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Sunset Boulevard To Star Sarah Brightman

A brand-new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award winning musical Sunset Boulevard will premiere in Melbourne in May 2024 at the Princess Theatre followed by a season at the Sydney Opera House in August. This newly imagined revival will mark Sunset Boulevard’s first return to Australia in almost twenty years.

Making her global debut in the role, Sarah Brightman will star as Norma Desmond in what marks her first theatrical role in more than three decades.

Melbourne Season Announced for WICKED

The producers of WICKED have announced that the musical will fly into the Regent Theatre, Melbourne in March 2024. Waitlist now to be first in line to buy tickets for the Melbourne season at Wickedthemusical.com.au when tickets go on pre-sale from 16 October. Tickets for the general public are on sale from 20 October.

Theatre Producer Charged

The identity of the prominent Brisbane theatre producer charged with sex offences has been confirmed as Timothy Noel O’Connor- who headed up the now collapsed Harvest Rain group of companies and training schools.

The 42-year-old is facing dozens of charges involving eight alleged victims, including rape, attempted rape, sexual assault, indecent treatment of a child, recordings in breach of privacy, fraud, common assault and indecent acts that spanned 20 years.

The alleged victims were aged between 12 and 29.

Groundhog Day for Melbourne in 2024

Groundhog Day The Musical will have its Australian premiere at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne, playing a limited season from January 24, 2024, the show's producers GWB Entertainment have announced.

The musical, based on the 1993 film, comes from the creatives behind Matilda The Musical (on stage and film), telling the story of a man trapped inside one day on repeat.

Nominees Announced for Performing Arts WA Awards

The Performing Arts WA Awards are returning, with more awards and a move to the Heath Ledger Theatre.

Griffin Theatre Company Season 2024

Griffin Theatre Company has unveiled its 2024 Season — including the monumental production of Louis Nowra’s The Lewis Trilogy, marking the final production to be staged at the SBW Stables Theatre before it undergoes major redevelopment works.

Hayes Theatre Co Season 2024

The Hayes Theatre Company, under the artistic direction of Richard Carroll and Victoria Falconer, is celebrating its 10th Birthday in 2024, with its first full year subscription season since 2019.

Bell Shakespeare 2024 Season

Image: Robert Menzies as King Lear. Photo by Pierre Toussaint

Beauty and the Beast for Brisbane and Melbourne

Brisbane and Melbourne audiences will experience the romance of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast when the much-anticipated respective seasons of the hit musical opens in Brisbane in February 2024 and Melbourne in June 2024.  The last time Beauty and the Beast played for Melbourne audiences was nearly three decades ago, when it premiered in 1995. This will be the first time the show has ever played in Brisbane!

Brisbane Music Festival 2023

Image: Alex Raineri (Nick Morrissey Photography).

A preview of this year’s Brisbane Music Festival, coming soon to FourthWall Arts, Brisbane City, from 23 October 2023

The sixth Brisbane Music Festival is currently preparing to open in a brand new, independent and intimate performing space in Brisbane – with Part 1 from 23 to 29 October and Part 2 from 4 to 10 December. Beth Keehn spoke to the festival’s Artistic Director, Alex Raineri, to find out what audiences can expect this year.

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