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The Marvellous Elephant Man the Musical for Sydney Fringe

The cast for the Sydney-debut of The Marvellous Elephant Man the Musical at the 2023 Sydney Fringe Festival has been announced. The production plays at the Sydney Spiegeltent, in the Spiegeltent Festival Gardens (Entertainment Quarter at Moore Park) from September 1st to October 1st.

Disney's Winnie the Pooh Touring Australia

The Broadway and West End sensation has arrived in Australia! See Disney’s iconic Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin and their best friends Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit, and Owl (oh… and don’t forget Tigger too!) in a beautifully crafted musical stage adaptation featuring stunning life-size puppetry.

Final Wicked Cast Members Announced

The final cast members have been announced for WICKED, which flies into Australia’s Emerald City at the Sydney Lyric from 25 August.

STAGE WHISPERS MAGAZINE: JULY AUGUST 2023 EDITION OUT NOW!!!

IN THIS EDITION

 

Elvis is in the Building

Playing ‘The King’ and telling his comeback story on stage

Bananaland, Bloom and The Dismissal

Kids entertainers, a constitutional crisis and aged care homes inspire new Aussie musicals

Adapted for the Stage by …

Top Australian novels taking to our stages

Chicago Returns

Murder, greed, corruption, exploitation, adultery, treachery … and All That Jazz … so begins the international multi-award-winning musical, Chicago, returning to Australia in November.

Chicago will play at Crown Theatre, Perth from November, the Lyric Theatre QPAC from January 2024 and at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne from March 2024.

Midnight: The Cinderella Musical

Photographer: Pia Johnson.

Be Our Guest

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast was the company’s first blockbuster film to musical adaptation in the 1990s.

The Dismissal Announces Full Cast

Award-winning music theatre powerhouse Squabbalogic is pleased to announce the full cast for the brand-new, original Australian musical The Dismissal, which will be making its world premiere from 26th August 2023 at Sydney’s Seymour Centre.

The Dismissal is conceived and directed by Jay James-Moody, with a book by Blake Erickson & Jay James-Moody, and music and lyrics by Laura Murphy.

Grease Casting

Several of the leading cast members have been announced for the new production of Grease, set to open in Melbourne from 31 December 2023 and in Sydney from March 2024. 

Elvis: A Musical Revolution - Cast and Creatives Announced

David Venn Enterprises (Cruel Intentions: The ‘90s Musical, The Wedding Singer, Bring It On: The Musical) has announced the cast and creative team for the professional premiere of Elvis: A Musical Revolution.

Elvis: A Musical Revolution is a new bio-musical exploring the extraordinary life of award-winning cultural icon and rock ‘n’ roll superstar, Elvis Presley, authorised by Elvis Presley Enterprises.

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