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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.

Everyone … everywhere

Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Rogers – an ambitious young gun, independent creative producer, director, and maker based in Darwin, who has helped raise over $2.6m through funding, sell-off fees, and philanthropic support for artists in the Northern Territory – sat down with Geoffrey Williams in the courtyard of Darwin’s Brown’s Mart Theatre to laugh a lot, and talk about love, healing, and trust.

GW: So how did you find yourself here in the Territory?

ITEM – Dear Bollywood, I love you, but we need to talk …

How do you embrace glorious Bollywood camp while challenging its romantic ideals and gender stereotypes? Beth Keehn chats to creator and choreographer, Drea Lam, about her new show at Brisbane’s Metro Arts – ITEM – which mixes Bollywood dance moves with real voices and stories, stunning visuals, and gorgeous costumes – it’s a love letter to Bollywood, but with a contemporary twist.

Beth Keehn (BK): Drea, how have you made the move from Dance Masala classes to the stage at Metro Arts?

The Truth of the Legend

Coral Drouyn reminisces on 50 years of Tina Turner, who died in May at the age of 83, while she and David Spicer talk to the stars of

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