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

Ilarun: The Cutting Comb,

Ilarun: The Cutting Comb,

By Jennifer Beasley. Diasporic African narrative that melds the past with the future, exposing the fetishisation and abuse of Black bodies, and discovers the healing power of mysticism to accept one’s real self.  Trigger Warning: Adult content, sex and sexual...

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Comedy on the Rocks

Comedy on the Rocks

By Jennifer Beasley. 6 comedy skit s+ audience interaction = a 5-star theatre drinking game.  When my brilliant editor sent me this opportunity to review a theatre drinking game, my fingers suffered the afterburn of a speedy reply. I expected, and received, an...

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Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

By Carissa Shale Melbourne Shakespeare Company’s reimagined Twelfth Night is a dazzling musical celebration of Shakespeare’s timeless comedy, set amidst the beauty of the Rose Garden at the St Kilda Botanical Gardens. This outdoor show allows audiences to soak up the...

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Skating in the Clouds

Skating in the Clouds

By Karyn Hodgkinson Skating in the Clouds by Clare Mendes is a delightful, highly imaginative, whimsical piece of magic realism which encourages us to look at climate change with fresh eyes. We are introduced to the characters of Summer (Katrina Mathers) and Autumn...

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A Very Naughty Christmas

A Very Naughty Christmas

By Sarah Skubala  Christmas is getting cheeky with the return of A Very Naughty Christmas, the outrageously funny risqué holiday cabaret that has become a beloved seasonal tradition. Now in its eighth year, this adults-only romp combines festive humour, hilarious...

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F**k Christmas

F**k Christmas

By Ash Cottrell Malthouse Theatre are undeniably knocking it out of the park this year with their suite of provocative content. Ending the season with the festivity and exhilaration of a show like, F**k Christmas was an inspired choice and proved to be the absolute...

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One Day In September

One Day In September

  One Day in September is a new Australian musical written by Maverick Newman and Kohan van Sambeeck, with contributions by Trudy Dunn and Mackenzie Dunn. Over five years in the making, One Day In September made its debut to a sold out audience in Melbourne's...

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Wanderings

Wanderings

By Sarah Skubala The world premiere of Wanderings is the beautiful final inclusion of Queensland Theatre’s inaugural DOOR3 program. An initiative designed to platform independent theatre, Wanderings, created by The Nest Ensemble, intertwines fiction and autobiography...

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The Hall

The Hall

By Jennifer Beasley. Sacred Harp singers face each other in a ‘hollow square’ formation, immersing the audience in the musical bliss of unaccompanied harmonies, which draws deep connections for a three-generational family battling together against an insidious...

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Features

Keanu Gonzalez: One Day in September

Keanu Gonzalez: One Day in September

  Keanu Gonzalez has been wowing audiences in the Australian tour of Grease The Musical playing the iconic role of Kenickie. But before Grease heads north to open in Brisbane early in the new year, Keanu Gonzalez is relishing the opportunity to create a brand new...

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RED STITCH 2025 SEASON LAUNCH

RED STITCH 2025 SEASON LAUNCH

By Jennifer Beasley. Look out 2025- Red Stitch Theatre heralds 5 bold new plays! I was very keen to be part of this 2025 season launch by Red Stitch Theatre. As one of the smaller theatres, it has consistently produced high quality productions over its 24-year...

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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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News

SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL ACTS ANNOUNCED

SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL ACTS ANNOUNCED

The Sydney Comedy Festival is thrilled to announce the latest additions to its electrifying 20th anniversary year as it prepares to take over Sydney stages from 21st April to 18th May 2025. Joining Guy Montgomery, Jimeoin, and Arj Barker is Silver Logie Award-winning...

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RAINBOW CHAN’S ‘THE BRIDAL LAMENT’ at Riverside

RAINBOW CHAN’S ‘THE BRIDAL LAMENT’ at Riverside

Riverside Theatres and the Contemporary Asian Australian Performance, supported by Sydney Festival, is excited to present The Bridal Lament 哭嫁歌 by award-winning vocalist, producer and multi-disciplinary artist Rainbow Chan 陳雋然 at the Riverside Theatres from the 23rd –...

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Mediocre at  Motley Bauhaus

Mediocre at Motley Bauhaus

It’s me! Your friendly neighbourhood panic-attack in human form! Riley Street is back and more chaotic than ever and is here to talk about the ‘joys’ of lacking love, life and success. Riley will be returning with new songs, stories and painfully relatable jokes right...

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ONE FINAL RETURN TO SYDNEY ANNOUNCED FOR THE WHARF REVUE

ONE FINAL RETURN TO SYDNEY ANNOUNCED FOR THE WHARF REVUE

Due to overwhelming demand, after a regional tour in 2025 The End of the Wharf As We Know It!!! will return to Sydney in April for five final performances. How could the last, final ever performances of The Wharf Revue happen anywhere but Sydney! The End of the Wharf...

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Competitions

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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