“Open Sesame!” Aladdin flies into the Metcalfe Playhouse for the Christmas season.

In 2010, John Senczuk reintroduced professional pantomime back into the Perth festive season; his production of Puss In Boots, at the now defunct Perth Playhouse, played to a sold out season of over 5000 patrons! The Playhouse panto tradition was driven by Perth theatre legend Edgar Metcalfe (in whose honour the current Playhouse is named) during his helm of the long-gone National Theatre Company. “Family is what Senczuk’s adaptation is all about” David Zampatti commented in his review of Puss in Boots, “there’s the usual smattering of double-entredres and merry making ... but this is squarely a show for kids, with a bit of over-their-heads smuttery thrown in for their mums and dads.”

The UWA Pantomime Society Presents "Jack and the Beanstalk", in support of Redkite

 All Jack ever wanted to do was work the family farm. But with the village pageant just around the corner, her washed up beauty queen mother has tackier things in mind - the family cow will be sold, a pageant coach will be hired, and Jack will win the grand supreme mega cash prize!

The 8th Annual NARPACA Ticketing Professionals Conference & Tradeshow will be held in Melbourne at the Sebel Albert Park Hotel. The conference theme in 2012 is TECHNOLOGY: New Opportunities for Engagement and will feature speakers from Google, Posse.com, Rugby World Cup, Live Performance Australia and more.