner-Up for The Australian Theatre Festival NYC 2024 New Play Award.
The New Play Award is generously sponsored by Shane & Cathryn Brennan.
For more information, visit www.australiantheatrefestival.com/2024newplayaward
Co-Artistic Directors Mark Barford, Connor Delves and Jillian Geurts today announce six finalists for the Australian Theatre Festival NYC 2022 New Play Award.
The award is generously sponsored by Shane & Cathryn Brennan.
The 2022 New Play Award Finalists are (in alphabetical order):
'Blood in the Water' by Jorja Bentley,
'Paradise Lost' by Melissa-Kelly Franklin,
'No Pink Dicks' by Moreblessing Maturure,
'They're not listening' by Jordan Shea,
'Ways to Drown a Fish' by Stella Webster,
'Hush Hush' by Cassandra-Elli Yiannacou.
“We are excited to announce these six playwrights as finalists for the 2022 New Play Award. The third annual award saw an exciting number of new Australian plays submitted from all over the world. As a team we were blown away by the quality of work and applaud all the playwrights that shared their plays with us this year. Our six finalists represent a diverse range of new Australian writing that inspired us deeply and we are proud to acknowledge them in this way. The award exists to help fulfill our mission of celebrating and showcasing Australian plays and artists in New York City, and we are grateful to our award sponsors, Shane and Cathryn Brennan, for helping us to make this happen.” expressed Barford, Delves and Geurts.
A diverse program to teach, collaborate, engage, perform, learn and enjoy.
Welcome to the Australian Musical Theatre Festival - the perfect destination for lovers of theatre, learning, performance and celebration!
May 18-22
Theatre of Australia refers to the history of the performing arts in Australia, or produced by Australians. There are theatrical and dramatic aspects to a number of Indigenous Australian ceremonies such as the corroboree, and fusions of this ancient theatrical content and style with Western theatrical productions are not uncommon in Australia. However, during its early Western history, Australia was a collection of British colonies in which the theatrical arts were generally linked to the broader traditions of English literature and to British and Irish theatre. Australian literature and theatrical artists (including Aboriginal as well as Anglo-Celtic and multicultural migrant Australians) have, since 1788, introduced the culture of Australia and the character of a new continent to the world stage.
A theatremaker will be drugged unconscious on stage in Melbourne this year, in a controversial and highly lauded theatre work about sexual violence that will have its Australian premiere at Rising festival.
A theatremaker will be drugged unconscious on stage in Melbourne this year in a controversial and highly lauded theatre work about sexual violence that will have its Australian premiere at the Rising festival.
... previously announced appearances at Laneway festival and accompanying sideshows. At a show in Sydney’s Enmore theatre he told the audience that Australians were always in his DMs, which makes sense.
The green and cream art deco facade of the Regent theatre in Mudgee is as familiar as an old friend to SimoneSheridan...It’s also essential to the town’s character, given it hosts the annual Australian art deco festival ... Lorne theatre.