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.
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.
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's Season 2024, the second under Artistic Director & Co-CEO Anne-Louise Sarks artistic leadership, features 12 productions that offer w
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.
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’sThe Spare Room, and a new play Jumpby Theresa Borg.
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.
Hamilton will play a return engagement at the Sydney Lyric Theatre from July 2024.
Producers Jeffrey Seller and Michael Cassel have 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.
Hamilton made its Australian premiere at the Sydney Lyric Theatre on Wednesday 17 March, 2021 and was met with overwhelming audience and critical acclaim.
Sydney Theatre Company and Michael Cassel Group will present the Australian premiere of a brand-new production of the Broadway hit Dear Evan Hansen.
Beloved on Broadway for its deeply personal and profoundly contemporary take on life and the way we live it Dear Evan Hansen will premiere in Sydney in October 2024.
