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25.01.2022 Music Theatre Melbourne is running a Covid-19 the Musical competition, now that Donald has got it should there be a re-write of all the submissions?

23.01.2022 Seussical. Laughing Horse Productions. City of Gosnells - Don Russell Performing Arts Centre, WA. Review by Kimberley Shaw. https://www.stagewhispers.com.au/reviews/seussical-2

22.01.2022 Adelaide Festival 2021 announces Neil Armfield's production of Benjamin Britten’s opera A Midsummer Night’s Dream. https://www.stagewhispers.com.au//adelaide-festival-2021an

20.01.2022 The Importance of Being Earnest. Garrick Theatre, Guildford WA. Review by Kimberley Shaw. https://www.stagewhispers.com.au//importance-being-earnest

20.01.2022 Our October / November 2020 Edition - Read More. https://www.stagewhispers.com.au//stage-whispers-magazine-

18.01.2022 Brisbane Academy of Musical Theatre is premiering new Australian Musical Misfits School of Arts. https://www.stagewhispers.com.au//brisbane-academy-musical

18.01.2022 Homer’s Odyssey A mini musical. Melbourne Fringe. Review by Patricia Di Risio. https://www.stagewhispers.com.au/reviews/homers-odyssey

17.01.2022 Yve Blake speaks about the return of her musical Fangirls next year at the Seymour Centre in Sydney as part of Belvoir Street Theatre’s season.

16.01.2022 The Silver Tunnel. Presented by The Rev Bill Crews Foundation at Ashfield Uniting Church - NSW. Review by Carol Wimmer https://www.stagewhispers.com.au/reviews/silver-tunnel

16.01.2022 http://email.xweb.com.au/t/r-5F868DA387106A422540EF23F30FED Read this newsletter to find out how community theatres in NSW can apply for $5000 grants under the State Government's Rescue and Restart Package.

15.01.2022 Coral Drouyn's exclusive interview with Stephen Schwartz about Pippin - The Musical which is back on stage in Sydney. Pippin Australia https://www.stagewhispers.com.au/news/magic-do Coral Drouyn

15.01.2022 It's ACTober. During October, donate to your local actors benevolent fund and help support our struggling performing arts workers. More information here. https://www.stagewhispers.com.au/news/actober

14.01.2022 Pavilion Theatre - Castle Hill Players are back in 2021 with Things I Know to be True by Andrew Bovell. https://www.stagewhispers.com.au//castle-hill-players-retu

13.01.2022 The Small Hours. Stirling Players WA. Review by Kimberley Shaw https://www.stagewhispers.com.au/reviews/small-hours

13.01.2022 Program for 'Australian Made' Sydney Festival 2021 announced https://www.stagewhispers.com.au//australian-made-sydney-f

12.01.2022 https://www.abc.net.au//aunty-jack-star-rory-odon/12681956 Tonight on Australian Story ...music theatre star's crippling secret.

11.01.2022 IN PIECES - a virtual cabaret: SCENE 3 Margaret Short performs the titular Beauty and the Beast from Beauty and the Beast. Miranda Musical Society has previou...sly presented Beauty and the Beast in 2012 & 2018. Previously appearing in our 2019 production of Les Misérables, Margaret has performed with Miranda Musical Society, Willoughby Musical Theatre; The Regals; Strathfield Musical Society; Shire Music Theatre; Engadine Musical Society and Canterbury Theatre Guild. Some of her favourite roles include Sally Adams (Call Me Madam); Mona (Best Little Whorehouse in Texas) Fastrada (Pippin); Prudy Pingleton (Hairspray); Vi (Footloose); The Beggar Woman (Sweeney Todd); Sister Mary Hubert (Nunsense) and Rose (Stepping Out). Music and the arts enrich our lives in so many ways. During a time when many people have found themselves isolated from one another and from things that bring them joy, we at Miranda Musical Society want to let people know that our commitment to bringing them entertainment of the highest quality will never change. The aim of this project is to bring some vital happiness and fun into the lives of both our members and our audiences. To do this, MMS has curated a short series of individual performances from some of our most popular shows. These selections are performed by the people who starred in those shows and were all filmed in a live concert setting whilst strictly adhering to current COVID-19 safe practices. Each performance will be released weekly to create the full concert - In Pieces a virtual cabaret. Enjoy! This #AtHomeConcertSeries could not be possible without the incredible support of Sutherland Entertainment Centre Sutherland Shire Council Sydney Vocal Academy www.mirandamusicalsociety.com.au #MMSInPieces #MMS2020 #HeymishPR #BeautyAndTheBeast

08.01.2022 https://youtu.be/s0cNQEX3IEQ Tonight on Australian Story at 8pm on ABC TV a tribute to Rory O’Donoghue. When the Aunty Jack Show burst onto our TV screens in the early 1970s, it revolutionised Australian comedy with its surreal and outlandish sketches. Rory O’Donoghue, best known as Thin Arthur, was one of the stars of the show, singing the theme song Farewell Aunty Jack and dazzling audiences with his musical talent.... Adored for his affable and charming nature, he played Peter in Jesus Christ Superstar, performed in multiple TV and stage productions, and composed music for film and television. But behind the scenes Rory O’Donoghue was living with a crippling secret which family and friends have now decided to share. He hid it from me and from his family. Here was the most charming person with 57 masks, says Grahame Bond, who played Aunty Jack and worked with Rory for 50 years. Daughter Jessica O’Donoghue recalls a particularly troubling encounter with her father. I was in year eight and he approached me and asked me, ‘Are you the devil?’ And that was the first time I thought I don’t know this part of you. Rory O’Donoghue was eventually diagnosed with schizo-affective and bi-polar disorder. For his four children, the silence surrounding their father’s illness was as troubling as the illness itself. It was this real sense of let’s pretend it’s not happening. It was too confronting, says Jessica O’Donoghue. At the end of 2017, Rory O’Donoghue was admitted to a Sydney hospital with severe depression. Hours after his first electroconvulsive therapy treatment he took his life. By speaking out, Rory’s family hopes to trigger a vital conversation. When it comes to complex mental health issues like Dad’s, there is still a sense of shame and stigma which can stop people reaching out - something we as a family feel passionate about changing.

05.01.2022 Seagulls flying through the times of plague. Melbourne Fringe. Review by Michael Brindley. https://www.stagewhispers.com.au//seagulls-flying-through-

05.01.2022 The Sky’s The Limit. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Year Bachelor of Musical Theatre Students - Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University at Concert Hall, QPAC. Review by Peter Pinne. https://www.stagewhispers.com.au/reviews/skys-limit-2020

04.01.2022 Disenchanted: A Cabaret of Twisted Fairy Tales at Melbourne Fringe. Review by Michael Brindley. https://www.stagewhispers.com.au//disenchanted-cabaret-twi

03.01.2022 Come To Where I Am Australia, Volume 4. Critical Stages Touring in conjunction with Paines Plough. Now streaming. Review by Patricia Di Risio. https://www.stagewhispers.com.au//come-where-i-am-australi

01.01.2022 Claire Della and the Moon. Madness of Two. The Parks Theatre SA. Review by Kerry Cooper. https://www.stagewhispers.com.au/revi/claire-della-and-moon