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.
Continue reading “Review: ‘Popstars – The 90s Musical’ at Cranbourne Community Theatre (2024)”Williamstown Musical Theatre Company’s production of Pippin is playing at the Altona Theatre (115 Civic Parade, Altona) until November 23, 2024.
Tickets start at $46 and are available via https://www.wmtc.org.au/pippin2024
Continue reading “Review: ‘Pippin’ at Altona Theatre (2024)”
Peoples Playhouse’s production of Daddy Long Legs is playing at the Mornington and Mount Martha Anglican Church (4 Albert Street, Mornington) until November 16, 2024.
Tickets start at $35 and are available via peoplesplayhouse.com
Continue reading “Review: ‘Daddy Long Legs’ at The Anglican Centre, Mornington (2024)”Sister Act, a divine musical comedy, is currently playing at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre.
More information and tickets can be found at sisteractthemusical.com.au
Producers of the Tony, Olivier, and Grammy award-winning production The Book of Mormon, have announced principal casting for the production opening in Sydney in July 2025.
Continue reading “News: Cast announced for ‘The Book of Mormon’ in Sydney”Cameron Mackintosh, in association with Nick Grace Management and Live Nation Australia announce that Les Misérables – The Arena Spectacular is coming to the ICC Theatre Sydney on 30 April 2025, to be followed by Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne from 14 May 2025 and then Brisbane Entertainment Centre from 28 May 2025 for strictly limited performances.
Continue reading “News: 2025 Australian Tour Dates Confirmed for ‘Les Misérables – The Arena Spectacular’”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.
Continue reading “Review: ‘TINA – The Tina Turner Musical’ at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre (2024)”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.
Continue reading “News: Broadway smash-hit musical ‘Hadestown’ to premiere in Melbourne”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.
Continue reading “Review: Six at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre (2024)”
TINSEL and TAP SHOES 