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Review: ‘TINA – The Tina Turner Musical’ at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre (2024)

More akin to a rock concert at times than a traditional musical, TINA – The Tina Turner Musical is positively overflowing with energy and toe-tapping brilliance. You’d be hard pressed to find someone who isn’t a fan of the late, great Tina Turner, with Australia always being one of her most successful and enduring markets.

The phenomenal local success of this musical, which premiered in Sydney in 2023 after debuting on the West End stage in 2018, is a testament to Turner’s icon status and is proof that her legacy and popularity will endure for a long time to come.

News: Broadway smash-hit musical ‘Hadestown’ to premiere in Melbourne

Seen by three million, streamed by over 350 million and adored by fans all around the world, singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell’s acclaimed West End and Broadway musical phenomenon Hadestown will premiere in Melbourne at the Her Majesty’s Theatre in May 2025.

Review: Six at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre (2024)

SIX is a musical about the ex-wives of King Henry VIII, who held the English throne from the age of 17 in 1509 until his death in 1547. But this is not a stuffy, old retelling of history. No, no. Writers Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss have taken some creative liberties injecting modern-day language, mobile phones and dating norms such as swiping left or right on a potential match.

It’s a concept that shouldn’t work, and yet it does brilliantly.

News: Full Cast Announced for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s ‘Carousel’ (2024)

Producer Enda Markey announced today that the talented cast will join Anna O’Byrne and Marina Prior in the lavish concert presentation of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel – A Concert in Sydney and Melbourne this September.

Review: ‘Elegies: A Song Cycle’ at fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne (2024)

Elegies: a song cycle is a show for a very specific theatre goer. It is for the ones who don’t need showiness, rather, those who appreciate the simplicity of engrossing vocalisation and lyricism.

News: Lead Cast and Melbourne Season Announced for ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’

A Melbourne season has been announced as part of the Australian tour of the award-winning Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s celebrated rock musical Jesus Christ Superstar. The production will play at the Princess Theatre from March, following seasons at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre and Perth’s Crown Theatre.

Opinion: Broadway’s ‘The Heart of Rock and Roll’ Is Closing – What Went Wrong?

It has been announced that Broadway’s The Heart of Rock and Roll is closing after only two months. At the time of closing, the show will have played 24 previews and 72 performances.

Interview with Shane Jacobson and Todd McKenney from The Odd Couple

The Odd Couple is playing in Melbourne for a limited season before heading to the Theatre Royal Sydney on June 27. It stars actor, presenter, producer and entertainer Shane Jacobson as Oscar Madison; acclaimed performer of stage and screen Todd McKenney as Felix Ungar.

Tickets and further information can be found at theoddcoupleplay.com.au.

Review: ‘Sunset Boulevard’ at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre (2024)

It’s been two days since I saw Opera Australia and GWB Entertainment’s production of Sunset Boulevard, and I’m still conflicted on whether or not I enjoyed it. But, in retrospect, I would like to see it again, and I suppose that’s the greatest compliment of all.