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Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat is being staged at the Astra Theatre next week. Jennifer Grech speaks to artistic director Chris Gatt. Originally released as a concept album in 1969, the first musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew...

And this year we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. It seems like only yesterday when Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice collaborated on the first of three ground-breaking musicals. And this March, the Astra will have performed the hat trick of presenting...

Following a significant demand for tickets - underlining the local audience's keen interest in Andrew Lloyd Webber's acclaimed musical - Teatru Astra has just announced an extra show on Friday 29 March 2019 at 20:00hrs. This musical is the fourth consecutive one at Teatru Astra, following the impeccable...

Verdi's 1853 spellbinder of Opera's Golden Age to rank with the rosiest of recollections of recent glories at the Teatru Astra. This throwback to the golden age of opera is a perfect storm of excitement: a poignant human story spiked with ferocious drama and fraught with conflicting deep seated emotions...

The brief opera spell in Gozo came to an end with the performances of Verdi's La Traviata at the Astra Opera House. Under review here is the second and final performance which was very well attended. La Traviata is a much-loved masterpiece which has stood the test of time. Hardened cynics would say:...

Following a hugely successful night in the MCC, on Friday 30th November, with the rock orchestral "QUEEN meets COLDPLAY". The Gozo Youth Orchestra and 7SPP, with the support of Festivals Malta and Christmas in Gozo, now bring a totally new rock orchestral production to the Teatru Astra in Victoria, Gozo....

The 17th edition of Festival Mediterranea was officially launched by Teatru Astra and Bank of Valletta, during a press conference held at BOV's head office in Santa Venera on Tuesday 10 October 2018. The highlight of the month-long festival is a double representation of Giuseppe Verdi's popular opera...

Love, like Art, is inherently dangerous. Is this not what 'La Traviata' is all about? Well that's what the lavish new production which is being set on at the Teatru Astra to mark in great style the 50th Anniversary of what has been righteously dubbed as the top acoustic auditorium in the Maltese islands...

Teatru Astra is please to roll out the programme of events for this year's Festival Mediterranea - the seventeenth edition! The double representation of La Traviata on the 25 and 27 October remain the highlight of this year's edition, however a variety of events, especially during the opera weekend are...

Teatru Astra has just announced the main roles for it's upcoming 50th anniversary opera production, La Traviata. Gozo's own Miriam Cauchi will interpret Violetta. Giulio Pelligra who wooed audiences in last year's Lucia is entrusted with the role of Alfredo. Bolshoi fame baritone Maxim Aniskin will interpret...