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Nominees for the 2024 Green Room Awards

Image: The Crocodile. Photographer: Jack Dixon-Gunn 

The Green Room Awards Association is thrilled to announce the nominees for the 41st Annual Green Room Awards, set to take place on Monday 8th April 2024, at the Comedy Theatre, Melbourne.

The Green Room Awards Association looks forward to honouring the outstanding achievements of all nominees and the enduring impact they have on enriching Melbourne's cultural landscape.

36th Annual Matilda Awards Announce 2023 Winners

Queensland’s premier theatre awards have announced this year’s winners of the 36th annual Matilda Awards, following an awards ceremony at the Brisbane Powerhouse on Monday 26th February, 2024.    

The shortlist of nominees contested across 20 categories, recognising the work of a range of Queensland theatre makers, from emerging to established artists, mainstage and independent productions, new Australian work, and expertise in design. 

Hugh Jackman’s First Drama Class.

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The future Australian superstar seemed destined to become a journalist, but something happened when he enrolled in a performance subject whilst he was studying at university. In this Stage Whispers exclusive, Sara Lander recounts the moment when everyone in the room realised that Hugh Jackman was something special.

Hopelessly Devoted to Grease.

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Slicker and sexier than ever is the promise.

Queensland Theatre 2024 Season

Queensland Theatre’s 2024 features seven plays taking centre stage, including the world premiere of Round The Twist The Musical.

Artistic Director Lee Lewis says the 2024 line-up has some of the greatest theatrical experiences imaginable by the best of the best in Australian theatre.

Seymour Centre 2024 Season

The Seymour Centre's 2024 season features five productions presented in partnership with some of Sydney’s most ambitious independent theatre companies.

Opening the year in April, Outhouse Theatre Co. returns with the Australian premiere of A Case for the Existence of God by Samuel D. Hunter (The Whale). Awarded Best Play in 2022 by New York Drama Critic’s Circle, it is an exploration of empathy that investigates the connection between two very different men, both experiencing a hostile and divided world.

Melbourne Theatre Company Season 2024

Melbourne Theatre Company's Season 2024, the second under Artistic Director & Co-CEO Anne-Louise Sarks artistic leadership, features 12 productions that offer w

Nominations Announced For 2023 Matilda Awards

Placing Queensland theatre centre stage, the 36th annual Matilda Awards will be held at Brisbane Powerhouse on 26th February, 2024

This year’s nominees celebrate outstanding actors, composers, designers, directors from across the Sunshine State, with 62 creatives and 35 shows nominated across the board.

Melbourne Workshop in February To Develop Harry Chapin Musical Short Stories

Monstrous Theatre has announced the first development workshop for Short Stories, a new musical with book by British screenwriter, Mike Bullen, and music from the back-catalogue of the late, great, American singer-songwriter Harry Chapin.

This will be the third new work Monstrous Theatre has workshopped in the past 12 months, following on from an adaptation of Helen Garner’s The Spare Room, and a new play Jump by Theresa Borg.

2023 Sydney Theatre Award Winners Announced

Image: The Visitors. Photographer: Daniel Boud.

The winners of the 2023 Sydney Theatre Awards were announced tonight (Jan 29, 2024) 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 York Theatre, Seymour Centre to celebrate.

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