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Following sold-out performances in London’s West End and at the Sydney Opera House, Tap Pack is heading to Queensland after last year’s COVID hiccup.
The tap dance sensation will begin with a season at Queensland Performing Arts Centre from April 18-24 and then head to regional Queensland and NSW.
Tap Pack producer Kym Halpin said 2020 had tested all the team but “the guys are so excited to be getting back on stage together”.
“The arts and entertainment industry has been pushed to the brink but we have held on because ultimately we love what we do and we know you do too,” she said.
Summer of the 17th Doll
Australia – Australian lighting designer Trudy Dalgleish appreciated the quietness and other features of Robe T1 Profiles and T1 Fresnels that are part of the new house rig at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Adelaide, which reopened in June 2020 after a major two-year redevelopment.
The State Opera of South Australia’s production of iconic Australian drama, Summer of the 17th Doll, was the first show to utilise the new facilities in the 1,467-seat main auditorium, which includes the 24 new Robe moving lights, twelve of each type.
The Summer of the 17th Doll action is set in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton in 1953, focusing on the lives of six central characters.
Julia Stone, Middle Kids, Tash Sultana: Australia s best new music for February Nathan Jolly and Guardian Australia
Julia Stone featuring Matt Berninger – We All Have
For fans of: Damian Rice, the National, Taylor Swift gone folk
Julia Stone’s first solo album in eight years has been recorded piecemeal since 2015 with various collaborators, including St Vincent. As a result, the four singles we have heard so far all sound wildly different, with an ethereal production wash being the only binding element. We All Have is the most beautiful to date, a sparse ballad with minimal piano and finger-picked guitar accompanying Stone’s chirping baby-bird harmonies. Matt Berninger from the National takes verse two, his solemn baritone the perfect counter, before the pair combine for the chorus. It’s all over and done in two and a half minutes but it leaves a lasting, calming impression – a lovely ode to the impermanence of everything.
Theatre centre postpones Shrek The Musical citynews.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from citynews.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Opening night of Shrek The Musical cancelled The southern states were green with envy that we were able to put on Shrek The Musical but Sunday night’s glittering opening night has been cancelled.
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Subscriber only Shrek The Musical was to be the Queensland Performing Arts Centre s showpiece opener for 2021 but the show is now a major casualty of the pandemic. Following the Premier s announcement today of a three-day lockdown for Greater Brisbane, the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) will be cancelling all performances at the Centre scheduled from 3pm today Friday, January 8, until 6pm on Monday, January 11.