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Axel Duffy To Play Marty McFly In Back To The Future: The Musical

Image: Axel Duffy. Photographer: Don Arnold

Producers John Frost, Colin Ingram and the creators of the original film trilogy Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis have announced that Axel Duffy will don the iconic puffer vest and ride the skateboard for the Australian Premiere season of BACK TO THE FUTURE: The Musical, taking on the role of Marty McFly—the time-traveling teen originally brought to life by Michael J. Fox in the classic 1985 film.

The 39 Steps To Tour

Mix Alfred Hitchcock’s classic spy thriller with a dash of Monty Python-style chaos, and you get The 39 Steps, a turbo-charged, Olivier and Tony Award-winning comedy. After playing more than three million audience members across 39 countries, from London’s West End to Broadway, this international hit, adapted by Patrick Barlow from the novel by John Buchan, is reimagined and coming to Australia.

Melbourne Season of MJ The Musical Announced

The producers of MJ THE MUSICAL have officially confirmed that the Olivier and four-time Tony Award-winning musical will play in Melbourne at Her Majesty’s Theatre from September 2025.

The Australian premiere season of MJ is the fifth production of the global hit musical since it premiered on Broadway in February 2022. With celebrated runs in London, Germany and across the US, Melbourne audiences are next in line.

Calamity Jane Returns to Sydney

Image: Virginia Gay as Calamity Jane (2025). Photo Credit: Harvey House

Take a rollicking ride through the Wild West as the musical Calamity Jane returns Sydney, playing at the Sydney Opera House in an exclusive season from 14 October – 16 November.  

Complete Sydney Cast For The Book of Mormon

Producers of the Tony®, Olivier®, and Grammy® award-winning production The Book Of Mormon, have announced the final casting for the production which is opening in Sydney in July 2025. 

The 2025 Green Room Award Winners

Image: Interior - Independent Theatre winner. Photographer: Robert Wagner

STAGE WHISPERS MAGAZINE: MAY JUNE 2025 EDITION OUT NOW!!!

  IN THIS EDITION

 

You Can’t Go Wrong

Hit comedy The Play That Goes Wrong is back with its theatrical mayhem

Eddie’s Perfect Beetlejuice

He wrote the score for Broadway, now Eddie Perfect is starring in the show

Additional CATS Casting Announced

Producer John Frost for Crossroads Live today (April 29, 2025) announced more cast members for the 40th Anniversary Australian tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking musical CATS, which will play at its original Australian home, Theatre Royal Sydney from 17 June, then head to Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide from 20 September and to Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne from 21 December.

In conversation with Gail Evans and Nicky Fearn

Image: Gail Evans (left) and Nicky Fearn. Photo by Geoffrey Williams.

Geoffrey Williams sat down with Darwin Theatre royalty – Gail Evans and Nicky Fearn – during their lunch break from rehearsals for the upcoming season of Fair Punishment at Brown’s Mart Theatre.

Impossible Theatre

Retiring Malthouse Theatre Artistic Director Matthew Lutton has set up a wildly ambitious adaptation of The Bir