Garry Starr – Classic Penguins

Garry Starr – Classic Penguins

Winner of the Most Outstanding Show, Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2025, and fresh from a sell out season at London’s West End, Garry Starr returns with a literary adventure like no other through the world’s most iconic works of fiction.  In just one hour,...

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Balloon Dog at Illawarra Performing Arts Centre

Balloon Dog at Illawarra Performing Arts Centre

Merrigong Theatre Company are thrilled to present Indian Ink Theatre Company’s Balloon Dog, a beautifully tender dramatic comedy by Jacob Rajan and Justin Lewis, from 1 – 5 July2026, at Illawarra Performing Arts Centre. Aotearoa New Zealand’s legendary Indian Ink...

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Families at Arts Centre Melbourne

Families at Arts Centre Melbourne

From the creators of international smash hits The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer and It’s Dark Outside comes New Owner, performed at Arts Centre Melbourne from 17 – 18 July. The sensitive show about loss, friendship and new beginnings is presented by...

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Spamalot announces Melbourne and Sydney seasons

Spamalot announces Melbourne and Sydney seasons

  The legendary search for the Holy Grail is officially headed for Australia! After a spectacular season at Perth's Planet Royale in May, Drew Anthony Creative has today announced that the Tony Award®–winning Best Musical, MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT, will gallop...

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Celia Pacquola – Gift Horse

Celia Pacquola – Gift Horse

Celia wasn’t planning on doing a show in 2026, then her boyfriend gave her an inflatable kayak for her birthday… So here we are.    A show about the people we love and the things they give us that we hate.    Celia Pacquola is a multi award winning stand up comedian...

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Stage Door Matters

Stage Door Matters

By Nic Conolly     This week’s entertainment spotlight takes centre stage with a distinct focus; celebrating cabaret, live performance, Australian Broadway talent, and behind-the-scenes storytelling. Together, these stories show how the performing arts...

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And What Will People Say

And What Will People Say

A powerful fusion of Indian dance, music, and poetry, this immersive theatre work confronts domestic violence with raw honesty, cultural depth, and the courage to discuss uncomfortable truths. Winner of two Sydney Fringe 2025 awards — Best in Category (Spoken Word)...

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Theatre Works – THE WOLVES Opens This Week!

Theatre Works – THE WOLVES Opens This Week!

Before the whistle blows... we are the wolves. WE ARE THE WOLVES. Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of...

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Victorian Opera – The Coronation of Poppea

Victorian Opera – The Coronation of Poppea

Step into ancient Rome, where Emperor Nero and his obsession Poppea ruthlessly pursue their forbidden love. Power, politics and passion collide in Monteverdi’s intoxicating masterpiece, as desire and betrayal claim centre stage. In Victorian Opera’s striking new...

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Bring It On The Musical cast announced

Bring It On The Musical cast announced

Theatrical Inc Announces BRING IT ON in July!   Melbourne’s renowned independent theatre group Theatrical Inc has today announced the cast for its upcoming staging of the smash hit musical Bring It On The Musical. The production is an electrifying, high flying...

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CAST ANNOUNCED FOR THE SHARK IS BROKEN

CAST ANNOUNCED FOR THE SHARK IS BROKEN

  CAST ANNOUNCED FOR  THE SHARK IS BROKEN By Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon   When the shark won’t work, the drama does   ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Evening Standard ★ ★ ★ ★ The Times ★ ★ ★ ★ The Telegraph   Producers have announced casting for the Australian debut of the Olivier...

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MTC announces cast of Uncle Vanya

MTC announces cast of Uncle Vanya

MELBOURNE THEATRE COMPANY UNVEILS CAST FOR MAJOR NEW STAGING OF UNCLE VANYA     Melbourne Theatre Company has announced an all-star cast of stage and screen performers for the centrepiece production of its 2026 season, Uncle Vanya, directed by Anne-Louise...

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Belvoir – Kate Dehnert: Echo

Belvoir – Kate Dehnert: Echo

What do you do when your life explodes? A show that’ll slap, tickle, shock and bend you over with laughter. 1/3 play, 1/3 standup, 1/3 rave. Kate Dehnert’s life recently blew up. We’re talking: relationship; career; income; opportunities; visa; losing almost all of...

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Sydney Theatre Company -Doubt

Sydney Theatre Company -Doubt

Making his Sydney Theatre Company debut, screen star Sam Reid (The Newsreader, Interview with the Vampire) faces up to stage and screen icon Pamela Rabe (Wentworth) in one of the most memorable and electrifying plays of the twenty-first century.  The Bronx, NY, 1964....

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RISING at Arts House – The Shepherds Opens Tomorrow

RISING at Arts House – The Shepherds Opens Tomorrow

A dark and comedic dance work starring two lost sheep in a slaughter paddock, out to remake Australian mythmaking.  Carly Sheppard and Alisdair Macindoe are intrepid dance makers with seven Green Room awards and a Helpmann between them. In this collaborative...

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Troy Hawke at Arts Centre Melbourne

Troy Hawke at Arts Centre Melbourne

Following last year’s sellout world tour, Troy Hawke is back to his globe sweeping with new show Never Stop, Never Change! Bringing his roaring sense of humour to Melbourne audiences, you can expect angry security guards, barked compliments and crossed wires abound....

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Bangarra Dance Theatre – Sheltering

Bangarra Dance Theatre – Sheltering

Beneath the constellation of its creative and cultural legacy, Australia’s leading Indigenous performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, will present a program of three powerful works: Keeping Grounded, Brown Boys, and Sheoak, which honour Bangarra’s past while...

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Bondi Festival returns bigger and better for 2026

Bondi Festival returns bigger and better for 2026

Waverley Council is thrilled to announce the program for the 2026 Bondi Festival, bringing a fun and thought-provoking program of music, theatre, comedy, visual arts and immersive experiences to Bondi Beach from Friday 3 July to Sunday 19 July 2026. Taking over iconic...

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Tootsie opens in Sydney

Tootsie opens in Sydney

  THE AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE OF TOOTSIE OPENS TONIGHT AT TEATRO AT THE ITALIAN FORUM FIRST LOOK AT THE AUSTRALIAN CAST ON STAGE   The Australian Premiere of the smash-hit Broadway musical Tootsie, officially opens at Teatro at the Italian Forum tonight. Preview...

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The Songs of John Farnham Concert announced

The Songs of John Farnham Concert announced

THE SONGS OF JOHN FARNHAM: A LIVING LEGEND THE CELEBRATION CONCERT   Helping raise funds for Head and Neck Cancer Australia SUNDAY 20th SEPTEMBER AT ROD LAVER ARENA, MELBOURNE TICKETS ON SALE AT 10AM ON TUESDAY 2nd JUNE FROM TICKETEK     120 Artists...

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Malthouse – House of Rot

Malthouse – House of Rot

Starring Paul Capsis and Adam Noviello, HOUSE OF ROT is a cabaret invocation: part unholy communion, part elegy in heels. Created by director Dino Dimitriadis and musical director Victoria Falconer this premiere work weaves original compositions with new...

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Lose to Win at Belvoir

Lose to Win at Belvoir

“In this country, you think it’s your right to have three meals a day. Me, where I came from? I think it’s a miracle.” From South Sudan to Egypt to Belvoir St to an Australian tour, this is the extraordinary journey of Mandela Mathia. Fleeing his war-torn home as a...

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Belvoir Theatre – The Jungle and the Sea

Belvoir Theatre – The Jungle and the Sea

The smash hit play by the team that made Counting and Cracking returns for a limited Sydney season. When violence escalates between the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Gowrie does everything she can to keep her...

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Perth cast announced for Beetlejuice

Perth cast announced for Beetlejuice

TONY AWARD®-NOMINATED BROADWAY HIT BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL OPENS FROM 16 AUGUST AT CROWN PERTH A WICKEDLY FUNNY STAGE SPECTACLE PACKED WITH PUPPETRY, MAGIC AND SUPERNATURAL MISCHIEF NEW TICKETS RELEASED AND PERTH CAST ANNOUNCED The countdown is officially on for the...

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MR BIG aka Tatay, A Transwoman and That Tiring Tune!

MR BIG aka Tatay, A Transwoman and That Tiring Tune!

Set between 1990s Manila and contemporary Melbourne, MR BIG follows Diana, a trans Filipina woman juggling her upcoming wedding and the funeral of her estranged father. Her plans fall apart when her late father reappears as a singing ghost who will not stop belting...

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Fiddler on the Roof cast announced

Fiddler on the Roof cast announced

  STARS TROY SUSSMAN ALEXIS FISHMAN WITH SIGRID THORNTON LEAD AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE OF LONDON’S TWICE SOLD OUT NEW PRODUCTION OF FIDDLER ON THE ROOF   Following record-breaking, sold-out seasons in London and across the UK, the multi award winning critically...

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NEW INITIATIVES FOR THE ROB GUEST ENDOWMENT

NEW INITIATIVES FOR THE ROB GUEST ENDOWMENT

  Following the success of the Industry Audition Insights Workshops held in Sydney and Melbourne in 2025, the Rob Guest Endowment is convening new Industry Insights Workshops in both cities this year, with expanded new offerings.   Led by Australia’s leading...

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SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2026 AWARD WINNERS

SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2026 AWARD WINNERS

On Sunday 17 May, Sydney’s biggest annual comedy event, the Sydney Comedy Festival, came to a close with the announcement of its 2026 award winners: Sean Collier, The Burton Brothers, Reuben Kaye and Frankie McNair who each took home a trophy along with a $1500 prize....

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Ensemble Theatre presents The Dapto Chaser

Ensemble Theatre presents The Dapto Chaser

Ensemble Theatre is excited to present the quintessentially Australian play by award winning playwright Mary Rachel Brown, The Dapto Chaser, a biting black comedy about chasing dreams, racking up debts, and the cut-throat world of greyhound racing, showing from 29...

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VABT ANNOUNCES NEW TRIVIA NIGHT FUNDRAISER

VABT ANNOUNCES NEW TRIVIA NIGHT FUNDRAISER

After the roaring success of the inaugural VABT Trivia Night in 2025, the demand was overwhelming to stage another similar event and so the VABT are delighted to announce A VERY APPEALING SHOWBIZ TRIVIA FUNDRAISER 2026 to be held on Saturday 13th June 2026.  In what...

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame opens

The Hunchback of Notre Dame opens

  The Hunchback of Notre Dame opens at The National Theatre, St Kilda tonight, Friday 15 May    An epic story of love, acceptance and what it means to be a hero opens tonight at The National Theatre, St Kilda from 15 - 30 May 2026.   CLOC Musical...

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Australian World Orchestra  Melbourne and Sydney

Australian World Orchestra Melbourne and Sydney

Following the resounding success of our 2025 season of Mahler’s 4th and 5th Symphonies, AWO’s co-founder, Alexander Briger, returns with Australia’s finest for an unforgettable birthday celebration and 2026 program. The AWO celebrates its 15th Anniversary with two...

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Shooting Hedda Gabler

Shooting Hedda Gabler

Seymour Centre and Secret House present the Australian premiere of Shooting Hedda Gabler by Nina Segal—a darkly unsettling, wickedly funny examination of ambition, manipulation and coercive control. When offered the lead part in a Norwegian film adaptation of Hedda...

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Steel Magnolias Opens in Sydney Tomorrow

Steel Magnolias Opens in Sydney Tomorrow

After a hugely successful Brisbane season, the play that inspired the iconic film, Steel Magnolias opens at Theatre Royal Sydney tomorrow. This beloved Southern classic features an extraordinary line up of Australian TV royalty starring Lisa McCune,  Belinda Giblin,...

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NGOs meet Tinder in SAVIOR –  Griffin Theatre Company

NGOs meet Tinder in SAVIOR – Griffin Theatre Company

Griffin Theatre Company is thrilled to present the world-premiere of Filipino Australian playwright, comedian and improviser Happy Feraren’s, SAVIOR, from Saturday 16 May to Sunday 14 June 2026 at Belvoir’s Downstairs Theatre. Inspired by Feraren’s experience working...

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Rakali

Rakali

Shapeshifting water rat wants to eat a baby… Rakali is an award winning horror-black comedy from the team behind Robert the Octopus. A millennial couple move from Melbourne to a houseboat in a remote part of Tasmania with their newborn. They think they’ve found...

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The Victorian State Ballet  present Aladdin

The Victorian State Ballet present Aladdin

The Victorian State Ballet will present Aladdin, a dazzling ballet production at The Concourse Theatre, Chatswood on Friday 19 June and Saturday 20 June 2026. Created by the company’s directors, Michelle Cassar de Sierra and Martin Sierra, Aladdin reimagines one of...

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Andy Griffiths’ YOU & ME and The Land of Lost Things

Andy Griffiths’ YOU & ME and The Land of Lost Things

The team behind the 13-, 26-, 52-, 78- and 91-Storey Treehouses brings Andy Griffiths and Bill Hopes’ brilliantly bonkers book to the stage in a hilarious new theatrical adventure for children aged 6–12 and their adults. YOU and ME have lost something important. Well…...

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Beetlejuice announces Sydney season

Beetlejuice announces Sydney season

  Michael Cassel Group, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures and Langley Park Productions announced today that the eight-time Tony Award-nominated hit musical BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL will conclude its national tour in Sydney.   BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL will play the...

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Perth cast announced for Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice announces Adelaide season

  TONY AWARD-NOMINATED BROADWAY HIT BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL ARRIVES IN ADELAIDE FROM OCTOBER 2026   A WICKEDLY FUNNY STAGE SPECTACLE PACKED WITH PUPPETRY, MAGIC AND SUPERNATURAL MISCHIEF   TICKETS ON SALE THURSDAY BEETLEJUICETHEMUSICAL.COM.AU   Michael...

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GRIMM to premiere in Melbourne

GRIMM to premiere in Melbourne

The smash-hit, deliciously-twisted production GRIMM now casts its spell over Melbourne from 25 August to 12 September 2026. Within shadowy corridors and haunting landscapes, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and an array of familiar figures emerge to reveal the...

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World premiere cast of Stella announced

World premiere cast of Stella announced

  The world premiere of STELLA has unveiled its cast, bringing together a powerhouse line-up of Australian stage and screen talent to tell the remarkable story of Miles Franklin.   The production features Geraldine Hakewill (Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder...

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Beasts of Burden and Other Party Guests

Beasts of Burden and Other Party Guests

Miss Friby premieres immersive cabaret spectacle Beasts of Burden and Other Party Guests. Multi-award winning cabaret artist, Miss Friby, invites audiences into a bold new immersive performance, Beasts of Burden and Other Party Guests, taking over the historic...

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Cast of SIX announced

Cast of SIX announced

THE RECORD-BREAKING GLOBAL PHENOMENON REIGNS AGAIN IN AUSTRALIA! TICKETS ON SALE NOW MELBOURNE COMEDY THEATRE FROM JULY 24 2026 THEATRE ROYAL SYDNEY FROM OCTOBER 9 2026 BRISBANE PLAYHOUSE THEATRE, QPAC FROM JANUARY 2 2027   SIXTHEMUSICAL.COM.AU        While...

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FOOTLOOSE: THE MUSICAL CAST ANNOUNCED

FOOTLOOSE: THE MUSICAL CAST ANNOUNCED

After much anticipation, the ‘80s phenomenon Footloose: The Musical is touring Australia with a Brisbane premiere on 24 April, followed by seasons in major venues across Canberra, Newcastle and Perth. An all-Australian cast will bring this high-energy production to...

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FIDDLER ON THE ROOF CONFIRMS MELBOURNE DATES

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF CONFIRMS MELBOURNE DATES

Following record-breaking, sold-out seasons in London and across the UK, the critically acclaimed Fiddler on the Roof has announced it will play Melbourne’s Her Majesty’s Theatre from 31 October, 2026. The Australian tour will commence at Theatre Royal Sydney from...

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Anastasia opens in Sydney this week

Anastasia opens in Sydney this week

  HIT BROADWAY MUSICAL ANASTASIA OPENING IN SYDNEY THIS WEEK ★ ★ ★ ★ “Theatrical Magic” – Time Out Melbourne ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “A wonderful, uplifting evening’s entertainment” - Theatre Matters ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ “Visually stunning, costuming is divine and the cast are fantastic...

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Melbourne season of Ned Kelly: The Musical

Melbourne season of Ned Kelly: The Musical

VICTORIAN OPERA ANNOUNCES MELBOURNE SEASON OF REG LIVERMORE’S NED KELLY: THE MUSICAL   REG LIVERMORE’S NED KELLY: THE MUSICAL 24 - 25 July Union Theatre, The University of Melbourne Tickets: $39 – $90 Book Now: www.victorianopera.com.au   Victorian Opera is...

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The Magicians Table Is Coming to Melbourne This May

The Magicians Table Is Coming to Melbourne This May

Step into London's only immersive, close-up magic experience at The Magicians Table. Set in the private warehouse of a deceased, famed magician, you'll enjoy two hours of incredible magic performed inches from your nose, live theatre and music. Expect a unique blend...

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Cast announced for Footloose: The Musical

Cast announced for Footloose: The Musical

  Announcing a new Australian cast for the national tour of the smash-hit ‘80s musical with an iconic chart-topping soundtrack FOOTLOOSE: THE MUSICAL   After much anticipation, the ‘80s phenomenon Footloose: The Musical is touring Australia with...

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Cast announced for Pride and Prejudice (sort of)

Cast announced for Pride and Prejudice (sort of)

CAST ANNOUNCED FOR MUSICAL COMEDY SENSATION PRIDE AND PREJUDICE* (*sort of)   The cast for the 2026 Australian tour of the musical comedy Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) was announced today. The five performers who will portray the iconic roles of Elizabeth...

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Theatre Royal Sydney celebrates 50 years

Theatre Royal Sydney celebrates 50 years

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF THEATRE ROYAL SYDNEY   This year, Theatre Royal Sydney proudly marks the 50th anniversary of the current building on King Street, a milestone that honours a legacy of performance, architecture and community in the heart of the city.  ...

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Josh Burton in Signor Baffo

Josh Burton in Signor Baffo

 Interactive Theatre International (ITI) is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated return of everyone’s favourite culinary clown, Signor Baffo, in his final Australian tour, from Friday 3rd April to Friday 17th July 2026. Winner of the ‘Best Kids and Family’ show...

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The Shark is Broken to make Australian debut

The Shark is Broken to make Australian debut

THE SHARK IS BROKEN By Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon   When the shark won’t work, the drama does   ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Evening Standard ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Sunday Mirror ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Sunday Express ★ ★ ★ ★ The Times ★ ★ ★ ★ The Telegraph   Olivier Award nominated THE SHARK IS BROKEN will...

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Tootsie cast announced

Tootsie cast announced

CAST ANNOUNCED FOR AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE OF TOOTSIE AT TEATRO AT THE ITALIAN FORUM   Producers today have announced the stellar cast of the hit Broadway musical Tootsie which will make its highly anticipated Australian premiere at Teatro at the Italian Forum in...

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PAW Patrol™ Live! 10 Year Anniversary Tour

PAW Patrol™ Live! 10 Year Anniversary Tour

Nickelodeon, VStar Entertainment Group, and TEG Life Like Touring are thrilled to announce the return of PAW Patrol™ Live! "Race to the Rescue," celebrating 10 years of the iconic Broadway-style production.  The PAW Patrol® are on a roll and LIVE on stage! The heroic...

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Rehearsals underway for Gutenberg! The Musical!

Rehearsals underway for Gutenberg! The Musical!

REHEARSALS HAVE BEGUN FOR HIT BROADWAY MUSICAL   Rehearsals have commenced for the hilarious hit Broadway musical Gutenberg! The Musical! which opens at the Hayes Theatre on April 10. Directed by Richard Carroll (Pirates of Penzance, Murder for Two) this joyously...

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MELBOURNE CHILD CAST ANNOUNCED FOR WAITRESS

MELBOURNE CHILD CAST ANNOUNCED FOR WAITRESS

  Four young Melbourne actresses were announced today to play the role of Jenna’s daughter Lulu in the Melbourne season of Broadway’s smash-hit musical WAITRESS, which arrives at Her Majesty’s Theatre Melbourne from 1 May.   Lulu will be played by Stevie...

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The Book of Mormon to return to Perth

The Book of Mormon to return to Perth

THE BOOK OF MORMON AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST EVER MUSICAL COMEDY HIT TO RETURN TO PERTH IN 2026   “THE BEST MUSICAL OF THIS CENTURY. Heaven on Broadway! A celebration of that  improbable paradise called a musical comedy.” THE NEW YORK TIMES   Perth, the Mormons...

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