Top Ten Olympic Inspired Musicals

To celebrate the opening of the Paris 2024 Olympics, we’ve compiled our list of the Top Ten Olympic Inspired Musicals.

Top Ten Most Wanted Musicals

Here’s our Top Ten Most Wanted Musicals

Latest Reviews

Round The Twist The Musical

Round The Twist The Musical

By Sarah Skubala The highly anticipated Round The Twist The Musical opened to an enthusiastic Brisbane audience, presented by Queensland Theatre in conjunction with QPAC. A boisterous new work with book, music and lyrics by Queenslander Paul Hodge, Round The Twist The...

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Lady Macbreast

Lady Macbreast

By Nick Pilgrim In my decade or more of writing for Theatre Matters (formerly known as Theatre People), I have had privilege to review many opening nights. Being asked to critique the very last performance of a show is a new first for me. Riding high on the wave of a...

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Cliffhanger

Cliffhanger

By Jennifer Beasley. 11 minutes and 49 seconds later I’m lifting myself up by my ponytail. 4 minutes and 16 seconds later I’m on the other side. And then 3 seconds after that I’m losing my grip. (Libretto by Holly Childs).  As a reviewer, I go to wherever my editor...

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Eurovision On Tour Melbourne

Eurovision On Tour Melbourne

By Jessica Taurins The concept of Eurovision is an interesting one. It started in 1956, with only seven participants. Since then (except for 2020 - the Covid Times) the show has run every year with around forty countries participating for the chance to host the next...

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Noises Off

Noises Off

  Written in 1982 by Michael Frayn, Noises Off has been described as "the funniest farce ever written". Frayn was inspired to write Noises Off in 1970, after watching a performance of another farce from the wings. He realised the play was funnier to watch from...

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Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesus Christ Superstar

Review by Tim Garratt   Before Phantom of the Opera, Cats and Evita, there was Jesus Christ Superstar. With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice, Superstar began life as a concept album in 1970, landing on Broadway the following year as a rock...

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My Brilliant Career

My Brilliant Career

By Nick Pilgrim From Sister Act’s Delores Van Cartier, Henry the VIII’s headstrong (or beheaded) wives in SIX, to Elphaba and Galinda in Wicked, Australia’s musical theatre scene is currently flush with fiery female empowerment. The latest entry to the fold arrives in...

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On Waking

On Waking

By Jennifer Beasley. The forgotten voice of Eileen Kelly, mother of Ned Kelly, is finally heard. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I drove to DROUIN (it’s in the COUNTRY, the other place aside from Melbourne), about an hour east in Gippsland, to view this play at The...

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Eurovision On Tour

Eurovision On Tour

By Nic Conolly    The evening began with eager fans lining up from as early as 5 pm, sharing memories of past Eurovision experiences and buzzing with anticipation over meeting their favourite stars in a pre-show meet and greet. Although the Tivoli’s small awning...

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Features

Eurovision on Tour

Eurovision on Tour

By Sarah Skubala Eurovision on Tour has arrived in Australia and has opened with a 3-hour epic concert in Brisbane. This will be followed by stops in Melbourne on 15 November and Sydney on 17 November. The tour features 18 Eurovision legends, including three past...

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Clare Mendes – Skating in the Clouds

Clare Mendes – Skating in the Clouds

Summer and Autumn are in love, but there’s a problem in their love nest. While Summer plans a spectacular skating party, Autumn roams the house, spanner in hand, looking for a drip she can’t see. With cracks emerging in their relationship, puddles appear on the floor...

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Tim Wright brings life to Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol

Tim Wright brings life to Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol

  In what has quickly become a Melbourne festive season tradition, the blockbuster production, A Christmas Carol, returns for a third year this Christmas. Dickens' classic, heart-warming tale tells the story of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge and the Ghosts of Christmas...

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The two handedness of The Macbeths

The two handedness of The Macbeths

Co-directed by long time collaborators Sharmini Kumar (24 carrot productions) and DL Turnbull (Dad Jeans/Early Days), William Shakespeare's Macbeth is reimagined as a tense, intimate two hander featuring western theatre's most famous couple - The Macbeths. An idea,...

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News

Theatre Royalty Unites for Victorian Opera’s Follies

Theatre Royalty Unites for Victorian Opera’s Follies

  “I'm just a Broadway Baby. Walking off my tired feet. Pounding Forty-Second Street to be in a show.” – ‘Broadway Baby’, Follies   Victorian Opera stages an all-star cast production of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman’s Tony-Award-winning musical, Follies, in...

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Australia’s Ainsley Melham on Broadway!

Australia’s Ainsley Melham on Broadway!

  BOOP! The Musical  BOOP! Arrives on Broadway in 112 Days!  Performances Begin March 11, 2025 Official Opening April 5, 2025   Broadhurst Theatre   Starring Jasmine Amy Rogers as Betty Boop Ainsley Melham Stephen DeRosa, Anastacia McCleskey Angelica Hale,...

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MERRIGONG THEATRE COMPANY UNVEILS UNMISSABLE 2025 SEASON

MERRIGONG THEATRE COMPANY UNVEILS UNMISSABLE 2025 SEASON

Merrigong Theatre Company proudly announces its 2025 season, with 11 Mainstage shows, including three blockbuster theatre events with strictly limited two-week seasons - this is their biggest season ever. Showcasing mainstage productions of local, national and...

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Guys and Dolls Cast announced

Guys and Dolls Cast announced

Cody Simpson set to make huge splash starring in Guys & Dolls musical on Sydney Harbour   Opera Australia today announced that pop star and champion swimmer Cody Simpson will make a spectacular return to the stage in 2025, making his Australian musical...

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Competitions

Win a Double Pass to Skating in the Clouds

Win a Double Pass to Skating in the Clouds

Win one of two double passes for the 7:30pm show on Wednesday the 4th of December for Skating in the Clouds at Theatre Works. To be in the running please send your response to the question below to: editor.kris@theatrematters.com.au Who wrote Skating in the Clouds?...

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Win a double pass to Phantom of the Opera – in cinema!

Win a double pass to Phantom of the Opera – in cinema!

Win a double pass to see The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall in cinemas from Thursday 31st October To enter simply email allison.hilbig@theatrematters.com.au with your name and why you want to win a double pass to see The Phantom of the Opera at the...

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