An all-Australian cast has been announced for the 2023 national tour of rock drama Rolling Thunder Vietnam. The ensemble comprises Brittanie Shipway, Tom Oliver, Christian Charisiou, Jerrod Smith, Imogen Moore and Sam Richardson.
The national tour plays Gold Coast, Toowoomba, Brisbane, Maryborough, Caloundra, Wollongong, Western Sydney, Newcastle, Perth, Adelaide, Sydney, Bendigo, Frankston and Melbourne.
Hugh Sheridan will star as Jonathan Larson in the off-Broadway musical rock musical tick, tick…BOOM!, the autobiographical musical by the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning composer of Rent, Jonathan Larson, which will play at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre from 1 -12, February 2023 before a limited season at QPAC’s Playhouse in Brisbane from March 1 to 5, and Sydney's Lyric Theatre from April 20 - 23.
Image: Mozart and Constanze. Photographer: Daniel Boud.
Full casting has been announced for the new production of Peter Shaffer’s Tony and Academy Award®-winning Amadeus, which will be staged in the Sydney Opera House’s newly transformed Concert Hall from 27 December, 2022 – 21 January, 2023.
The Walt Disney Company has announced the two performers that have been cast in the lead roles of Belle and the Beast when the new production of Beauty and the Beast makes its Australian premiere at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre in June 2023.
Shubshri Kandiah (Belle) and Brendan Xavier (Beast) will bring the iconic roles to life in this new production from the producers of Frozen, Aladdin, The Lion King and Mary Poppins.
A home-grown comedy The Italians by Danny Ball is on stage at Belvoir’s Downstairs Theatre from October 23 until November 6, 2022.
The play’s central character is Joe, who runs a successful business, has a handsome boyfriend and wealthy future in-laws. But after clawing his way out of the working class, his plans take a nasty turn when his estranged cousin quickly visits and exposes an enormous family secret.
Who doesn’t love a good rom-com? Musical theatre leading lady Lucy Durack is taking her passion for the genre around Australia this November in a concert tour called Lucy Durack’s ROM-COMCERT. She shared some secrets about romance, music and dating with David Spicer.
What’s your favourite rom-com?
Sleepless in Seattle, followed very closely by When Harry Met Sally. These are also my two favourite films of any genre.
Opera Queensland has announced its 2023 program, including three mainstage seasons at QPAC, a new regional production celebrating the Queensland songbook, a return of the Studio Series and the Festival of Outback Opera.
Minister for the Arts Leeanne Enoch said Opera Queensland’s 2023 program would deliver high-quality arts and cultural experiences for audiences across Queensland.
Following seasons of Ate Lovia and The Marriage Agency, kwento ends the year fight a striking new contemporary play - One Hour No Oil which follows the relationship that develops between a FIFO coal miner, and a male masseuse. Interrogating masculinity, mental health and the intersections of cultural responses to these issues, One Hour No Oil is a new work that has been closed to four years in the making.
Sydney Festival, which returns across 25 days from 5-29 January 2023, has announced its program.
Playing host to its largest lineup of international artists since 2019, the second program from Artistic Director Olivia Ansell features 18 World Premieres and 14 Australian Exclusives from across a full program of over 100 unique events – 26 of which will be free – featuring 748 performances traversing 54 venues.
