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An impressive collection of character-driven songs... The light pop and theatre-styled music is accompanied by well-crafted lyrics that tell great stories, score solid laughs and touch some lovely emotions. - Broadway World
A fresh and innovative new theatre company is set to debut in March when it brings EDGES – A Song Cycle to Sydney’s Parade Theatres.
James Anthony Productions is the brain-child of Sydney-based young theatre professionals Stephen Doorey, George Youakim and Alex Mair. The trio recently joined forces to develop and produce new and progressive theatrical work throughout Australia. Their inaugural production of EDGES at the Parade Theatres, Parade Studio commencing on March 25 will see the first large scale production of the show in Australia.
EDGES is a new musical song cycle which explores the boundaries, limitations and journeys of young adulthood. Seen through the eyes of one of Sydney's freshest and most sought-after young directors, Benita de Wit, the show follows the journeys of four burgeoning young adults as they experience a vast array of universally classic 'coming of age' questions and life events. There’s laughter and attitude aplenty!
Written and composed by the 2007 Jonathan Larson Award recipients Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, EDGES is no typical musical production. In 18 thematically-linked songs presented by an ensemble cast of four, it explores a variety of themes including peer pressure, false expectations, career drive, family negativity and narrow-mindedness.
The cast features exciting young talents Helena Wehbe, Christie Wykes, George Youakim and Keegan Joyce who are sure to deliver a performance guaranteed to pull at the heart-strings, evoke the laughter of recognition and revive memories of what it’s like to be teetering on the edges of youth, love, commitment & risk.
With musical direction by Stephen Doorey together with scenic design by Alex Duffy, costume design by Alanah Koedam and lighting design by Alex Mair, the production promises a thrilling and spectacular experience!
Performances take place March 25 - April 1, Monday - Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 2pm and 8pm at the Parade Studio, Parade Theatres complex (NIDA), 215 Anzac Parade, Kensington. Tickets $39 for adults and $29 for concessions and students and are available through Ticketek (13 28 49 or www.ticketek.com.au) or at the door on the night (if available).
James Anthony Production's presentation of Edges is made possible by the generous support of Unibit.
‘TAPAS’
AN UNEXPECTED (AND TASTY) ALBUM FROM
THE AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBURG ORCHESTRA
Released March 5
“What happens when you take 17th century music into a smoky dance hall?” says Paul Dyer artistic director of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. “You get something a little daring, sexy, and delicious. You get Tapas!”
“It’s our 21st, so we thought we’d take the Baroque out for a spin. We took baroque dance beats and love songs, and then we improvised till we found a new sound to stir up new emotions.
“Its old music on old instruments, made new. It’s all those gorgeous Brandenburg flavours in a spicy mix – dueling violins, a haunting lirone, spanish guitar, a divine soprano, bells, castanets, harpsichord, there’s even an old school wind machine. It’s ecstatic and highly intoxicating!”
ABC Classics releases the Tapas CD on 5 March and special Tapas performances will take place in Sydney and Melbourne later this month in a rare live concert performance of a Brandenburg recording.
“Our last disc won our 4th ARIA Award and has received rave reviews internationally, including an Editor’s Choice in the prestigious Gramophone magazine. But Tapas is going to take audiences on a whole new journey.”
“Tapas is also a tribute to the music-making of my parents – Mum, a pianist with a gift for improvisation, and Dad, who played the drums. Their influences of classical, swing, jazz and pop have led us to the rhythms of Tapas.”
“We’ve taken 21 years of historically informed performance practice and thrown it into the 21st century. Ladies and Gentlemen, Tapas is served!”
TAPAS concerts (featuring vocalist Mina Kanaridis)
SYDNEY - City Recital Hall, Angel Place
Wednesday 17 March @ 7pm
BOOKINGS:
City Recital Hall Box Office (02) 8256 2222
Brandenburg Box Office (02) 9328 7581
MELBOURNE - Melbourne Recital Centre
Tuesday 23 & Wednesday 24 March @ 7.30pm
BOOKINGS:
Melbourne Recital Centre (03) 9699 3333
Brandenburg Box Office 1300 782 856
BEN HUR – The Stadium Spectacular
The biggest theatrical event ever seen in Australia
“Ben Hur sets the stadium alight” – Pelerin, France
“Biblical in scale” – London Daily Mail
Direct from Europe, BEN HUR – The Stadium Spectacular, a world tour premiere, will perform exclusively in Sydney at ANZ Stadium for two nights only on Friday 22 and Saturday 23 October, 2010.
BEN HUR brings to life the classic tale made famous by the eleven time Academy Award winning 1959 Hollywood movie “Ben Hur” starring Charlton Heston. BEN HUR combines the scale of the Sydney Olympic Games Opening Ceremony with the drama of the galley slave who dared defy the powerful Roman Empire.
This monumental $15 million stadium adaptation has been crafted by renowned French director Robert Hossein and produced by STADEFRANCE Live Events. The performance features a live chariot race with 32 horses, a giant Roman Galleon, a parade of Roman legionnaires and a 15,000 square metre specially constructed arena that will transform ANZ Stadium into the biggest Roman Amphitheatre ever seen.
BEN HUR’s first stadium performance was in 2006 at the Stade de France, Paris where the spectacular event played to over 300,000 people. The production, with its cast of 225, its horses, its amazing scenic elements and its added attraction of mass audience participation for young and old alike received overwhelming critical acclaim.
BEN HUR – The Stadium Spectacular was adapted from the 1880 novel “BEN HUR: A Tale of the Christ” by American author and Civil War General Lew Wallace. The enduring story which tells of the slave Ben Hur, and his triumphs over his Roman persecutors, has inspired two epic movies (both a colour and black and white) and even a musical on Broadway.
The Stadium Spectacular is created by legendary French director Robert Hossein. No stranger to large-scale productions, Hossein’s BEN HUR is theatre unlike anything playing in the world today. Particularly known for his giant shows and historic stagings, Robert Hossein notched up a Guinness Book record entry in 1983-84 when 700,000 people saw his show “A Man Named Jesus”.
Australian audiences can register their interest at the official tour website. Those registered will receive BEN HUR – The Stadium Spectacular tour news and a priority period to purchase tickets before public sales.
Visa Credit, Debit or Prepaid cardholders can exclusively gain access to presale tickets through Visa Entertainment. Advanced tickets across all seating categories will be available from 9am (local time) Monday 08 March to 5pm (local time) Wednesday 10 March, or until tickets sell out at www.visaentertainment.com.au.
BEN HUR promises to be an outstanding and unforgettable performance not to be missed. BEN HUR is the must-see major event of 2010.
“An epic spectacular, extraordinary” – Le Monde
“BEN HUR fired up the Stade de France and for one evening
Paris became Hollywood!” – TVEnvie
www.benhur.com.au
MGMT
ANNOUNCE ONE SHOW ONLY IN AUSTRALIA
On the heels of announcing the release of their sophomore record Congratulations, MGMT will embark on a world tour, reaching our shores for one show only on April 6 in Sydney at Metro Theatre. MGMT will be playing selections from Congratulations, the follow up to their 2008, critically acclaimed debut Oracular Spectacular.
MGMT’s music has been heralded worldwide for its fresh and unique style. With Congratulations, MGMT unlock a new musical world whirling in its own space/time grid infused with hints of music from the past five decades.
Soulful and complex, Congratulations is a surprising and delightful quantum step forward in MGMT's ongoing pop revolution.
Produced by MGMT and Sonic Boom (Spacemen 3, E.A.R., Spectrum), Congratulations was recorded throughout 2009 in upstate New York, Malibu, and Brooklyn and features Andrew Vanwyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, MGMT's core duo, performing with Matt Asti (bass, backing vocals), Will Berman (drums, backing vocals), and James Richardson (guitar, backing vocals), the band's live line-up.
Due to the forecasted popularity of this show, a ticket limit of two per person will be enforced to ensure fans have maximum opportunity to secure tickets.
General on-sale tickets will be released on Thursday 11 March at 9am local time.
Congratulations is available for pre-order at www.whoismgmt.com
MGMT TOUR DATES
Metro Theatre, Sydney – 6 April 2010
General tickets on sale from Thursday 11 March, 9am local time
Tuesday April 6 Metro Theatre, Sydney Over 18 ONLY
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au
Metro Theatre 02 9550 3666 or www.metrotheatre.com.au
Depot Gallery on Danks Street is proudly presenting RIPPLES ON THE WATER, LINES IN THE SAND a monumental Indigenous Art Exhibition showcasing the brand new works of prestigious female Aboriginal artists Kathleen Petyarre and Joanne Currie.
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Please note due to Earth Hour
on Saturday 27 March the following production at the Wharf
will have an early starting time
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Fresh from loping in at #2 and #74 on triple j's Hottest 100, Sydney's ART vs SCIENCE have recently achieved Gold status in the ARIA Charts for their the eponymous debut EP (out through Green/MGM). The Hottest 100 result also effected the re-entry of the EP into the Top 5 on iTunes and back into the ARIA Top 40. It is currently sitting at no. 1 on the physical singles chart.
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