Month: November 2025
Review: Be More Chill Uploads A Dose Of Geeky Greatness
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The Hills Musical Company have concluded their 2025 season with another winning musical. Be More Chill delves into questions of belonging and self-worth through the lens of a sci-fi high school satire. The result is a chaotic, thoroughly entertaining show that has the audience laughing out loud and fully along for…
Review: Elastic Hearts Presented By Queensland Ballet & HOTA
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The opening of Queensland Ballet’s Elastic Hearts was a night of exquisite artistry that left the audience on their feet in a standing ovation. Set to the music of Australia’s own Sia, Elastic Hearts is a powerful symphony of movement, music and imagery. Elastic Hearts blooms with passion, playfulness and an irresistible touch of…
Review: Ride The Cyclone Balances Death, Destiny & Deadpan Delight
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Sometimes, it takes a tragedy to realise ‘how goddamn wonderful everything is,’ as one of the characters from the show so eloquently puts it. Ride the Cyclone, written by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell, premiered in Sydney with Hayes Theatre Co in 2024. Now, Sydney Musical Theatre have brought this…
Review: Blanc de Blanc Encore At Spiegel Haus Melbourne
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The music is pumping, the tempo is set. The bass beats make your blood rush with awakening adrenaline, and there’s a sensational sea of white with a touch of sparkling glamour. Blanc de Blanc Encore has landed in Melbourne, and it’s spectacular! Entering the Spiegel Haus, the new entertainment precinct…
Review: Reuben Kaye Reigns Supreme In enGORGEd
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Reuben Kaye returned to Brisbane for one night only last night for the Queensland premiere of his acclaimed show, enGORGEd, at the Concert Hall, QPAC, co-presented with Melt Festival. I haven’t known – or known of – Reuben Kaye for long. I first met him at the Media Call for Jesus…
Review: The Lovers Turns Midsummer Magic Into Modern Pop Theatre
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One of my favourite lines from The Lovers talks about how what we can’t say with words, we say in verse. It’s a great double entendre for both Shakespearean verse and lyrical verse. Much like musicals, Shakespearean language is already heightened, so marrying the two styles together seems like a no-brainer. The Lovers succeeds…
Announcing 2026 Sydney Festival 50th Anniversary Program
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Sydney Festival marks its 50th anniversary in January 2026 with a diverse city-wide program that honours five decades of cultural transformation and looks ahead to the next generation of artistic innovation. From 8 – 25 January, Sydney becomes a playground of imagination, with bold theatre, dance, music, visual arts and…
Review: Songs For A New World Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre
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The amazing 2nd year company of the Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre (QAEMT) are breathing new life into their production, Songs for a New World. This musical showcase brims with raw talent and relentless energy. Songs for a New World is no ordinary musical. It’s a series of…
Government Announces Streaming Services To Invest In Australian Content
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For years, the Australian screen industry has been waiting and waiting for a streaming services legislation that would finally give local stories a fair go. Yesterday, the government announced it’s happening, although without a definitive timetable for debate or implementation. The Albanese government will introduce a law requiring streaming giants…
Film Review: The Thing With Feathers 2025 Russell Hobbs British Film Festival
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If you dare tread into the dark depths of the psyche, who better to lead you than the brilliant Benedict Cumberbatch? Now screening at the Russell Hobbs 2025 British Film Festival, The Thing with Feathers takes us on a harrowing ride into the world of grief. With Cumberbatch at the…
Merrigong Theatre Company Unveils Its 2026 Season
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Merrigong Theatre Company is delighted to unveil its 2026 season, featuring 10 Mainstage shows, and a line-up of strictly limited seasons of smash-hit productions. With a smorgasbord of local, national and international theatre, innovative new works from the MERRIGONGX Artists Program and a colourful line-up of family entertainment, Merrigong’s 2026…
Raj Labade Brings New Fire To Edmund In Belvoir’s King Lear
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The True History of the Life and Death of King Lear & His Three Daughters comes to Belvoir St Theatre from 15 November, starring Colin Friels and a cast of exciting talent. Raj Labade is playing Edmund, and The Scoop had the chance to sit down and chat ahead of…
Review: Bubble Show For Adults Only Brings Big Laughs To Brisbane
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There’s something inherently joyful about watching a grown man make art out of bubbles. Maybe it’s the nostalgia of backyard bubble wands or maybe it’s just the sheer weirdness of seeing them elevated to theatre, but Bubble Show for Adults Only at The West End Electric is one of those experiences that…
Denis Carnahan Brings Cricket The Musical Back This Summer
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By overwhelming demand, the wickedly funny singer, songwriter and satirist Denis Carnahan is making a triumphant return to the stage this summer with his hilarious one-man cult hit musical comedy show, Cricket The Musical. Playing in Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney from November 2025 through to January 2026, Cricket…
Perth Symphony Ignites The City This November With Electric Symphony
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Perth Symphony Orchestra (PSO) has unveiled its 2025 Grand Finale; ELECTRIC SYMPHONY, presented by QV1. More than a concert, it’s a full-scale, multi-sensory celebration set to ignite Perth’s iconic QV1 Plaza on Saturday 29 November 2025. From sunset to late, the architecturally striking plaza will transform into a pulsating playground…
Announcing Beetlejuice For Brisbane in 2026!
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Australian theatre fans have chanted “Beetlejuice” three times and the most mischievous ghost in the history of musicals has responded. Michael Cassel Group, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures and Langley Park Productions announced today that the eight-time Tony Award-nominated hit musical BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL will return to Australia in June 2026, following an…
Film Review: Prime Minister Gives Us Jacinda Ardern, Unfiltered
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It’s rare to see a sitting world leader filmed not only in press conferences or cabinet meetings but in pyjamas, half-asleep, joking about a laundry basket. Prime Minister, the new documentary about Jacinda Ardern, captures that dissonance. Directed by Lindsay Utz (American Factory, Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry) and Michelle…
Review: School Of Rock Turns Up The Volume & Totally Shreds
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School of Rock is the latest musical presented by Theatrical Inc. and it’s a fun, high-energy explosion. Directed by Cody Riker, a regional Tony award winner, it’s playing at The National Theatre, St Kilda. The story follows Dewey Finn, a wannabe rock star who gets kicked out of his band…
Review: I Do, I Do, I Do Brings Love, Laughter & A Few Jitters
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In Therry Theatre’s production of I Do, I Do, I Do, the company understands that farce lives or dies on speed and spectacle. Director Sue Wylie keeps the tempo high, while set construction manager Don Oswald gives her a playground worth running in. The living room of a wealthy banker,…
Review: Hair Lets The Sun Shine In Melbourne Once More
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Hair is a psychedelic journey into the world of the Beat Generation, hippy culture and the anti-war movement of the late 1960s in America. The Australian Shakespeare Company brings the show back to Melbourne for an extended season this November. The musical broke boundaries when it was first hit Broadway…
Review: The Talented Mr Ripley Brings Killer Style To Melbourne
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Envy, obsession, fear. Sydney Theatre Company’s gripping production of The Talented Mr Ripley wrestles with the darkest depths of humanity. The Talented Mr Ripley was published in 1955 as a novel by Patricia Highsmith. Tom Ripley, a rootless, ne’er-do-well New Yorker, falls into the orbit of Dickie Greenleaf, the scion…
Review: Griffin Theatre’s Naturism Is Hilarious, Liberating & Deeply Human
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To my mind, a great piece of theatre is one where the cast and creative team are laid bare on stage, their emotional truth exposed for all to see. Rarely, however, is that taken quite as literally as in Naturism, Griffin Theatre’s daring new production. It’s a production where the…
Review: Phar Lap The Electro-Swing Musical Is One For The History Books
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The race that stops the nation has taken over the Hayes Theatre Co stage in Phar Lap: The Electro-Swing Musical. From the first line to the final note, the phenomenal visuals, soaring soundtrack and roaring energy take us on the breathtaking rags-to-riches tale of Phar Lap, Australia’s equine star. As…
