Category: News

Producer John Frost for Crossroads Live today announced that Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking musical CATS will be heading to Perth’s Crown Theatre in November as part of its 40th Anniversary Australian tour. Waitlist now to be first in line to buy tickets in Perth at www.catsthemusical.com.au In July 1985, the…

Queensland, get ready to step into LASSÙ, an adults-only Cosmic Cabaret. Perched on the galaxy’s edge, where space cowboys, alien drifters, and the legendary Rodeo Sisters dazzle with out-of-this world acts. Join Rodeo Clown Rusty as he journeys through the golden days of LASSÙ, determined to revive the magic that once filled the…

Tickets are now available for the new Australian production of the ever-popular Broadway musical Annie. Lighting up the Lyric Theatre QPAC from 27 December, tickets are now on pre-sale with General Public sales from Friday 9 May.  It’s not too late to join the waitlist at anniemusical.com.au to be first in line to buy…

Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA is proud to unveil the cast of Never Have I Ever, a searingly funny, high-stakes debut play from The Guilty Feminist podcast creator and author Deborah Frances-White. The play is making its Western Australian premiere from 14 June at the Heath Ledger Theatre.…

Following triumphant seasons in Melbourne, Adelaide and Canberra, the joyous, life affirming comedy Shirley Valentine is heading to Sydney and Brisbane for strictly limited seasons.  Shirley Valentine will play at Theatre Royal Sydney from 22-25 October. It will then be followed by a season at Twelfth Night Theatre, Brisbane from 29 October- 8…

Cameron Mackintosh, in association with Nick Grace Management and Live Nation Australia are thrilled to present the Australian leg of LES MISÉRABLES THE ARENA SPECTACULAR!  Due to phenomenal demand, extra performances were recently added in Australia, with the World Tour now playing at the ICC Sydney Theatre from 30 April…

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) today announced a free program of community events to reach more Queenslanders than ever as part of this year’s QPAC International Series – an exclusive Australian season of Ballet Preljocaj’s Swan Lake in the Lyric Theatre from Saturday 31 May to Saturday 7 June 2025.  Founded in 1985 by maverick French choreographer Angelin Preljocaj, the…

Following standing ovations and glowing reviews at Brisbane Festival in 2024, the critically acclaimed stage adaptation of Trent Dalton’s Love Stories is set to sweep the nation with a heart-expanding four-city tour in September 2025. This unforgettable theatrical event, commissioned by Brisbane Festival and Queensland Performing Arts Centre, will see…

Black Swan State Theatre Company launches its first-ever Giving Day this Thursday 1 May. Giving Day is a 12-hour campaign to raise much needed funds that will support WA artists, deliver creative learning programs, and help more people across WA experience the thrill of live performance.  For one day only,…

Producer John Frost for Crossroads Live today announced more cast for the 40th Anniversary Australian tour of CATS. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking musical will play at its original Australian home, Theatre Royal Sydney from 17 June. It then heads to Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide from 20 September and to Hamer Hall, Arts Centre…

Shake & Stir Theatre Co and Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), in association with Brisbane Festival, today announced the premiere of a brand-new production of the breakout Australian pop musical The Lovers, running in QPAC’s Playhouse from 13 September to 5 October 2025. Written and composed by the wildly talented Laura Murphy, The Lovers is a fresh, high-energy reimagining…

Sunshine Coast’s leading contemporary arts festival, Horizon, returns next week with a bright new identity and a bold program of captivating events. The 10-day festival runs from Friday 2 to Sunday 11 May with more than 50 entertaining and evocative events programmed across locations and venues that span the Sunshine Coast’s…

Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA is proud to present the West Australian premiere of Blue. A poetic and emotionally powerful monologue, it is a work by Kamilaroi writer and Heartbreak High star Thomas Weatherall. Blue will run at the State Theatre Centre’s Studio Underground from 23 May to 8…

BIG Live, Australia’s boldest and fastest-growing ballet company, proudly announces its most daring production to date: Dracula. The full-length original ballet is set to premiere this September and October in five major cities: Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne, Auckland, and Canberra. A gripping reimagining of the iconic vampire legend, Dracula sweeps audiences…

Shake & Stir Theatre Co is proud to announce the cast for its highly anticipated 2025 national tour of 1984, George Orwell’s chilling dystopian masterpiece, beginning in May. Following the success of its recent national tour of Frankenstein, the company once again pushes theatrical boundaries with a production that promises to challenge and…

GWB Entertainment and Andrew Henry Presents have confirmed that Hedwig and the Angry Inch will unleash its raw energy at Sydney’s Carriageworks from 17 July 2025. This follows a smash-hit season at the 2025 Adelaide Festival, where it earned five-star acclaim across the board. Hedwig and the Angry Inch will play…

La Boite Theatre presents their La Boite Encores program, a captivating play-reading series that revives ten iconic Australian favourites from the archives. The series opens next week on 28 April and runs to 1 July as part of their centenary year celebrations. Like a book club for theatre lovers, over ten weeks for…

Queensland Symphony Orchestra presents Art of the Score: The Music of Hans Zimmer. Celebrating one of the unofficial Kings of Movie Scores, this unmissable concert will run at QPAC’s Concert Hall for three performances only from 23-24 May 2025. For those who missed out on tickets to see the man…

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) is proud to present the Australian main stage debut of the multi-award-winning play Scenes From A Yellow Peril in QPAC’s Cremorne Theatre from 3 to 12 July 2025. Written by award-winning Chinese-New Zealand writer and poet, Nathan Joe, the smash-hit New Zealand work was reconceptualised into an Australian context by Brisbane-based…