What's on This Month in Australia

Rohan Browne, (Singin’ in The Rain, Brigadoon) stars as Peter Allen, and Caroline O’Connor (Funny Girl, Anastasia (Broadway) and The Rink (London)) returns to The Production Company for the role of Judy Garland. This is the dazzling, funny and moving story of the legendary Australian entertainer Peter Allen. From a humble start, Peter was singing in country pubs at age 11. He survived family tragedy, to become a teenage TV star. Discovered by Judy Garland, he married her daughter Liza Minnelli and went on to achieve international stardom as a performer and song writer. The Boy from Oz includes many of Peter Allen’s best loved hits: 'Quiet Please, There’s A Lady On Stage', 'Not the Boy Next Door', 'Everything Old is New Again', 'I Honestly Love You', 'I Still Call Australia Home', 'Tenterfield Saddler' and the show-stopping 'I Go to Rio'.

From Italy's greatest master of laughs comes a riotous comedy with a knockout score. It skips and sparkles from the gruffest of bass notes to the impossibly high reaches of Stacey Alleaume's coloratura. Andrea Molino leads a cracking team of comic talents, including Paolo Bordogna in his side-splitting performance as the Turk. Simon Phillips' playful production wrings every last laugh from Rossini's ridiculous romp. Gabriela Tylesova's gelato-coloured costumes and clever, cartoonish sets are stars in their own right: a candied cherry on top of this rather outrageous ice-cream sundae. “It's just about as much fun as you can have in an opera house,” said Phillips, and the critics agreed. She’s flirtatious, audacious and unspeakably bored. He’s geriatric, sycophantic and easily ignored. Add a handsome prince, A gypsy minx, And a poet in need of a plot. Put this classic Rossini In vintage bikinis and a rollicking good time we’ve got!