Friends! The Musical Parody has arrived in Melbourne for the final leg of its Australian tour, playing at the Athenaeum Theatre from 23 November to 17 December.
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REVIEW: The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera has come to Melbourne’s State Theatre, The Art Centre – and you’d be hard pressed to find someone who hasn’t heard of the Andrew Lloyd Webber classic, let alone someone who didn’t rank it in their top 10 favourite musicals.
Thus, the expectation is higher than your average show. Succeed, and you have a hit on your hands. Fail, and there would be outroar in the streets!
Luckily, the 2022-2023 production falls in the former.
Continue readingWicked The Musical Returns To Sydney In 2023
NSW Minister for Tourism and the Arts, Ben Franklin, together with producers John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia, Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone, has announced that Wicked will open in Sydney in August 2023 at the Sydney Lyric.
Continue readingtick, tick… BOOM! hits Australia in 2023!
After the success of the 2021 biographical musical drama film tick, tick… BOOM! starring Andrew Garfield, the musical of the same name makes its Australian mainstage debut at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre from 1 February 2023 before a limited season at QPAC’s Playhouse in Brisbane.
Continue reading‘Titanic The Musical: In Concert’ Full Cast Announced

The five-time Tony Award winning production Titanic The Musical will play an exclusive and limited season In Concert in Melbourne this November. The special event will feature a 26-piece orchestra alongside a brilliant Australian cast gracing the stage at the landmark Melbourne Town Hall for four performances only on November 4, 5 and 6.
Continue readingA Christmas Carol set to have its Australian premiere at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre in November 2022
Two visionary Tony Award winners — director Matthew Warchus (Matilda the Musical) and playwright Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) — have created a magical new interpretation of Charles Dickens’ timeless story, A Christmas Carol.
Dickens’ 1843 novella tells the story of a selfish and greedy old man, Ebenezer Scrooge, who hates everything related to Christmas. Ultimately a tale of compassion and redemption, after being visited by Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come, Scrooge is changed into a better man.
Continue readingESCALATE Ticket Giveaway

Tinsel and Tapshoes has 1 x double pass to giveaway to ESCALATE at Arts Centre Melbourne on Wednesday 5-Sunday 9 October 2022.
Continue readingEnsemble cast of Do You Hear The People Sing? announced

The exciting ensemble of performers who will comprise the chorus for the Australian premiere of the concert spectacular Do You Hear The People Sing? have been announced.
Continue readingTriple Olivier Award-winning West End play EMILIA makes Australian debut at Arts Centre Melbourne

From the West End to Australia, the ground-breaking triple Olivier Award-winning stage show EMILIA will make its Australian debut at Arts Centre Melbourne from 10 – 27 November.
Inspired by 17th century poet and revolutionist Emilia Bassano – the supposed ‘Dark Lady’ of Shakespeare’s sonnets – the highly lauded show, written by British playwright Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, features a team entirely made up of women and non-binary creatives from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Continue readingIs AFL star Shane Crawford Right For ‘Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’?
Last week, AFL star Shane Crawford was announced to make his musical theatre debut in the Melbourne season of the upcoming new production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
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