Theatre North is an independent, presenting organisation located at Launceston’s iconic Princess Theatre. As well as managing the Princess Theatre and Earl Arts Centre, Theatre North connects Northern Tasmanian to professional performing arts from around Australia, through its annual season. Theatre North is passionate about exciting audiences and providing vibrant and varied experiences. In order…
Here at Show Technology, we love hearing about younger people with a passion for the industry and love to support them. One young man with infectious enthusiasm is Chris Barks who way back in 2011 when he was only 14 years old, began to build his own production business. The business started with a $1,000…
In late 2019, Crown Perth was home to Pop-up Globe; the world’s first full-scale temporary working replica of the second Globe, the theatre Shakespeare and his company built and opened in 1614 after the first Globe theatre burned to the ground. Audiences experienced full-scale battles, fake blood, stage acrobatics, and more than 450 beautiful bespoke…
On 16 April 1975, a saucy hausfrau with a feather duster and a bare bottom stepped onto the stage of the Balmain Bijou and changed Australian theatre. Betty Blokk-Buster Follies was the talk of the town. The one-man show was hailed by The National Times as “the greatest thing since Rice Bubbles” and its creator,…
Please welcome to the stage, Sidestage’s latest addition to their ever-growing inventory: eight Martin Professional MAC Quantum Profiles. “Moving into 2020, we were looking at a fixture that was already well known and respected in the industry; something that would sell itself,” commented Craig Dear, Director. “2019 brought Sidestage a handful of touring acts, so…