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News: Cast Announced for Nationwide Tour for Orwell’s ‘1984’

Shake & Stir Theatre Co has announced the cast for its highly anticipated 2025 national tour of 1984, George Orwell’s chilling dystopian masterpiece, beginning in May.

News: Theatre Royalty Unites for Victorian Opera’s Follies!

Victorian Opera stages an all-star cast production of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman’s Tony-Award-winning musical, Follies, in Australia’s first fully staged production at the Palais Theatre, St Kilda from 1 – 6 February 2025.

Review: ‘A Christmas Carol’ at Comedy Theatre, Melbourne (2024)

For the third year in a row, GWB Entertainment’s A Christmas Carol is once again playing at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre. Based on the 1843 novella by Charles Dickens, the iconic story sees curmudgeon Ebenezer Scrooge visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve.

News: New Musical ‘No Love Songs’ Starring Keegan Joyce and Lucy Maunder To Tour Nationally

No Love Songs is a powerful and uplifting modern love story featuring heart-felt songs by Kyle Falconer, lead singer of the Scottish band The View, and starring Keegan Joyce and Lucy Maunder.

The highly acclaimed new musical will tour Australia in 2025, with performances commencing 7 March 2025 for a limited season Sydney’s newest venue, the Foundry Theatre, part of the Lyric Theatre Sydney.

Review: ‘One Day In September’ at Athenaeum Theatre 2, Melbourne (2024)

When I heard that Maverick Newman and Kohan van Sambeeck had created a new Australian musical based around Australian Rules Football, I was immediately intrigued. I don’t have any interest in the sport but knowing it centred on a fictional closeted player (and to date there has never been an openly gay player in men’s AFL), it sounded like a bold subject for theatre.

News: Sister Act x the Choir of Hard Knocks Pop Up Performance, December 1

The cast from Sister Act will perform together with Melbourne’s beloved Choir of Hard Knocks, in a free performance to celebrate the joy and connection of singing on Sunday, 1 December at 11am on the steps of the Regent Theatre.

News: Natalie Bassingthwaighte to star as Shirley Valentine

Leading lady of stage and screen Natalie Bassingthwaighte returns to Australian stages to star in one of the world’s most popular plays, Shirley Valentine, directed by Lee Lewis. This joyous, life affirming comedy will be staged at Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre from 30 January for a strictly limited season. Tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster.

Review: ‘Popstars – The 90s Musical’ at Cranbourne Community Theatre (2024)

When the South East Melbourne Windmill Theatre Company announced they were putting on a musical created in a mere 24 hours, I was immediately intrigued. Whether it ended up being brilliant or a total disaster, I knew it would be a unique experience.

Review: ‘Eurovision On Tour’ at Melbourne’s Palais Theatre (2024)

As someone who has been to the actual song contest, Eurovision On Tour was a great representation of being at the real event, enhanced by the authentic lighting and sound effects.