Review: ‘Footloose’ at the Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne (2025)

Footloose: The Musical is playing at Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre for a strictly limited (and mostly sold out) season until June 1. By popular demand, new dates for July and August have been released.

Tickets and more information via footloosethemusical.com

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News: ‘The 39 Steps’ To Tour Australia – 4 Actors, 130 Characters and 100 Minutes of Hilarity

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 smash.

After thrilling more than three million fans across 39 countries, from London’s West End to Broadway, this international sensation, adapted by Patrick Barlow from the novel by John Buchan, is reimagined and coming to Australia.

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Review: ‘Les Misérables: The Arena Spectacular’ at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne (2025)

Les Misérables: The Arena Spectacular is playing at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena until May 25 before heading to the Brisbane Entertainment Centre from May 28.

Tickets and more information via lesmisarenatour.com.au

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Review: ‘Hadestown’ at Melbourne’s Her Majesty’s Theatre (2025)

Hadestown is currently playing at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Melbourne.
More information and tickets can be found at hadestown.com.au.

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Review: ‘Beetlejuice’ at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre (2025)

Now playing exclusively at the Regent Theatre, Melbourne until August 3
Tickets and more info can be found at: beetlejuicethemusical.com.au

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Review: ‘The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale’ at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre (2025)

The Lord of the Rings – A Musical Tale is playing at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre until 22 June, before heading to the Gold Coast from 4 July 2025.

More information and tickets via lotronstage.com.

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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.

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Review: ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ at Princess Theatre, Melbourne (2025)

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s venerable rock opera detailing the life and crucifixion of Jesus Christ has been wowing audiences for more than half a century now, and it’s reassuring to see that this latest iteration of the tale of Christ is just as vital, immediate and engrossing as ever before.

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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.

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