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Review: The Lucky Country 2025 Melbourne Fringe Festival
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The Lucky Country is short, sweet and doesn’t miss a beat. Co-created by Vidya Makan and Sonya Suares, The Lucky Country is an exploration of the multi-faceted identities that make up Australia. The musical, running at just over an hour, is a perfectly balanced celebration and interrogation of our cultural…
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Review: The Last Song 2025 Melbourne Fringe Festival
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Local theatre troupe Scary Goats Theatre are back with The Last Song, running as part of this year’s Melbourne Fringe. The Last Song is an original story written by Chloe Towan and directed by Patrick Slee, which sees two high school friends reunite after ten years apart as the world is faced with an…
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Review: Highway To Hell 2026 Wynnum Fringe
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★★★★½ There are festival openings, and then there are festival openings that make you wonder whether the roof of the Augathella Spiegeltent has its own insurance policy. Highway to Hell: The Rock ‘N’ Roll Circus, which opened the 7th annual Wynnum Fringe Festival last night, belongs firmly in the second…
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Review: Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett Makes Triumphant Return To Melbourne
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★★★★★ From the moment you step into Club Kabarett’s sultry re-envisioning of Meat Market in North Melbourne, it’s clear this isn’t your typical night out at the theatre. Boys and girls, the sexy circus is in town! Prepare to be swept up, shaken about, and seduced into something a little…
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Review: Sam Nicoresti Baby Doomer 2026 Melbourne International Comedy Festival
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★★★★☆ Fresh from a breakout, award-winning run at the Edinburgh Fringe, expectations for Sam Nicoresti’s Melbourne Comedy Festival debut Baby Doomer are high. And they more than meet them. Baby Doomer took out the 2025 Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show, a prestigious prize that’s previously gone to Hannah Gadbsy,…
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Review: Fuccbois Live In Concert 2026 Adelaide Fringe
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★★★★☆ They’ve been creating music, travelling the world and breaking hearts for twelve years. Now, it’s time to say goodbye forever. Welcome to the final show of the Fuccbois Farewell Tour (NO encores). Your favourite heartthrobs, Brendan, Brandon, Tyler and Also Brendan, will pelvic thrust and four-part harmonise their way through…
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Review: Reuben Kaye Hard To Swallow 2026 Fringe World Perth
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Reuben Kaye’s website boldly declares, “Reuben Kaye already knows he’s an icon. It’s time for you to find out too.” Hard to Swallow proves he isn’t exaggerating — he’s simply ahead of the curve. From the moment he storms onto the stage like a glitter-drenched gale-force hurricane, it’s clear he’s…
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Cast Announced For Mamma Mia! The Musical Melbourne
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Fans of the beloved ABBA musical can rejoice as the MAMMA MIA! The Musical makes a triumphant return to Melbourne this summer! Melbourne independent theatre company, AG Theatre, has announced that the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award nominated show will open at Melbourne’s historic National Theatre in St Kilda, for a special five-week engagement, kicking off…
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Announcing DIVA Exhibition For Australian Museum Of Performing Arts Melbourne
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DIVA, an acclaimed international exhibition developed by London’s Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) celebrating some of history’s most provocative and powerful divas, will open the new Australian Museum of Performing Arts (AMPA) in Melbourne on 11 December 2025. An Australian exclusive, DIVA will feature more than 250 objects including 60…
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Review: Elixir Revived 2025 Sydney Fringe Festival
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The boys from Head First Acrobats are back in town for the 2025 Sydney Fringe Festival, kicking things off with their latest offering, Elixir Revived. Head First Acrobats are a group from Melbourne that have been touring the world with their award-winning shows. In 2022, they won Best Circus at…
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Breaking The Castle: A True Story Of Survival And Redemption Comes To Sydney And Melbourne
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Cluster Arts Global in association with Breaking the Castle Productions is pleased to announce Victorian and Sydney tour dates for writer and performer Peter Cook’s award winning, compelling and uplifting one-man play, Breaking the Castle. The show will play Frankston Arts Centre 11-12 July, Theatre Works St Kilda 15-19 July…
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Announcing Award Nominees For 2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival
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Yesterday, on the steps of the Melbourne Town Hall, the 2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award nominees for Most Outstanding Show and Best Newcomer were announced. A bumper list of 9 nominees have been revealed for the 2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award for Most Outstanding Show: Gary Starr –…
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Review: Gillian Cosgriff Fresh New Worries 2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival
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Gillian Cosgriff continues to cement her place as one of Australia’s most in-demand comedic cabaret musicians, especially during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. An award-winning talent, her 2023 hit show Actually, Good became one of the hottest tickets at Edinburgh Fringe. It’s no surprise, then, that her highly anticipated new…
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Gasworks Turns 40 In 2026 With A Bold New Vision Under Sam Strong
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Ahead of the creative precinct’s 40th birthday in 2026, new Creative Director and CEO Sam Strong has unveiled a fresh vision for Gasworks as a home for creativity. Complete with park upgrade, a new brand, and a renovated foyer, Gasworks will now be curated in quarterly instalments, with the first…
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Announcing Cast For The Lucky Country Musical
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The new musical The Lucky Country, about what it means to be Australian, today announced an impressive ensemble cast for the upcoming Melbourne and Brisbane seasons. Garret Lyon (Tina – A Tropical Love Story, The Sunshine Club, The Voice) will take on the role of Boy. Naarah (Deadloch, The Sunshine Club, Our Country’s Good) as Teacher. Vidya Makan (Hamilton,…
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Announcing Operation Mincemeat Australian Premiere Tour in 2027
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Double Olivier Award® and Tony Award® winning hit musical OPERATION MINCEMEAT will premiere at the Comedy Theatre, Melbourne in September 2027, before continuing its Australian Tour, with further cities to be announced. The waitlist is now open at operationmincemeat.com/tour/aus for those who want to be first in line for tickets…
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Announcing Moulin Rouge! The Musical First Cast
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Global Creatures have today revealed the first artists who will bring the world of Moulin Rouge! The Musical to life when the internationally acclaimed production returns to Sydney in March 2027. Leading the announcement is Ben Hall as The Duke of Monroth. Tim Omaji returns as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Tyler…
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SIX The Musical Rehearsals Underway: Photos of The Queens
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Rehearsals are officially underway and the countdown is on, with just two weeks until the Australian return of the international smash-hit phenomenon SIX the Musical. The award-winning global sensation will open at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre on 24 July before continuing its royal reign at Theatre Royal Sydney from October and QPAC’s Playhouse Theatre in Brisbane from January…
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Review: Dylan Adler Haus Of Dy-lan 2026 Adelaide Cabaret Festival
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★★★★☆ Dylan Adler arrives at the grand piano in a purple and white kimono. As a classically trained pianist, Adler has spent much of his life at the keyboard. But in Haus of Dy-lan, the piano isn’t just an instrument: it is confession box, launch pad, battle station, trauma archive and…
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Film Review: Prosecution 2026 German Film Festival
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★★★★★ Trust in institutions is at a tipping point. You feel it in the opinion polls. You see it in the weekly protests on the inner-city marble steps. Prosecution (Staatsschutz) is a contemporaneous reflection on our tearing social fabric. Directed by Faraz Shariat and winner of the Audience Award at…
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New Queens Casting Announced: SIX The Musical Australia
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SIX the Musical has just confirmed its new Australian cast! While continuing to triumphantly reign on global stages, the international smash-hit phenomenon SIX the Musical makes its royal return to Australia. Seasons are confirmed at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre from July, Theatre Royal Sydney from October and Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC)’s Playhouse Theatre from January 2027. Brisbane pre-sales commence tomorrow Wednesday…
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Brisbane Festival 2026 First Look: The Choir Of Man & Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent Returns
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Brisbane Festival has today offered its first glimpse of what’s to come in 2026, announcing that the runaway West End hit and Olivier Award-nominee, The Choir of Man, will bring its irresistible, roof-raising celebration of community and music to South Bank Cultural Forecourt from 3 – 13 September for its…
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Review: MJ Cranks It To Eleven In A Roof Raising Brisbane Triumph
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★★★★★ It is Brisbane’s turn to experience the explosive power of MJ the Musical, celebrating the music of one of the greatest artists of all time, the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. Last night’s Brisbane opening night crowd was electric, and The Scoop had the privilege of experiencing it all…
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Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett Returns To The Meat Market in 2026
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Following a phenomenal, sell-out 2025 season, and due to overwhelming demand, Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett returns to North Melbourne’s iconic Meat Market for a limited season from 17 April – 24 May 2026. The critically acclaimed show is once again led by the undisputed queen of Weimar kabarett, Bernie Dieter.…
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Review: In These Shoes Glynis Traill-Nash Chapel Off Chapel
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★★★☆☆ I went to the Melbourne Fashion Festival last night. Don’t worry, you’re still on the right review site. In These Shoes is a fashion cabaret show; part memoir, part commentary, part of the Festival’s 2026 program. The creator and star is Glynis Traill-Nash, a formidable fashion journalist. She was…
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Announcing Freak Out! The Afterparty To Close Out Midsumma Festival
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For one night only, FREAK OUT! THE AFTERPARTY is set to become the ultimate late-night closer destination for the Midsumma Festival. A wild collision of burlesque, circus, cabaret, and live acts, all set to the pulsing, nostalgic beat of a 90s house music soundtrack runs on Saturday 7 February 2026. …
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The Scoop Favourite Shows Of 2025 Part Three: Circus & Festivals
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It’s been one year since The Scoop was created, and the first feature published was my personal list of Favourite Shows of the year. As 2025 comes to a close, we have been looking back at some of the shows that stood out this year. This next instalment is an eclectic mix of our…
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The Scoop Favourite Shows Of 2025 Part Two: Plays
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It’s been one year since The Scoop was created, and the first feature published was my personal list of Favourite Shows of the year. As 2025 comes to a close, it’s time to take a look back at some of the shows that stood out this year. The Scoop’s team of writers are all…
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Reuben Kaye Announces New Show: Hard To Swallow In 2026
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Reuben Kaye returns with a brand-new solo cabaret comedy show, Hard to Swallow – sharper, sexier and more political than ever, touring Australia in 2026. The tour kicks off in Perth at the end of January, and continues to Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. In this no-holds-barred spectacle, Kaye dives…
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Announcing SIX The Musical For 2026 & 2027
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After triumphantly taking the West End, Broadway, and stages across the globe by storm, the international smash-hit phenomenon SIX the Musical will make its royal return to Australia in 2026. Seasons are confirmed at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre from July 2026, Theatre Royal Sydney from October 2026 and Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC)’s Playhouse Theatre in Brisbane from January 2027. While continuing to…
