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Final Hairspray Cast Members Announced

The final cast members have been unveiled for the Australian premiere of the original Tony Award winning Broadway production of Hairspray, which is set to open at the Regent Theatre in August.  

Come From Away – Again.

With the world acclaimed musical about to resume its national tour, Coral Drouyn talks with Kat Harrison, cast member, about the gift that keeps giving.

We go to the theatre largely to be entertained, especially by musicals. Rarely does a show stay with us, in heart and mind, for weeks, months, even years after our “night out”. But occasionally a show comes along that is life-changing without us even realising it, whether we are in the audience or the cast.

The Mousetrap Set for Theatre Royal Sydney

To celebrate its Platinum (70th) jubilee this year the world’s longest-running play, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, is coming to Australia. Opening at Sydney’s Theatre Royal in October, it will be directed by Robyn Nevin and produced by John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia. This West End production is THE genre-defining murder mystery from the best-selling novelist of all time … case closed!

Tony Awards 2022

  Best Play

The Lehman Trilogy  

Best Musical

A Strange Loop   (Pictured above)  

Best Revival of a Musical

Company  

Best Revival of a Play

Take Me Out  

Suspending Disbelief

With Penn and Teller on tour in Australia , Coral Drouyn looks at the historic tradition of magic in Australia’s theatre world.

Lucy Durack Rom-Comcert Tour for November 2022

Lucy Durack is an unashamed fan of rom-coms and their soundtracks that tug at your heartstrings. And now with best mates Rob Mills and Bert LaBonté, Lucy is planning a concert to celebrate these delightful ballads. Titled Lucy Durack’s ROM-COMCERT, this romantic musical extravaganza will tour Australia in November, 2022.

Tickets go on sale at 1pm, Thursday June 9.

Cast Announced for Fangirls at Sydney Opera House

The musical Fangirls will play at the Sydney Opera House’s Drama Theatre from 28 July – 4 September, 2022 with a formidable cast of home grown stars and emerging music theatre talent.

Paul Dellit Gets Lifetime Achievement Award

2022 maybe the Year of the Tiger, but it’s also the year of Paul Dellit; earlier this year he was awarded the Gold Matilda Award for service to the arts in Queensland, and now he has received the Alan Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award from the Actors’ and Entertainers’ Benevolent Fund for 2022.

“You can’t break the rules if you don’t know what they are”

Geoffrey Williams talks with Peta Hanrahan, the Artistic Director of The Dog Theatre, about the company’s reincarnation in Gippsland, and bringing the award-winning Born In A Taxi to the upcoming East Gippsland Winter Festival for performances of their acclaimed The Waiting Room and a series of improvisation workshops.

SW: It might be perceived by some of our readers that it’s a long way from Footscray to the heartland of Gippsland. How did this relocation occur? What were the primary motivations?

The Sound of Australian Musicals

Three new locally written musicals, are on stage now in Sydney and Melbourne. David Spicer reports on the stories behind Dubbo Championship Wresting (Hayes Theatre),The Deb (ATYP) and Driftwood the Musical (Umbrella Events), and what makes them unique.

Dubbo Championship Wrestling

Actor Aaron Tsindos is in the fight of his theatrical life. When I spoke to him he was training for his role as the star import of the (fictional) Dubbo wrestling league.

Its 2am, there is no-where else to go

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