State Theatre Archives - Dance Informa Magazine https://dancemagazine.com.au/tag/state-theatre/ Australia's dance magazine Fri, 11 Oct 2024 12:06:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 87741668 ‘The Christmas Spectacular’ returns with holiday magic https://dancemagazine.com.au/2024/10/the-christmas-spectacular-returns-with-holiday-magic/ Tue, 01 Oct 2024 02:14:00 +0000 https://dancemagazine.com.au/?p=37312

Master magician and illusionist Michael Boyd and special guest Prinnie Stevens arrive with the most magical holiday event of the season, The Christmas Spectacular, returning to the State Theatre from Friday 20 to Sunday 22 December. The Christmas Spectacular is an extravaganza of music, circus, dance and magic that celebrates the joy and excitement of Christmas. This magical show will ignite […]

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‘Elvis: A Musical Revolution’: The vibe of the era https://dancemagazine.com.au/2024/02/elvis-a-musical-revolution-the-vibe-of-the-era/ Tue, 13 Feb 2024 22:25:06 +0000 https://dancemagazine.com.au/?p=36523

State Theatre, Sydney.9 February 2024. Elvis: A Musical Revolution, produced by David Venn Enterprises, began its 2024 new and exciting revamped season this week, once again gracing the stage of the State Theatre in Sydney. Elvis: A Musical Revolution is a fast-paced biographical of the life of Elvis Presley, the king of rock’n’roll, one of […]

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The Australian Ballet unveils a bold new season for 2024 https://dancemagazine.com.au/2023/09/the-australian-ballet-unveils-a-bold-new-season-for-2024/ Thu, 28 Sep 2023 02:16:00 +0000 https://dancemagazine.com.au/?p=35890

The Australian Ballet has announced its 2024 season, a diverse and captivating program of works which honour the Company’s commitment to classical greats and future masterpieces. The Company dancers will have the opportunity to flex their technical and dramatic talents in the season that features two world premieres by globally acclaimed choreographers, two abstract masterworks […]

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‘Elvis: A Musical Revolution’ is a great tribute to a legend https://dancemagazine.com.au/2023/08/elvis-a-musical-revolution-is-a-great-tribute-to-a-legend/ Thu, 10 Aug 2023 12:19:21 +0000 https://dancemagazine.com.au/?p=35730

State Theatre, Sydney.5 August 2023. Elvis: A Musical Revolution, produced by David Venn Enterprises, had its world premiere this week at the State Theatre in Sydney. Elvis is A biographical look at the life of Elvis Presley, the undisputed king of rock ’n’ roll, and one of the most celebrated music performers of the last century. […]

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Get in the spirit with ‘Christmas Spectacular – A Magical Wonderland’ https://dancemagazine.com.au/2022/12/get-in-the-spirit-with-christmas-spectacular-a-magical-wonderland/ Sun, 04 Dec 2022 12:46:00 +0000 https://dancemagazine.com.au/?p=34581

Come and experience the most magical holiday event of the season on Thursday 22 December at Sydney’s State Theatre. Christmas Spectacular – A Magical Wonderland is an extravaganza of music, circus, dance and magic that celebrates the joy and excitement of Christmas. Let your senses ignite with a kaleidoscope of Christmas songs, dances and world class variety performers as […]

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Louisville Ballet’s Robert Curran: Dancing to southern hospitality https://dancemagazine.com.au/2020/06/louisville-ballets-robert-curran-dancing-to-southern-hospitality/ https://dancemagazine.com.au/2020/06/louisville-ballets-robert-curran-dancing-to-southern-hospitality/#respond Mon, 22 Jun 2020 03:33:20 +0000 https://dancemagazine.com.au/?p=30672

It’s been six years since Robert Curran took the reins of the Louisville Ballet in Kentucky. Curran sounds as enthusiastic as ever with plenty of creative ideas bubbling as he seeks to combine Louisville Ballet’s traditional rigour with the emerging dynamic regional artistic scene. Dance Informa ​caught up with Curran during the COVID-19 lockdown that […]

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‘Chicago’ is fresh even 32 years later https://dancemagazine.com.au/2019/12/chicago-is-fresh-even-32-years-later/ https://dancemagazine.com.au/2019/12/chicago-is-fresh-even-32-years-later/#respond Mon, 23 Dec 2019 13:08:09 +0000 https://dancemagazine.com.au/?p=29599

State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne.19 December 2019. Melbourne is hosting the latest iteration of the musical Chicago produced by John Frost of The Gordon Frost Organisation, which has bought behemoth musicals such as The Book of Mormon, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to Australia. Starring Jason Donavan, Casey Donavan, and Natalie Bassingthwaighte, and Alinta Chidzey, this […]

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Ballet Revolucion sweeps through Sydney https://dancemagazine.com.au/2018/05/ballet-revolucion-sweeps-through-sydney/ https://dancemagazine.com.au/2018/05/ballet-revolucion-sweeps-through-sydney/#respond Fri, 18 May 2018 02:43:36 +0000 https://dancemagazine.com.au/?p=26139

State Theatre, Sydney. May 12, 2018. It’s been a long time between drinks for Australian audiences and Cuba’s Ballet Revolucion; it’s been five years since the company has lit up our theatres. As dance lover, I personally was looking forward to seeing the company mature, as well as see a new production. It was a new production, and they […]

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Russian National Ballet brings ‘Romeo and Juliet’ to Sydney https://dancemagazine.com.au/2017/09/russian-national-ballet-brings-romeo-and-juliet-to-sydney/ https://dancemagazine.com.au/2017/09/russian-national-ballet-brings-romeo-and-juliet-to-sydney/#respond Mon, 25 Sep 2017 15:42:52 +0000 https://dancemagazine.com.au/?p=24552

State Theatre, Sydney. 20 September, 2017. Unfortunately, I was somewhat disappointed in the Russian National Ballet’s production of Romeo and Juliet. It is a touring production, so, yes, there were some great flat sets and such (the Rensiassance tapestry designs were terrific, however, and I loved the design for Friar Lawrence’s church), but it was […]

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Bonnie Lythgoe Productions’ magical PantoLand of Peter Pan and Tinker Bell https://dancemagazine.com.au/2017/07/bonnie-lythgoe-productions-magical-pantoland-of-peter-pan-and-tinker-bell/ https://dancemagazine.com.au/2017/07/bonnie-lythgoe-productions-magical-pantoland-of-peter-pan-and-tinker-bell/#respond Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:23:43 +0000 https://dancemagazine.com.au/?p=24055

State Theatre, Sydney. 8 July 2017. Landing in time for the Sydney school holiday season is Bonnie Lythgoe’s latest pantomime production, The Adventures of Peter Pan and Tinker Bell in Return to PantoLand. Staged in Sydney’s beautiful historic State Theatre, it’s a wonderful opportunity for kids to experience a theatrical live show, especially one where […]

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