Month: January 2025
Highly Anticipated Broadway Smash Hit Hadestown Premieres Sydney Next Month
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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 make its Australian premiere at Theatre Royal Sydney next month. Presented by Opera Australia and JONES Theatrical Group, rehearsals are well…
Heartwarming Comedy Shirley Valentine Opens Tonight
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The joyous, life affirming comedy Shirley Valentine officially opens at Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre tonight. Leading lady of stage and screen Natalie Bassingthwaighte has returned to Australian stages to star in one of the world’s most popular plays, directed by Lee Lewis. This beloved one-woman play by Willy Russell tells the…
Queensland Ballet Announces New Artistic Director
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Queensland Ballet has announced that celebrated international ballet professional Ivan Gil-Ortega will step into the role of Artistic Director in February this year. “We are thrilled to welcome Ivan to the Queensland Ballet family following a stellar career on stage, in studio and working alongside some of ballet’s leading lights.…
Avenue Q: The Comedy Smash Hits Melbourne in February
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Melbourne based theatre company AG THEATRE PRODUCTIONS is kicking off its 2025 season with the laugh-out-loud Broadway smash hit AVENUE Q. The highly entertaining and irreverent R rated musical has firmly cemented itself in theatre history, throwing out political correctness as it hilariously tackles all kinds of taboo issues including…
Announcing Original Wiggle Greg Page in Annie the Musical
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Producer John Frost for Crossroads Live has announced today that Greg Page will play the role of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the upcoming Broadway musical Annie. Page is best known as the original Yellow Wiggle in the globally beloved children’s entertainment group, The Wiggles. The new Australian production of…
Review: Melbourne Theatre Company’s 37 is the Real Deal
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Melbourne Theatre Company’s 37, a heartfelt comedy play that calls out both casual and overt racism in Australian football, has returned to Melbourne with a well-earned standing ovation. Premiering in March last year, 37 is set during the era of Adam Goodes’ war cry. Whether you’re a long-time fan of AFL…
Star Studded Line Up For Blockbuster Ballet
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In a coup for Queensland Ballet, international stars and Principal Artists of the Royal Ballet Calvin Richardson and Akane Takada will perform as Guest Artists in Queensland Ballet’s blockbuster ballet event of the year, Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet. Akane and Calvin will take to the stage as Romeo and…
Review: Blanc de Blanc Encore Has Never Looked Better
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While many local theatre companies are just coming back to work after the festive break, the party never stopped at The West End Electric. Since its arrival in November, Blanc de Blanc Encore has been wowing audiences with its blend of comedic charm, dazzling circus acts and stunning cabaret performances.…
Review: Ballet Theatre Queensland’s New Snow White is Pure Magic
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Ballet Theatre Queensland’s highly anticipated world premiere production of Snow White opened Thursday to an enthusiastic yet spellbound audience. Snow White is BTQ’s largest production to date, and is a brand new work featuring an original score by Lucas D. Lynch and all new choreography by Clare Morehen. Together the…
Review: The Sleeping Beauty A Special Treat for Young Audiences
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The Australian Ballet’s Storytime Ballet is on tour around the country and presents The Sleeping Beauty, a timeless tale beautifully designed in an interactive format for children ages 3 and up. Brisbane marks the final stop on the national tour which has enchanted young audiences in Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, and…
Celebrated Play 37 Kicks Off Melbourne Theatre Company’s 2025 Season
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Melbourne Theatre Company’s 37 makes its much-anticipated return to the Southbank Theatre stage this January. It follows a smash-hit run in 2024 that captivated both critics and audiences alike. Preview performances begin on Friday 24 January, offering a hilarious and heartfelt look at community, identity, and the cost of winning,…
Review: LASSÙ Big Top Fun at Fringe World Perth
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The world premiere of LASSÙ is the debut production from seventh-generation circus performer Merrik Ashton. Combining modern and traditional circus acts with cabaret, dance, and burlesque, LASSÙ serves as a very entertaining evening for Perth theatregoers this Fringe season. LASSÙ is performed in a bespoke big top/ spiegeltent in Victoria Park. The stage…
Announcing Angelina Thomson in Smash Hit Guys & Dolls Sydney Harbour
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Opera Australia has announced Angelina Thomson will play Miss Adelaide in its brand new production of Guys & Dolls. The award winning Broadway musical will open at Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour on 21 March. After an extensive nationwide search to find just the right performer with the voice, dance…
Film Review: A Real Pain at Moonlight Cinema Brisbane
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Moonlight Cinema is the perfect way to catch all of Hollywood’s biggest films this summer. Located in some of Australia’s most stunning parklands and gardens, it promises a special night out under the stars. For our visit, we arrived early and took a stroll through the beautiful Roma Street Parklands…
Curtains Up, Corsets On: Pride & Prejudice Full Cast Revealed
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Pride & Prejudice, the mother of all romantic comedies sashays onto the stage in a landmark debut for Queensland Theatre’s 2025 Season across two huge venues from 13 February to 9 March 2025. The dazzling adaptation of the sumptuous Jane Austen classic is fiercely funny, fiercely feminist, and fiercely Queensland.…
New Casting Announced for Beetlejuice the Musical
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She’s strange and unusual and ready to haunt Melbourne: Karis Oka joins Beetlejuice the Musical! Melbourne, get ready to raise the dead! Michael Cassel Group, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, and Langley Park Productions proudly announced today that the role of Lydia Deetz in BEETLEJUICE will be played by the sensational Karis Oka. Known…
LASSÙ Cosmic Cabaret to Premiere at Fringe World Perth – Book Now
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Get ready to step into LASSÙ, a cosmic cabaret saloon perched on the edge of the galaxy, where space cowboys, alien drifters, and the legendary Rodeo Sisters dazzle with mind-blowing performances that are out of this world. Seventh-generation circus performer and producer, Merrik Ashton, was born into the world-renowned Ashton…
Hedwig and the Angry Inch to Premiere at Adelaide Festival
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Hailed by Rolling Stone as ‘the best rock musical ever,’ Hedwig and the Angry Inch will premiere at the Adelaide Festival in February before touring to Melbourne and Sydney in 2025. Breakout star Seann Miley Moore will play the fierce, rebellious anti-heroine Hedwig in the four-time Tony award-winning production. With…
Review: Lord of the Rings A Musical Tale, Sydney
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On opening night of the Australian premiere of The Lord of the Rings – A Musical Tale, the State Theatre stalls were alive with Hobbits. Greeting and chatting with the arriving audience, they were running along aisles and breaking into song. The impression was one of a large party to which…
Review: Grease the Musical, It’s Big, It’s Electrifying
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Grease is the word! Stepping back in time has never been more fun, and on Thursday night, a packed Lyric Theatre welcomed Grease the Musical to Brisbane. The gang at Rydell High brought the house down with their infectious energy, retro costumes and unforgettable songs. Brisbane audiences have patiently waited…
Broadway Smash Peter and the Starcatcher Arrives in Sydney This Month
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The highly anticipated production of the five-time Tony Award-winning play Peter and the Starcatcher arrives in Sydney in less than four weeks’ time. The Broadway smash hit begins at the Capitol Theatre on 31 January for a strictly limited season before it heads to Brisbane. Peter and the Starcatcher is…
Review: SIX the Musical Brings Queen Energy in Spades
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Divorced. Beheaded. Died. Divorced. Beheaded. Survived. What if the six wives of Henry VIII formed a pop group? Such is the premise behind SIX the Musical, taking HIStory and providing a little HERstory with a creative twist. I might have been the only one in the Brisbane opening night audience…
Moonlight Cinema Goes Big with an Unmissable Blockbuster Program
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Enjoy this summer’s blockbusters under the starry sky at Moonlight Cinema. Tickets are now on sale for an unmissable January program, featuring all the biggest titles including Wicked, Gladiator II, Moana 2 and Mufasa: The Lion King. Don’t miss out on the most talked-about films of the summer, including the…
Journey to Middle Earth: The Lord of the Rings – A Musical Tale to Make Queensland Exclusive Debut at HOTA
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HOTA, Home of the Arts is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated stage production The Lord of the Rings – A Musical Tale is coming to the Gold Coast, the only Queensland stop in the 2025 Australian tour. Based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic trilogy, the production will come to life…
Review: Legends in Concert (2025 Australian Tour)
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Legends in Concert is back in Australia by popular demand for its 7th season, and features the best tribute acts of its 40 year history, including Elvis, Cher, Tina Turner, Freddie Mercury, Stevie Wonder and Cyndi Lauper. The artists look and sound just like their famous counterparts, and across a…
Film Review: The Castle (1997), A Great Australian Classic
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How’s the serenity? The Castle (1997) is an iconic film that not only captured the hearts of its audiences when it was first released but has gone on to become a cultural touchstone for the Australian spirit. Directed by Rob Sitch (The Dish) and produced by Working Dog Productions, The…
