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Season of Musicals Coming to Cinemas

CinemaLive has announced a new season of musical events to screen in cinemas across the Australia and New Zealand in 2024. This season will see CinemaLive bringing much loved West End and Regional productions to audiences across Australia & New Zealand.

John Waters and Daniel MacPherson to Star in The Woman in Black

The Woman in Black, the second longest-running play in West End history, after Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, is returning to Australia in 2024, presented by PW Productions, Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions.

Musicals in 2024

Image: Chicago Australian cast 2023/4. Photographer: Jeff Busby.

Something old and something new is the flavour of Musical Theatre in 2024. There’s blockbuster classics including Wicked, Sunset Boulevard and Beauty and the Beast, along with Australian premieres of Dear Evan Hansen and Groundhog Day the Musical.

Cirque’s Mexican Dream

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Image: Running Woman. Photographer: Anne Colliard.

Luzia, Cirque du Soleil’s 38th extravaganza under the Big Top, is touring Australia this year. Jonathan Cox spoke to Helena Merten and Nelson Smyles, two Aussies living their dreams performing with the troupe.

What Happens to Child Stars?

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Image: Josh Gates in Billy Elliot

Debora Krizak speaks to stars of Rent and The Rocky Horror Show who cut their teeth in the industry as children.

Having spent the best part of 2023 performing with young kids, I have often wondered whether any of them would go on to pursue a performing arts career, and at what cost.

The Book of Mormon Returns to Sydney in 2025

The Tony®, Olivier®, and Grammy® award-winning production The Book of Mormon will return to Sydney from July 2025.

Winner of nine Tony Awards® including Best Musical and the Grammy® for Best Musical Theatre album, The Book of Mormon follows a pair of mismatched Mormon boys sent on a mission to a place that’s about as far from Salt Lake City as you can get. It will play at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney from July 2025.

Marvellous Elephant Man Green Room Nominations

Ahead of the Green Room Awards, Melbourne's top honours in the performing arts scene, Mark Hamilton toasts the success of The Marvellous Elephant Man the Musical, which has attracted a cult following and sold

2024 Garrmalang Festival program announced

Geoffrey Williams reports

Darwin’s Dry Season cultural calendar kicks off with the release of Garrmalang (the Larrakia name for Darwin City) Festival’s program. Garrmalang’s Creative Director, Ben Graetz, who returns to the helm for 2024, said, “Having been involved with the Festival since 2014, I am so proud seeing the event grow and build over the years and support so many local and national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performers, artists and community members.”

Nominees for the 2024 Green Room Awards

Image: The Crocodile. Photographer: Jack Dixon-Gunn 

The Green Room Awards Association is thrilled to announce the nominees for the 41st Annual Green Room Awards, set to take place on Monday 8th April 2024, at the Comedy Theatre, Melbourne.

The Green Room Awards Association looks forward to honouring the outstanding achievements of all nominees and the enduring impact they have on enriching Melbourne's cultural landscape.

PAW Patrol™ Live! 2024 Australian Tour Dates

Nickelodeon, VStar Entertainment Group, and TEG Life Like Touring will present PAW Patrol™ Live! “Race to the Rescue”, an action-packed, music-filled production, in arenas across Australia from July to September 2024

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