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Hayes Theatre Announces A Little Night Music Cast

Hayes Theatre Co has announced the cast for the Stephen Sondheim musical A Little Night Music, which opens in October 2023, winner of five Tony Awards including Best Musical.

Malthouse Theatre Season 2024

From the stage premiere of an award-winning Australian memoir about growing up the child of Black migrants in white middle-class Australia, to a world premiere new work from Back to Back Theatre; from Shakespeare’s Scottish Play reimagined from Lady Macbeth’s perspective to a technically challenging sci-fi adventure; from a new work from the bold and candid Nicola Gunn, to the return season of a much-lauded stage adaptation of a Nobel Prize laureate’s work; from an exploration of secret queer identity within the confines of a 1990s Pentecostal Church, to closing the year w

Tina Cast Celebrates 50 Years of Nutbush City Limits

Fifty years ago this week, the world was introduced to the timeless classic "Nutbush City Limits," a global hit and semi-autobiographical song written by Tina Turner which commemorates her rural hometown of Nutbush in Haywood County, Tennessee, United States. 

Ensemble Theatre 2024 Season

Ensemble Theatre has announced its ten-play 2024 season, featuring comedy, dramas, musical influences and re-imagined classics.

Leading Ladies Shine

Bernadette Robinson, Grace Driscoll and Elise McCann are in the spotlight in DIVAS, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 and Mamma Mia!

DIVAS

Bernadette Robinson is returning to Australian stages with the World Premiere of her post-pandemic solo show, DIVAS.

Chicago Cast Announced

The cast for the new Australian tour of CHICAGO has been announced. Tickets go on pre-sale on August 14 in Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne, with general public tickets on sale from Friday 18 August.

Bananaland, Bloom and The Dismissal

The writers of three bold new Australian musicals, premiering in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne in coming months, speak to David Spicer. 

Adapted for the Stage by ..

Three Australian world premiere productions, based on best-selling Australian novels, are  due to open soon. Beth Keehn talks to the playwrights who have taken on their  adaptation to the stage.

Elvis is in the Building

Photographer: Ken Leanfore

Wise men say only fools rush in to recreate an icon on stage, but the star and director of Elvis: A Musical Revolution say you won’t be able help falling in love with their production. David Spicer reports. 

Yarts on Skates

Coral Drouyn takes a look at “Bleach” for 2023 and talks to actress and artist Claire Atkins about an ambitious new musical, Roller Coaster, which is a highlight of the festival.

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