The American Australian Association & Tectonic Theater Project present: The Laramie Project in Australia for the first time
The American Australian Association, in partnership with the US State Department, Tectonic Theater Project and the Matthew Shepard Foundation, is proud to commemorate International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia with a the first Australian staged...
THE BOOK OF MORMON TO RETURN TO SYDNEY IN 2025
“THE BEST MUSICAL OF THIS CENTURY. Heaven on Broadway! A celebration of that improbable paradise called a musical comedy.” THE NEW YORK TIMES Australia, the Mormons are back! The Tony®, Olivier® and Grammy® award-winning production THE BOOK OF MORMON...
ELEGIES – A SONG CYCLE TO STAR NADINE GARNER
ELEGIES A SONG CYCLE Starring Nadine Garner Song Cycle by William Finn Directed by Tyran Parke fortyfivedownstairs – 10 to 21 July The quirky and uplifting musical, Elegies – A Song Cycle by William Finn is coming to fortyfivedownstairs Melbourne. Today it was...
Dinner, theatre and disagreement – Darebin Arts Speakeasy presents Peacemongers by The People
Melbourne-based independent theatre company The People make experimental, personal, politically current, accessible and deeply moving performances that celebrate our collective humanity. The latest offering from this unconventional collective is a real-life attempt at...
Next Wave marks 40 years of supporting artists with All School Lab, 24 – 25 May
Next Wave celebrates 40 years of supporting early-career artists in 2024. Best known as a dynamic hub for bold, collaborative, and experimental art, Next Wave will mark its 40th anniversary with the All School Lab, a program of artist-led talks, performances and...
MIDNIGHT signs on with MTI and set to release cast album
Music Theatre International (MTI), the world’s largest licensing and stage rights holder for musicals, to commence licensing MIDNIGHT- The Cinderella Musical. MIDNIGHT The Cinderella Musical will now be available to schools, musical societies, pro-am and...
Last chance to see Groundhog Day!
LAST CHANCE TO JOIN THE 99,000 THEATREGOERS WHO HAVE LOVED GROUNDHOG DAY THE MUSICAL TIME AND TIME AGAIN The Australian production of Groundhog Day The Musical is now in its final week of performances before Punxsutawney Phil must leave Melbourne. With...
The Audition – Finding refuge in Australia can be challenging
Outer Urban Projects return its critically acclaimed theatre work, The Audition, with a Melbourne-metro tour to La Mama Courthouse, Bunjil Place and Bowery Theatre in May and June 2024. Inspired by two young Iranian immigrant artists Milad Norouzi and Sahra Davoudi,...
2024 MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED!
Today, on the steps of the Melbourne Town Hall the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award nominees for Most Outstanding Show and Best Newcomer were announced. The biggest Festival yet – with more than 800 performers over 650 shows and more than 7,800...
Patrick Whitbread starring in West Side Story on Sydney Harbour
Opera Australia’s smash-hit musical West Side Story on Sydney Harbour opened to a full house when it returned to the open-air stage at Mrs Macquaries Point on Friday 22 March. There was a buzz in the air as the glamorous, star-studded audience descended on the...
The Woman in Black Comes to Sydney
PW Productions, Woodward Productions and Neil Gooding Productions today announced that a Sydney season has been added to the national tour of The Woman in Black. Sydney audiences will now have the opportunity to witness the most terrifying live theatre experience in...
Melbourne Opera presents Lucia di Lammermoor
Award-winning Greek-Australian soprano Elena Xanthoudakis extends her bel canto repertoire by taking on the starring role in Lucia di Lammermoor, directed by one of Australia’s most accomplished opera directors Suzanne Chaundy. This new production of Donizetti’s...
Chicago heads to Canberra
“THE SHARPEST, SLICKEST SHOW ON THE BLOCK” HEADS TO CANBERRA Australia’s leading theatre producer John Frost for Crossroads Live today announced that the acclaimed production of one of Australia’s favourite musicals, CHICAGO, will open in Canberra in September...
Sarah Snook and Marg Howell win Olivier Awards
SARAH SNOOK NAMED BEST ACTRESS MARG HORWELL WINS BEST COSTUME DESIGN AT 2024 OLIVIER AWARDS Snook plays 26 characters in dazzling adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s renowned novel Adapted and directed by Sydney Theatre Company’s Artistic Director Kip Williams...
Casey Donovan to star in Sister Act
HALLELUJAH! CASEY DONOVAN CONFIRMED TO STAR AS DELORIS VAN CARTIER IN SISTER ACT ★★★★★ ‘The most feel-good show of the year’ - The Sun, UK Praise be! In the biggest role of her career to date, Casey Donovan has been confirmed to lead the cast of...
Welcome to The Glitterati: Geelong Arts Centre’s new membership program
Designed to elevate the entertainment experience by adding an extra spark when visiting Geelong Arts Centre, The Glitterati membership packages welcomes entertainment seekers to the show within the show with a host of insider benefits that ensures members stand out...
STC Artistic Director Kip Williams to step down at the end of 2024
Sydney Theatre Company Artistic Director Kip Williams today announced that, after an extraordinary 13 years with the Company and eight as Artistic Director, he will launch his eighth and final program in September before stepping down at the end of the year. Following...
Ghosts at Theatre Works
This Winter, Theatre Works invites audiences to dive into the hauntingly beautiful world of Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts. A scathing commentary on 19th-century morality, when first staged in 1882 Ghosts was bitterly criticised and attacked for the taboo topics it spotlit. In...
SLEEPLESS MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL comes to Footscray this May
Independent music and arts festival SLEEPLESS FESTIVAL is set to take over Melbourne’s inner west this May with a vibrant showcase of music, performance and art and installation. SLEEPLESS’ 2024 festival will build on its success in 2023 by celebrating the depth of...
Cast members announced for Ride The Cyclone
Hayes Theatre Co have announced an exceptional cast for their Australian premiere of the viral musical sensation Ride The Cyclone. This striking and critically acclaimed musical blends comedy and tragedy, inspiring millions of views on TikTok and becoming a social...
THE LIBRAR(IAN) at The Butterfly Club.
WELCOME TO IAN’S WORLD INSIDE A LIBRARY. Ian loves to work in the library. He gets to meet new people every day and he's very good at Children’s Storytime. Ian dreams of being on PlaySchool. Noni and Simon are his heroes. Journey through a day in the life as Ian...
MALTHOUSE THEATRE: HOMO PENTECOSTUS
In a world premiere, Malthouse audiences are invited to embark on an odyssey of self-discovery and liberation with Homo Pentecostus. Actor, dancer, and writer Joel Bray unveils an intimate exploration of his secret queer identity within the confines of a 1990s...
HE – First bilingual season at Theatre Works
A man returns to his childhood home, a small coastal town in post-civil war El Salvador— a place he swore to the ocean he’d never set foot in again. HE is a coming-of-age tragedy about the treacherous waters of masculinity, homophobia, and love. About dad, the war,...
CLOC presents Billy Elliot
Be Electrified by The Boy Who Wants to Dance From the bleak, muggy streets of northern England to the bright stage lights of a London ballet stage comes Billy Elliot, which tells the story of a boy’s struggle for the right to express himself through...
2024 Green Room Award Winners Announced
Victoria’s theatre industry came together at the Comedy Theatre last night for the 41st Green Room Awards. The event was also live streamed via the Australian Digital Concert Hall. The star-studded line-up of performers included Courtney Monsma and Zoe...
Circus spectacular Humans 2.0 enchants at Geelong Arts Centre
Spellbinding circus lands on The Story House stage from April 23 – 24 at Humans 2.0 by Circa. A symphony of acrobatics, sound and light, this is next level circus by Circa. Ten bodies appear in a flash of light. They move in harmony for a fleeting moment and then...
John Bell presents ‘A Musical Tempest’ with Sydney Symphony
This May, John Bell will be joining forces with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra to perform A Musical Tempest). Shakespeare’s plays have inspired composers for centuries, and none more so than The Tempest. A raging storm, a shipwreck, a usurping duke and an...
Indian Performing Arts Convention to delight the senses with world-class musicians and dancers
The Indian Performing Arts Convention (IPAC) returns to Melbourne from 18 – 26 May for a celebration of Carnatic music and Bharatanatyam dance. Audiences can expect breathtaking performances, collaborations and insightful talks by acclaimed musicians and dancers from...
PICA Presents Season 2 Djeran/Makuru Program
The Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) is thrilled to present its first-ever season dedicated to performance. PICA’s Season 2 Djeran/Makuru program will bring music, movement and legacy into the gallery, with new and revisited live works woven throughout the...
Full Cast Announcement – ROOTLESS COSMOPOLITANS
Theatre veteran Anton Berezin will be joined by renowned screen and stage actors, Emily Joy, Seon Williams and the legendary Babs McMillan for the world-premiere season at Chapel off Chapel from 15th May - 2nd June 2024. The play centres around esteemed artistic...
Pantomime celebrates 10 years with Snow White
PANTOMIME IN AUSTRALIA CELEBRATES 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH BONNIE LYTHGOE’S SNOW WHITE STARRING DEBORA KRIZAK as the ‘Wicked Queen’ IN EXCLUSIVE PARRAMATTA SEASON AT RIVERSIDE THEATRES FROM 7 SEPTEMBER 2024 TICKETS NOW ON SALE After five years, the...
RISING 2024 program announcement
RISING launches with a mammoth line-up of new music, art and performance, RISING in 2024 will take over Melbourne / Naarm this June with 105 events, more than 480 artists, 23 new commissions, 6 world premieres, and 8 Australian premieres, set to take the city as a...
Allan Raskall to make stage debut
CLUB VEGAS THE SPECTACLE TO FEATURE THE STAGE DEBUT OF ALLAN RASKALL . The producers of CLUB VEGAS THE SPECTACLE announced today that they have secured the services of Nine News entertainment reporter Allan Raskall for the return Melbourne season at the...
Patti LuPone to tour Australia
BROADWAY LEGEND PATTI LUPONE TO BRING NEW CONCERT TO AUSTRALIA A LIFE IN NOTES TO FEATURE SONGS THAT INFLUENCED LUPONE THROUGHOUT HER LIFE Three-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone will bring her new concert A LIFE IN NOTES to Australia this winter,...
MTC – Night of The Almighty Sometimes
Film, TV and stage icon Nadine Garner (ABC’s Savage River) and Max McKenna (Muriel’s Wedding the Musical) star in this multi-award-winning family drama. When 18-year-old Anna stumbles upon stories she wrote as a child she discovers a thrilling but unfamiliar...
MPAC Presents Victorian Premiere of Hold Me Closer Tony Danza by The Farm
Queensland-based dance company The Farm will bring their bold, brash, and deeply seductive show Hold Me Closer Tony Danza to Monash Performing Arts Centres (MPAC) for four shows from 1 – 3 May. Commissioned by MPAC and making its Victorian premiere, Hold Me Closer...
HAMILTON Cast Announced
2024 AUSTRALIAN HAMILTON CAST SET TO BLOW US ALL AWAY Producers Jeffrey Seller and Michael Cassel today reveal the cast of the highly anticipated return season of the Tony, Grammy, Olivier and Pulitzer Prize winning musical HAMILTON. Making their...
Asylum: a timely new play opens 3 May in Sydney
Inspired by the tragedy of statelessness, Asylum explores the forces at play in the choices people make when the clear priority is to save their family. Set against the backdrop of large scale migration, this play examines the personal stories of Hajir, a young...
Join the cast of West Side Story!
Unique opportunity to join the cast of West Side Story in first musical walk-on role Opera Australia is offering musical theatre fans the experience of a lifetime, with a limited number of walk-on roles now on sale for the up-coming season of smash-hit musical...
Sydney Comedy Festival – Urvi Majumdar
Urvi Majumdar – Enmore Theatre Thursday 9 May – Sunday 12 May https://www.sydneycomedyfest.com.au/event/urvi-majumdar-burnt-2/ How would you describe the show to someone who knows very little about it? ‘Burnt’ is collection of funny and bizarre stories from two of the...
NEW PLAY BY SAMUEL D. HUNTER (‘THE WHALE’) PREMIERES AT RED STITCH NEXT MONTH
Winner of the 2022 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play and named one of the best plays of 2022 by The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Vulture, and Time Out New York; A Case For The Existence Of God by Samuel D. Hunter (The Whale) is set to open at...
New Australian comedy Share House: The Musical to premiere at Arts Centre Melbourne
Multi-award winning singer, songwriter and comedian Jude Perl presents the premiere of Share House: The Musical at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Fairfax Studio for a limited season from 16 – 19 May 2024. Featuring a 15-piece orchestra, the comedy-musical is based on Perl’s...
Writer behind film The Whale brings new stage production to Australia for premiere
Winner! 2022 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, ‘Best Play’ Acclaimed Seymour Centre favourites, Outhouse Theatre Co (Consent, Ulster American) returns with an Australian premiere from one of America’s most celebrated contemporary playwrights. In a hostile and...
FULL CAST ANNOUNCED FOR THE ODD COUPLE
Producer John Frost for Crossroads Live today announced the full cast for Neil Simon’s Tony Award-winning comedy The Odd Couple, which plays at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre from May and Theatre Royal Sydney from June. New tickets go on sale this week due to...
PAW Patrol Live! Announces 2024 Australian Tour Dates
PAW Patrol™ Live! “Race to the Rescue” Announces 2024 Australian Tour Dates Nickelodeon, VStar Entertainment Group, and TEG Life Like Touring present PAW Patrol™ Live! “Race to the Rescue,” an action-packed, music-filled production. The PAW Patrol are on a roll,...
SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL FINAL LINEUP ANNOUNCED
The Sydney Comedy Festival is thrilled to announce the full 2024 line-up, its biggest program ever with more than 750 artists gearing up to flood the city with laughs and more than 315 shows on from 22nd April to 19th May. Adding to the ranks of Aussie comedy...
Theatreworks – Things I Know to be True
Bob and Fran have worked for thirty years to build a home and raise a family. Now that the children have grown and moved out, it’s their time to sit back and smell the roses. But as the seasons pass over the course of a year, each of their four children return to...
Australian premiere of The Grinning Man
Alex Theatre St Kilda celebrates 10 Years with the Australian premiere of the West End hit The Grinning Man ★★★★ "The greatest freakshow in town" The Guardian "This fanciful musical adaptation of The Man Who Laughs...mixes the comical, the grim and the...
Cast announced for The Turn of the Screw
Craig Baldwin in association with Hayes Theatre Co has announced some of the stellar cast for the upcoming chamber opera The Turn of the Screw which opens in August. For the first time ever, opera fills the intimate Hayes space with Benjamin Britten’s...
Cast Announced for 2024 Tour of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap
The stellar cast for the 2024 tour of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap has been announced today by producers John Frost for Crossroads Live and Shake & Stir Theatre Co. The acclaimed murder mystery will tour throughout New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland,...
Sydney Comedy Festival – Alexandra Hudson
Alexandra believes that if society thinks of her as a lemon, she may as well use them to make herself some sweet lemonade. Alexandra explores her experiences as a disabled woman and challenges the misconceptions held about her. How would you describe the show to...
SISTER ACT TICKETS ON SALE THIS WEEK
HALLELUJAH! ★★★★★ ‘The most feel-good show of the year’ - The Sun, UK Tickets for the eagerly anticipated Australian premiere of Sister Act go on sale to the general public this Thursday 29 February at 9:00am for the Sydney and Melbourne seasons of this...
A fan-favourite street party and supercharged urban circus headline autumn holidays at Arts Centre Melbourne
The hits keep coming with Guru Dudu Silent Disco and 360 ALLSTARS offering incredible family fun from April to May, 2024 at Arts Centre Melbourne. Guru Dudu return with their joyous Silent Disco Walking Tours during the Autumn school holidays with an action-packed...
ROOTLESS COSMOPOLITANS at Chapel off Chapel
Monstrous Theatre have just announced the world premiere of celebrated Australian playwright Ron Elisha’s dangerous comedy ROOTLESS COSMOPOLITANS. It will be directed by Suzanne Heywood and performed at Chapel off Chapel from 15thMay - 2ndJune 2024. This timely and...
PETE HELLIAR joins cast of Rocky Horror
AUSTRALIA’S FAVOURITE COMEDY LEGEND PETE HELLIAR JOINS DYLAN ALCOTT BOTH STARRING AS THE NARRATOR IN THE LEGENDARY ROCKY HORROR SHOW WITH JASON DONOVAN THEATRE ROYAL SYDNEY DYLAN ALCOTT MARCH 31 – APRIL 17 PETE HELLIAR APRIL 18 – MAY 5 ”A good excuse to...
NEW PLAY ‘THE EXACT DIMENSIONS OF HELL’ TO PREMIERE AT FORTYFIVEDOWNSTAIRS
“They told me I can’t see you again. Because you’re a pseudo-therapist, no evidence for what you do. A total fraud.” Premiering this April, Mackey, Darling & Collaborators bring The Exact Dimensions Of Hell to Melbourne’s iconic Fortyfivedownstairs theatre, a bold...
Comedy legend Maria Bamford announces 2024 Australian Tour
New York Times best-selling author, actor and multi-award winning comedian Maria Bamford will be bringing her beloved brand of stand up to Australia for a national tour this July! Bamford’s unique comedy style and sharp observations on family dynamics and human...
Anthony Street, Acclaimed Illusionist Delivers Mind-Bending Tricks & Breath-Taking Illusions in the Premiere of Spellbound
Base Entertainment will premiere “Spellbound” starring acclaimed illusionist Anthony Street kicking off in April and then touring the country. This is a night of mind-bending tricks, breath-taking illusions, and a dash of theatrical flair. This captivating stage show...
CLUB VEGAS THE SPECTACLE returns to Melbourne
After dazzling audiences & critics alike last September, CLUB VEGAS THE SPECTACLE returns to the Athenaeum Theatre for a week-long season from Wednesday 29th May 2024. Joining the production will be one of musical theatre’s most loved performers Rachael...
AUSTRALIAN MUSICAL THEATRE FESTIVAL returns
AUSTRALIAN MUSICAL THEATRE FESTIVAL LAUNCESTON, TASMANIA 15 – 19 MAY 2024 John Bucchino, Josh Piterman, Patrice Tipoki, Kerrie Anne Greenland, Queenie van de Zandt, Tyran Parke, Natalie Gamsu, Nicole Farrow, Samantha Hammersley and more… 2024 is the...
A Midsummer Night’s Dream under the Sydney Stars
Australian Shakespeare Company director Glenn Elston OAM is delighted to announce that the jewel in Shakespeare’s comedy crown, A Midsummer Night’s Dream will be coming to Sydney! After receiving rave reviews from London’s Kew Gardens’ season in 2021, this production...
Sydney Comedy Festival excited to announce latest acts
The Sydney Comedy Festival is excited to announce another round of brilliant comedians joining it’s massive 2024 line-up, with comicsfrom Australia and across the globe gearing up to spread laughter across the city from 22nd April to 19th May. Adding to the...
PATTI NEWTON TO REMAIN WITH GREASE
PATTI NEWTON TO REMAIN WITH GREASE CAST TOURING TO SYDNEY AND PERTH CRITICS AND AUDIENCES ALIKE ARE LOVING THIS BRAND-NEW PRODUCTION THAT IS TRULY ELECTRIFYING! The much-loved Patti Newton has confirmed that she will be continuing with her role of Miss Lynch in the...
The critically acclaimed Trophy Boys is coming to Arts Centre Melbourne
Following sold out seasons and rave reviews, Trophy Boys - a queer black comedy and drag extravaganza set at a high school debating tournament, makes its Arts Centre Melbourne debut at the Fairfax Studio from 16-21 July. It is the biggest night of Melbourne’s academic...
Simon Burke to play the Wizard in Melbourne
It was announced today that award-winning actor Simon Burke AO will be playing the role of the Wizard during the Melbourne season of the spectacular musical WICKED. After nearly three years playing Harold Zidler, the owner and host of the Moulin Rouge cabaret...
SISTER ACT TO TOUR TO SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE
MAJOR MUSICAL ANNOUNCEMENT HALLELUJAH! SISTER ACT TO TOUR TO SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE ★★★★★ ‘The most feel-good show of the year’ - The Sun, UK Praise be! The habit is coming to Australia. John Frost for Crossroads Live is delighted to announce the arrival of the...
STC: RBG: Of Many, One – Season extended due to overwhelming demand
Sydney Theatre Company’s Sydney season of critically acclaimed RBG: Of Many, One has today been extended by a full-week of performances, due to overwhelming demand. Heather Mitchell reprises her role as Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Suzie Miller’s RBG: Of Many, One in an...
$20 Wicked tickets!
WICKED FANS REJOICE! PREVIEW PERFORMANCE ADDED ON 2 MARCH WITH ALL SEATS AT $20 An additional preview was announced today for the upcoming Melbourne season of the spectacular musical WICKED, on Saturday 2 March at 7:30pm at the Regent Theatre. This will be the...
SUNSET BOULEVARD full cast announced
FULL CAST CONFIRMED TO JOIN SUPERSTAR SARAH BRIGHTMAN IN LAVISH NEW PRODUCTION OF MUSICAL MASTERPIECE SUNSET BOULEVARD PRINCESS THEATRE MELBOURNE MAY 2024 SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE AUGUST 2024 A lavish new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award winning musical...
RENT opens in Brisbane
The multi-Tony Award winning rock musical by Jonathan Larson, RENT, officially opens tonight in Brisbane, kickstarting its Australian tour. This unique and revolutionary musical opens at the Playhouse, QPAC tonight followed by limited seasons in Melbourne,...
2023 SYDNEY THEATRE AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
The winners of the 2023 Sydney Theatre Awards were announced tonight at a star-studded ceremony, with 30 Awards presented, shared between 15 productions which played on Sydney stages during 2023. Almost 500 members of the Sydney theatre community gathered at the...
World Premiere of The Grandparents Club
NEW AUSTRALIAN COMEDY MUSICAL CELEBRATING GRANDPARENTHOOD ANNOUNCES WORLD PREMIERE A brand-new, original Australian musical comedy celebrating the wonderful world of grandparenting, The Grandparents Club will make its world premiere in May 2024, before touring...
Groundhog Day The Musical opens to sold out previews
Hilarious and heartwarming hit production Groundhog Day The Musical commences sold-out preview performances this week The Australian company of GWB Entertainment’s Groundhog Day The Musical will welcome their first audiences this week at Melbourne’s Princess...
John Waters and Daniel MacPherson: THE WOMAN IN BLACK
The most terrifying live theatre experience in the world is returning to Australia this year. The Woman in Black, described by The Guardian as “A Masterpiece” and by the Daily Telegraph (UK) as “The most brilliantly effective spine chiller you will ever...
RED STITCH REVEALS 2024 SEASON
The ensemble-led Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre has last week revealed its 2024 season, marking another notable year ahead for the big little theatre. The suite of six plays includes four Australian premieres and two returning productions back by popular demand. Kicking...
Theatre Works 2024
Theatre Works is thrilled to announce its 2024 season, an extensive and vibrant lineup featuring over 40 productions that underscore the richness of Australian theatre. This year's programme is a testament to Theatre Works' commitment to championing independent...
DYLAN ALCOTT AO TO STAR AS THE NARRATOR IN THE LEGENDARY ROCKY HORROR SHOW IN SYDNEY 2024
After triumphant seasons in 2023, and due to phenomenal demand, the 50th Anniversary world tour continues its global celebrations in honour of iconic Rock ‘N’ Roll musical The Rocky Horror Show in 2024. This new Australian production will return to Theatre Royal...
Extraordinary experiences await in Geelong Arts Centre’s SEASON 2024.
Geelong Arts Centre is thrilled to reveal SEASON 2024; promising extraordinary experiences through the world of the arts, with something for everyone. Having proudly unveiled our remarkable $140 million Little Malop Street redevelopment in August 2023, SEASON 2024...
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...
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....
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...
SHANE JACOBSON AND TODD McKENNEY STAR IN NEIL SIMON’S THE ODD COUPLE
Shane Jacobson and Todd McKenney are the archetypal odd couple, as different as chalk and cheese, but best mates and constant collaborators. Since they met on the Channel 7 TV series The Real Full Monty several years ago, the friends have worked together on TV in...
TONY AWARD WINNING PRODUCTION PETER AND THE STARCATCHER TO PREMIERE IN AUSTRALIA FROM 2024
Peter and the Starcatcher, the smash hit Broadway production and winner of 5 Tony Awards, will have its Australian Premiere, touring nationally from 2024. Originally developed by Disney Theatrical Group, written by Rick Elice (Jersey Boys, Adams Family), with music...
New Brisbane and Melbourne Performances On Sale of Smash-Hit Musical RENT
Due to huge demand, new performances are on sale this week for the Brisbane and Melbourne seasons of the multi-Tony Award winning rock musical by Jonathan Larson, with pre-sales from today and GP sales from Thursday 7 December. The strictly limited Brisbane season...
Tony Award Winning Musical, Parade Announced for Sydney
A true story about an unsolved murder that divided a nation, Jason Robert Brown’s Tony Award-winning musical, Parade is coming to Sydney in May 2024, following the Broadway Revival in 2023, and a sell-out season in Melbourne. Tickets go on sale on tomorrow at 10am...
REHEARSALS HAVE BEGUN FOR THE ALL NEW, ELECTRIFYING GREASE!
Rehearsals have begun for the brand-new multi-million dollar stage production of GREASE, which opens in Melbourne from 31 December, Sydney from 24 March 2024 and in Perth from 30 June. Tickets go on sale today for the Perth season, as well as new seats on sale for...
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...
Spectacular Delightful Days & Matinees program returns to Geelong Arts Centre in 2024
The Geelong Arts Centre is gearing up to paint the town with a burst of daytime entertainment as it unveils the eagerly awaited return of the beloved Delightful Days & Matinees program in 2024. Bursting with performances from some of Australia’s most cherished...
Sydney Comedy Festival announces latest lineup for 2024
The Sydney Comedy Festival is thrilled to announce additions to its brilliant line-up as it prepares to take over Sydney from 22nd April to 19th May next year. Joining Luke Heggie, Swamplesque and Tom Gleeson, is fellow Taskmaster comics Tom Cashman and Nina Oyama,...
Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap to tour Australia in 2024
After a sold-out capital city tour in 2022-23 to celebrate its 70th birthday, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap will embark on a further tour across Australia in 2024. Produced by John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia and Shake & Stir Theatre Co, the acclaimed...
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...
Tickets on Sale Now: Elvis A Musical Revolution National Tour
Australia is all shook up about the smash hit stage experience, Elvis: A Musical Revolution, with a return season at Sydney’s State Theatre from 4 February 2024, followed by a national tour to Adelaide, Perth and Gold Coast. Penned by acclaimed international writers,...
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...
JOEL CREASEY READY TO PARTY IN THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW IN MELBOURNE AS THE NARRATOR!
After triumphant seasons in 2023, and due to phenomenal demand, the 50th Anniversary world tour continues its global celebrations in honour of iconic Rock ‘N’ Roll musical The Rocky Horror Show in 2024. This new Australian production will return to Melbourne’s...
Broadway superstar Audra McDonald to tour Australia in 2024
Audra McDonald, international singing phenomenon, Broadway superstar, television and film star, will be heading to Australia in May 2024, performing concerts in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Audra said today, “I’m delighted to return to Australia,...
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...
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....
The 2024 line-up of Arts Centre Melbourne’s Morning Melodies has been announced
Arts Centre Melbourne’s beloved annual daytime performance program, Morning Melodies is set to return in 2024 with a spectacular line-up including Lucy Durack, Rohan Browne, The Australian Ballet School, Orchestra Victoria and more. Between February and December next...
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...
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....