Performing Arts
Performance Arts have been generally merged into the more classical forms of stagecraft, ie. Ballet, Dance, Opera, Theatre and Gilbert & Sullivan, and are listed by title below. Performing music, both studio and live performance are best found under "Music Capsule".
Right: The spectacular troupe of "Cirque du Soleil".
The Best of Ballroom Dancing (1999)
Featuring world class performers all holding a variety of international and national championships, accompanied by nineteen newly recorded songs by th... Read more
The Boy From Oz (1995)
Director: Stephen Maclean
Starring: Peter Allen, Harry Connick Jr, Bette Midler, Bernadette Peters, Ann-Margret , et...
Australian-born Peter Allen had an international showbiz career, rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous and remembered for songs such as 'I Go To... Read more
The Curse of the Gothic Symphony (2011)
7/10
Director: Randall Wood
Written in the 1920s over an eight-year period by working-class English composer Brian, The Gothic Symphony has been performed less than half a doze... Read more
The Eternity Man (2008)
6.3/10
Director: Julien Temple
Starring: Grant Doyle, Christa Hughes
For almost 40 years, ex-alcoholic Arthur Stace roamed Sydney writing 'eternity' in perfect copperplate script on the city's pavements. In 2003, Austra... Read more
The Fantastic World of Michael Crawford (1996)
5/10
Director: Tony Palmer
Starring: Michael Crawford
Michael Crawford has starred in some of the biggest and most popular hits of all time. From Frank Spencer in "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em", to the origin... Read more
The Gondoliers (1990)
8.4/10
Director: Brian Macdonald
Starring: David Hosbon, Roger Lemke, Suzanne Johnston
A stylish Australian production of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta following the story of two men, recently married, who discover that they are need... Read more
The Heart Dances (2018)
Director: Rebecca Tansley
An iconic film is re-imagined by celebrated Czech dancers Jirí and Otto Bubenicek for the Royal New Zealand Ballet, setting the stage for a voyage int... Read more
The Heat is On: The Making of Miss Saigon (1989)
9/10
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Starring: Jonathan Pryce
This documentary on the making of the musical 'Miss Saigon' focuses on the inner workings of the Broadway hit. Behind-the-scenes footage is shown of t... Read more
The Magic Flute ( Die Zauberflote ) (1999)
7.9/10
Director: Robert Herzl
Starring: Maxim Mihailov, Michael Kurz, Birgit Beer
Maxim Mihailov, Michael Kurz and Birgit Beer star in this monumental production on the biggest open air stage in Europe. Read more