SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES ACTS

SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES ACTS

The Sydney Comedy Festival is thrilled to announce the next round of hilarious comedians taking part in the 2024 Festival on from 22nd April to 19th May next year. Adding to the uproarious roster of international talent returning to Sydney’s stages is fast-thinking...

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The Lehman Trilogy – Australian cast announcement

The Lehman Trilogy – Australian cast announcement

The producers, the National Theatre and Neal Street Productions, in association with Trafalgar Entertainment, announced today that Aaron Krohn, Howard W. Overshown and Adrian Schiller will play the Lehman brothers, and a cast of characters including their sons and...

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fortyfivedownstairs: 2024 Theatre Program Announcement

fortyfivedownstairs: 2024 Theatre Program Announcement

fortyfivedownstairs is thrilled to announce 17 productions and the return of the Chamber Music Festival for the theatre's 2024 season! "What excites me about this program is the ambition of the artists involved," says Artistic Director of the Theatre, Cameron Lukey....

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Arts house: Announcing Season 1, 2024

Arts house: Announcing Season 1, 2024

Heist and role play. Margins and islands. Ritual and folklore. Our Season 1, 2024 program is an invitation to experience something new, something unexpected, something urgent, something bold. Forms are explored and subverted, chances are taken, rallying cries ring...

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The Duchess of Malfi

The Duchess of Malfi

Promising to be a true highlight at the onset of the 2024 Melbourne Arts Calendar, Arrant Knaves Theatre Company bring Melbourne audiences a dark and thrilling new adaptation of John Webster’s defining masterpiece, The Duchess of Malfi. Often regarded as one of the...

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SIX THE MUSICAL ANNOUNCES NEW AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2024

SIX THE MUSICAL ANNOUNCES NEW AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2024

The smash-hit musical, SIX, continues its unstoppable journey as it captivates audiences around the globe with its innovative and empowering take on history. Since its premiere in 2017, SIX has become a cultural phenomenon, redefining the boundaries of musical theatre...

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Midsumma Festival 2024 program now launched

Midsumma Festival 2024 program now launched

The Midsumma Festival 2024 program is now live and tickets are on sale. From 21 January – 11 February 2024 expect over 250 events showcasing queer culture, featuring local, interstate, and international artists in spectacular performances, talks and social events,...

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YIRRAMBOI Announces 2025 Commissions Program

YIRRAMBOI Announces 2025 Commissions Program

YIRRAMBOI – Melbourne’s leading First Nations arts festival – is thrilled to open its 2025 Commissions opportunities, which includes the return of the YIRRAMBOI Commissions, alongside International Collaborative Commissions, focus nation; Canada. YIRRAMBOI – which...

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THE WHARF REVUE Extended By Popular Demand

Due to huge critical and audience acclaim, The Wharf Revue: Pride in Prejudice has been extended for a further week to 23 December. No further extension is possible. The Wharf Revue (minus wharf) is now in its third year of self-government, and twenty-fourth year of...

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CHICAGO Australian Tour Opens Tonight In Perth

CHICAGO Australian Tour Opens Tonight In Perth

“The sharpest, slickest show on the block” (The Times UK) begins its Australian tour tonight in Perth. CHICAGO will play at Crown Theatre until 17 December before transferring to the Lyric Theatre QPAC from 2 January 2024, Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne from 23...

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Cast Announcement – Cruel Intentions

Cast Announcement – Cruel Intentions

An exciting line-up has been unveiled for the upcoming production of Cruel Intentions: The ‘90s Musical. The creative minds behind the production, Benjamin May (Director), Tim Wotherspoon (Musical Director), and Isabella Gallant (Choreographer), have assembled a...

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Kate Fitzpatrick to join cast of Gaslight

Kate Fitzpatrick to join cast of Gaslight

One of Australia’s most accomplished actors and writers, Kate Fitzpatrick, will join the cast of the highly-anticipated play, Gaslight, which will tour across Australia from February 2024. Perth-born, Adelaide-raised Kate Fitzpatrick is an actor and writer who has...

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The Long Pigs

The Long Pigs

Step into the Enigmatic World of 'The Long Pigs': a dark and hilarious theatrical experience. Prepare for a unique and immersive journey into the unexpected with 'The Long Pigs,' an audacious production by one of Australia's most renowned theatre ensembles. This...

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Josh Thomas – Let’s Tidy Up

Josh Thomas – Let’s Tidy Up

Tidying up is not normally the stuff of gripping drama, it wouldn’t be a propulsive narrative for most people but for Josh it’s Everest, a fundamentally impossible task, like trying to defy the moon and control the tides. Josh’s brain has managed to make him the...

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Cast announced for A VERY NAUGHTY CHRISTMAS Melbourne

Cast announced for A VERY NAUGHTY CHRISTMAS Melbourne

Woodward Productions has today announced the talented cast for the Melbourne season of Australia’s favourite adults-only Christmas comedy, A VERY NAUGHTY CHRISTMAS. Starring as Santa is Tim Paige (MTC's As You Like It). He will be joined by Kate Yaxley (Animal Farm)...

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The Hello Girls at Hayes Theatre

The Hello Girls at Hayes Theatre

Heart Strings Theatre Co, producers of last year’s sold out hit Urinetown the Musical, return to The Hayes from 10 January to 4 February 2024 with The Hello Girls. A contemporary musical that charts the journey of a feisty bunch of trail-blazing women who turned the...

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The Wharf Revue: Pride In Prejudice Opens This Week

The Wharf Revue: Pride In Prejudice Opens This Week

The Wharf Revue is back for another year of sensational value, opening on Wednesday 8 November at the York Theatre, Seymour Centre! Satirical content is up by 7% and the average laughter quotient is indexed at 8.3% over the forward estimates, but The Wharf Revue...

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PLOS announces cast of Catch Me If You Can

PLOS announces cast of Catch Me If You Can

  PLOS Musical Productions has announced details of the cast and creative team for its January 2024 season of the musical based on the Leonardo DiCaprio movie - Catch Me If You Can - The Musical. Catch Me If You Can - The Musical will open at the Frankston Arts...

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MTC: A Very Jewish Christmas Carol

MTC: A Very Jewish Christmas Carol

A Very Jewish Christmas Carol will take you on a wild and laugh-out-loud journey through a familiar, festive and spirited time of the year. Local baker Ely is not letting anything get in the way of fulfilling customer demand for her Bubi’s famous Polish gingerbread....

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RENT cast announced

RENT cast announced

  A stellar cast was announced today for the new Australian tour of the multi-Tony Award winning rock musical by Jonathan Larson, RENT. Tickets go on pre-sale today in Perth, Canberra and Newcastle, with general public tickets on sale from Thursday 2 November....

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Hannah Gadsby live at Arts Centre Melbourne

Hannah Gadsby live at Arts Centre Melbourne

Hannah's doing a show. Do you want to come? You haven't seen it before. Neither has Hannah. It's new. Hannah is having a lot of thoughts these days. The thoughts are getting too big for their brain, so they reckon it's time to share them. Not like, a stream of...

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Moulin Rouge! The Musical – Open Day

Moulin Rouge! The Musical – Open Day

Melbourne first: Moulin Rouge! The Musical - Open Day at the Regent Theatre on Thursday 30th November.   Global Creatures presents the award-winning event, Get Technical! - Behind the Curtain of Moulin Rouge! The Musical, hosted by Simon Burke AO.  ...

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The Rocky Horror Show returns in 2024

The Rocky Horror Show returns in 2024

  THE INTERNATIONAL SMASH HIT LEGENDARY ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MUSICAL THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW RETURNS IN 2024 JASON DONOVAN STARS AS FRANK N FURTER READY TO PARTY ONCE MORE AT HOME IN AUSTRALIA   PREMIERING AT CIVIC THEATRE NEWCASTLE, FROM 12 JANUARY RETURN SEASONS...

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Hamilton returns to Sydney

Hamilton returns to Sydney

THE REVOLUTION RETURNS TO SYDNEY IN 2024 Producers Jeffrey Seller and Michael Cassel today announced that the revolution returns to Sydney when the Tony, Grammy, Olivier and Pulitzer Prize winning musical HAMILTON comes home to the Sydney Lyric Theatre in 2024....

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Melbourne Fringe Festival 2023 Award Winners 2023

Melbourne Fringe Festival 2023 Award Winners 2023

After a mammoth 20-day Festival that featured over 470 shows across the city and suburbs, Melbourne Fringe tonight celebrated the artistic excellence, risk-taking bravery and sheer creativity of the 2,600 artists participating in the 2023 Festival with its annual...

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AN INTIMATE NEW STAGE FOR SYDNEY

AN INTIMATE NEW STAGE FOR SYDNEY

    Foundation Theatres, the owner and operator of the Capitol Theatre and Sydney Lyric Theatre, today announced that it has submitted a development application to modify the existing underutilised rear stage of the Sydney Lyric to create a new intimate...

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Sydney Comedy Festival announces first acts for 2024

Sydney Comedy Festival announces first acts for 2024

The Sydney Comedy Festival is excited to announce the first acts appearing in the blockbuster 2024 line[1]up, as it prepares to take over Sydney from 22nd April to 19th May next year. In 2024, you can expect to see the Gold Logie Award-winning host of TV’s Hard Quiz...

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Discover MPAC in 2024

Discover MPAC in 2024

Monash University Performing Arts Centres (MPAC) has announced a jam-packed program of events for 2024, including live music, captivating dance, premiere theatre shows and much-loved festivals. Following a stellar year of shows across multiple state-of-the-art venues,...

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THE LEHMAN TRILOGY to open in Sydney

THE LEHMAN TRILOGY to open in Sydney

THE LEHMAN TRILOGY WINNER OF FIVE 2022 TONY AWARDS® INCLUDING BEST PLAY TO HAVE ITS AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE EXCLUSIVE TO SYDNEY IN FEBRUARY 2024, FOLLOWING HIGHLY ACCLAIMED SEASONS AT THE UK’S NATIONAL THEATRE, ON BROADWAY AND IN LONDON’S WEST END   The National...

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Darkness, suspense, thrill: DARKFIELD lands in Sydney

Darkness, suspense, thrill: DARKFIELD lands in Sydney

The highly acclaimed multi-sensory series, DARKFIELD, is making its highly-anticipated return to Sydney this November, where all four of its shipping container experiences - SÉANCE, FLIGHT, COMA and EULOGY - will engulf audiences in complete darkness and challenge...

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fortyfivedownstairs: 2024 Theatre Program Announcement

Melbourne premiere of The Inheritance

After acclaimed seasons in the West End and on Broadway, winning both the Olivier and Tony Awards for Best Play, The Inheritance by Matthew López (Red, White & Royal Blue) will have its Australian premiere at Melbourne's fortyfivedownstairs this January. Performed...

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Elvis: A Musical Revolution to tour

Elvis: A Musical Revolution to tour

Sydney Return and National Tour Announcement Elvis: A Musical Revolution Authorised by Elvis Presley Enterprises ★★★★ “ELVIS IS KING IN THIS ROCK N’ ROLL FEVER DREAM OF A JUKEBOX MUSICAL” THE AGE ★★★★1/2 “MOVING, MEMORABLE, MAGNIFICENT” SYDNEY SCOOP ★★★★ “ROB MALLET...

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SUNSET BOULEVARD to open in Melbourne

SUNSET BOULEVARD to open in Melbourne

  GWB Entertainment & Opera Australia by special arrangement with The Really Useful Group SUNSET BOULEVARD Music by ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER Book & Lyrics by DON BLACK & CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON Based on the BILLY WILDER film LAVISH NEW PRODUCTION OF MUSICAL...

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Kinky Boots Cast Announced

Kinky Boots Cast Announced

  James Terry Collective is thrilled to announce its full cast for Kinky Boots, coming to Melbourne from December 1.   As previously announced, this new production will star Christian Charisiou,in the role of Charlie Price. Best known for playing Robbie Hart...

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REHEARSALS HAVE BEGUN FOR THE ALL NEW, ELECTRIFYING GREASE!

Perth season announced for Grease

PERTH, YOU BETTER SHAPE UP! GREASE MUSICAL TO ARRIVE IN JUNE 2024   Producers of the upcoming all-new and electrifying production of GREASE, featuring Marcia Hines, Jay Laga’aia and more, are delighted to announce that the beloved musical will be headed to Perth from...

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Kinky Boots Cast Announced

Kinky Boots returns to Melbourne!

  James Terry Collective has announced it will be bringing to Melbourne the Tony and Grammy Award winning musical Kinky Boots, with hit music by Cyndi Lauper.   This new production will star Christian Charisiou, in the role of Charlie Price. Best known for...

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GROUNDHOG DAY THE MUSICAL to open in Melbourne

GROUNDHOG DAY THE MUSICAL to open in Melbourne

    DIRECT FROM LONDON’S OLD VIC AND FROM THE CREATORS OF MATILDA THE MUSICAL GROUNDHOG DAY THE MUSICAL TO MAKE AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE IN EXCLUSIVE MELBOURNE SEASON     Producers GWB Entertainment today announced that award-winning and record-breaking,...

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Superstars head to Newcastle

Superstars head to Newcastle

  Australian musical theatre devotees are in for a spectacular, once-in-a-lifetime magical experience next March!   Australia’s leading lady of musical theatre, Marina Prior, will headline the ultimate cast, including Silvie Paladino, of Les Miserables,...

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WICKED partner with M·A·C

WICKED partner with M·A·C

  WICKED AND M·A·C ANNOUNCE AN EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIP, WITH A TAKEOVER AT MYER   The smash hit Australian production of WICKED has announced it has united with cult global beauty brand M·A·C Cosmetics. The partnership involves a number of exclusive activities...

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Malevo to make Australian debut

Malevo to make Australian debut

SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE AND ANDREW KAY PRESENT MALEVO   EXPLOSIVE ARGENTINIAN EXPORT BRING THEIR BLAZING RAW TALENT   FOR THEIR AUSTRALIAN DEBUT   “The live performance is something else: loud, dramatic, and packed with explosive energy and saucy...

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New Brisbane and Melbourne Performances On Sale of Smash-Hit Musical RENT

RENT TO TOUR AUSTRALIA IN 2024

  Award winning producer LPD Productions has declared there is “no day like today” as it announced the multi-Tony Award winning rock musical by Jonathan Larson, RENT, will embark on a national tour in 2024. The musical will commence in Brisbane in January 2024...

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Dear Evan Hansen to open in Sydney

Dear Evan Hansen to open in Sydney

SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY AND MICHAEL CASSEL GROUP PARTNER TO BRING DEAR EVAN HANSEN TO AUSTRALIA FOR THE FIRST TIME . A LETTER THAT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE READ LEADS TO A LIFE CHANGING LIE IN THE AWARD WINNING COMING-OF-AGE HIT SET TO PREMIERE IN SYDNEY IN 2024 . ....

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Melbourne Theatre Company’s 2024 season

Melbourne Theatre Company’s 2024 season

Melbourne Theatre Company Artistic Director & Co-CEO Anne-Louise Sarks today revealed the Company’s 2024 season. Season 2024, the second under Sarks’ artistic leadership, features 12 productions that offer brave works and daring performances, reflecting the...

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Miss Saigon coming to Adelaide

Miss Saigon coming to Adelaide

CAMERON MACKINTOSH in association with GWB ENTERTAINMENT   presents BOUBLIL & SCHÖNBERG’S   MISS SAIGON Coming to Adelaide, January 2024   GWB Entertainment have announced Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed new production of Boublil and Schönberg’s...

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Arts Centre Melbourne a hub for family fun this summer

Arts Centre Melbourne a hub for family fun this summer

Arts Centre Melbourne is set to become a hub for family fun this summer with an exciting program featuring symphonic acrobatics, roaming dinosaurs, head-bopping tunes, and magical plants under the Spire from 1 – 21 January 2024. In 2024 the much-loved Families Summer...

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BELVOIR UNVEILS PRODUCTIONS FOR 2024 SEASON

BELVOIR UNVEILS PRODUCTIONS FOR 2024 SEASON

Belvoir has announced the productions that will make up its next season; 2024 at Belvoir will see ten plays with something for everyone – from best-selling book adaptations, returns of incredible work, a 25A show being brought to the mainstage for the first time, a...

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REHEARSALS HAVE BEGUN FOR THE ALL NEW, ELECTRIFYING GREASE!

FINAL CAST MEMBERS REVEALED FOR GREASE

  Producers of the upcoming all-new and electrifying production of GREASE are delighted to reveal the final performers joining the gang at Rydell High. The production opens at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Melbourne on 31 December 2023 and Sydney’s Capitol Theatre from 24...

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More cast announced for A CHRISTMAS CAROL

More cast announced for A CHRISTMAS CAROL

GWB Entertainment announces further cast for A CHRISTMAS CAROL and FareShare as its charity partner for its highly anticipated 2023 Melbourne season GWB Entertainment today announced further cast for the triumphant return season of the Tony Award® winning production...

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TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL announces tour

TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL announces tour

The Smash Hit TINA - THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL Takes Australia by Storm and Announces Seasons in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne in 2024   “SIMPLY THE BEST”– Daily Telegraph “Electric”- The Guardian “An absolute joy”– The Australian “An exhilarating night...

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& JULIET coming to Sydney

& JULIET coming to Sydney

  After conquering Broadway, the West End and Melbourne, the global smash & JULIET will open at the Sydney Lyric Theatre on 27 February for a strictly limited season, to show you there’s life after Romeo! Starring Lorinda May Merrypor, Rob Mills, Casey...

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AMTA: training the next stars of the stage

AMTA: training the next stars of the stage

AUSTRALIA’S TOP MUSICAL THEATRE TALENT BAND TOGETHER TO FOSTER EMERGING PERFORMERS There’s a reason she’s become known in the media as a ‘musical theatre star-maker’. A leading lady of the theatre in her own right, Queenie van de Zandt is also the co-founder of the...

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Malthouse Theatre announces its 2024 season

Malthouse Theatre announces its 2024 season

Malthouse Theatre announces its 2024 season with eight works that explore and challenge the concepts of belief, fate and the rituals that bring us together today From the stage premiere of an award-winning Australian memoir about growing up the child of Black migrants...

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& JULIET coming to Sydney

& Juliet to open in Perth

  PERTH NAMED AS THE SECOND AUSTRALIAN CITY TO HEAR BROADWAY SMASH HIT & JULIET ROAR TICKETS ON SALE FROM 28 AUGUST FOR STRICTLY LIMITED SEASON AT CROWN THEATRE FROM DECEMBER . “HEART-BLOWING, TRANSFORMATIVE & IRRESISTIBLE” The Australian “TRIUMPHANT. THE...

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BEETLEJUICE to open in Melbourne!

BEETLEJUICE to open in Melbourne!

BROADWAY SMASH BEETLEJUICE TO GIVE MELBOURNE THE FRIGHT OF ITS LIFE IN 2025 EDDIE PERFECT’S STRANGE AND UNUSUAL MUSICAL TO MAKE ITS AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE   Australian theatre fans have chanted “Beetlejuice” three times and the most mischievous corpse in the history...

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Chicago cast announced

Chicago cast announced

  TICKETS ON SALE THIS WEEK AS THE SIZZLING STAR-STUDDED CAST ANNOUNCED FOR “THE SHARPEST, SLICKEST SHOW ON THE BLOCK”   A sizzling star-studded cast was announced today for the new Australian tour of one of Australia’s favourite musicals, CHICAGO. Tickets...

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WICKED ANNOUNCES $45 DIGITAL LOTTERY

WICKED ANNOUNCES $45 DIGITAL LOTTERY

    WICKED has announced a $45 digital Lottery for all performances at the Sydney Lyric Theatre from 25 August, in association with TodayTix.   Entries for the digital Lottery for the first week of performances are now open, and will close at 1.00pm AEST on...

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MORE CAST MEMBERS REVEALED FOR GREASE

MORE CAST MEMBERS REVEALED FOR GREASE

    Mackenzie Dunn, playing the role of Rizzo, and Brianna Bishop, in the role of Marty, are set to join the star-studded cast of GREASE, which opens at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Melbourne on 31 December.   Most recently seen in the lead role of Ella in the...

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Cast confirmed for Metaverse of Magic opening in Sydney next month

The world’s first interactive magic spectacular

Metaverse of Magic, a major new theatrical production combining spectacular magic, breathtaking illusions, stunning stagecraft and cutting-edge technology will tour across Australia from November 2023. Bringing together the most renowned magicians from around the...

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Sing-a-long Moulin Rouge! The Musical announced

Sing-a-long Moulin Rouge! The Musical announced

MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL RETURNS TO THE REGENT THEATRE NEXT MONTH AND A SPECTACULAR SING – A – LONG PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED. Moulin Rouge! The Musical will have its first performance of the Return Melbourne season on 20 August, 2023 when Baz Luhrmann’s...

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Final cast members announced for WICKED

Final cast members announced for WICKED

    The final cast members were announced today for the Broadway Blockbuster musical WICKED, which flies into Australia’s Emerald City at the Sydney Lyric from 25 August.   Rising star Zoe Coppinger will be the Elphaba Standby, the girl born with...

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