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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

The Marvellous Elephant Man the Musical for Sydney Fringe

The cast for the Sydney-debut of The Marvellous Elephant Man the Musical at the 2023 Sydney Fringe Festival has been announced. The production plays at the Sydney Spiegeltent, in the Spiegeltent Festival Gardens (Entertainment Quarter at Moore Park) from September 1st to October 1st.

Disney's Winnie the Pooh Touring Australia

The Broadway and West End sensation has arrived in Australia! See Disney’s iconic Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin and their best friends Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit, and Owl (oh… and don’t forget Tigger too!) in a beautifully crafted musical stage adaptation featuring stunning life-size puppetry.

Final Wicked Cast Members Announced

The final cast members have been announced for WICKED, which flies into Australia’s Emerald City at the Sydney Lyric from 25 August.

STAGE WHISPERS MAGAZINE: JULY AUGUST 2023 EDITION OUT NOW!!!

IN THIS EDITION

 

Elvis is in the Building

Playing ‘The King’ and telling his comeback story on stage

Bananaland, Bloom and The Dismissal

Kids entertainers, a constitutional crisis and aged care homes inspire new Aussie musicals

Adapted for the Stage by …

Top Australian novels taking to our stages

Chicago Returns

Murder, greed, corruption, exploitation, adultery, treachery … and All That Jazz … so begins the international multi-award-winning musical, Chicago, returning to Australia in November.

Chicago will play at Crown Theatre, Perth from November, the Lyric Theatre QPAC from January 2024 and at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne from March 2024.

Midnight: The Cinderella Musical

Photographer: Pia Johnson.

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