Review | Madiba – The Musical celebrates the birth of a Rainbow Nation
Madiba – The Musical | Crown Theatre | til Jan 12 | ★ ★ ★ ★ When I think of musicals my mind conjures images of witches defying gravity, East German genderqueer punks or lion cubs who just can’t wait...
View ArticleGrease – The Arena Experience is here for one summer night
In the 40th Anniversary Year of Grease hitting the movie screens (yes it was THAT long ago), the Arena Production Grease – The Arena Experience has been touring Australia to sell-out arena crowds....
View ArticleThe award winning musical ‘The Book of Mormon’ is coming to Perth
The Book of Mormon, Broadway’s smash hit musical written by Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez, is coming to Perth this September. The show which has picked up a swag of awards around the globe...
View ArticleHugh Jackman to star in Broadway revival of ‘The Music Man’
Hugh Jackman will star in a Broadway revival of The Music Man with the show scheduled to open in 2020. The musical was a huge broadway hit in the late 1950’s and was made into a film in 1962. The show...
View ArticleA new musical ‘Mimma’ will have its world premiere in Perth
The Regal Theatre Subiaco will be the host to the West Australian production of the new musical, Mimma: A musical of war and friendship, from Orana Productions, with the season running from April 9...
View ArticleReview | Mimma: Standing ovations for A Musical of War and Friendship
Mimma: A Musical of War and Friendship | Regal Theatre | til 21st April | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ “Mimma!” The word conjures up images of a mother figure, of a desperate cry for one’s own mother but in the case of...
View ArticleThe award winning musical ‘Hamilton’ is finally coming to Australia
Hamilton will make its Australian premiere at the Sydney Lyric Theatre in a new production beginning March 2021. Producers Jeffrey Seller and Michael Cassel together with creator Lin-Manuel Miranda,...
View Article‘Disenchanted’ is a new take on what is to be a Princess
The hilarious musical Disenchanted has been an off-Broadway hit and has been performed all around the world. Now it is being performed in Perth for the first time and will take up residence at the...
View Article‘West Side Story’ to return to Australia in 2020
Opera Australia and GWB Entertainment have announced that the acclaimed BB Group production of West Side Story will return to Australia in 2020. A modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet; this tragic love...
View Article‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ is coming to Australia
We’ve been following the journey of the musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie since before it even made its debut in Sheffield back 2016. Now we’re excited to share the musical will be coming to...
View Article‘What Makes a Musical a Musical?’ This (musical) cabaret has answers
Have you ever wondered what makes a musical, a musical? On the surface, one might say it’s theatre + singing, but the genre has become so much more than the sum of its parts. The team at Grey Lantern...
View Article‘Priscilla: Queen of the Desert – The Musical’ delivers a camp party
Priscilla – Queen of the Desert – The Musical | Crown Theatre Until 31st May | ★ ★ ★ ★ There’s certainly a lot of camp fun and disco celebration crammed into the musical version of Priscilla – Queen...
View Article‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ film heads to Amazon Prime
The long awaited film version of the musical Everybody’s Taking About Jamie is skipping the cinemas and heading straight to streaming service Amazon Prime. The movie will be available to stream from...
View ArticleAmazon Prime drops new trailer for ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’
A new trailer for the long awaited film version of the musical Everybody’s Taking About Jamie has arrived ahead of the film’s release this September. The musical follows student Jamie New who reveals...
View ArticleMusical ‘An American in Paris’ to tour Australia in 2022
The Australian Ballet and GWB Entertainment have announced that the new version of the musical An American in Paris will have its keenly-awaited Australian premiere in 2022. Hailed as a tour de force...
View ArticleJump back to the 80s as ‘The Wedding Singer’ comes to Perth
Deliciously 80s musical The Wedding Singer has announced new performance seasons opening across Sydney, Melbourne and Perth from January 2022. David Venn Enterprises has promised to amp-up the already...
View Article‘Fame – the Musical’ is coming to the Crown Theatre
“Baby look at me, and tell me what you see.” So goes the opening line of the title song of Fame, one of the greatest tunes to deliver positive self-affirmation and embrace the philosophy of bringing...
View Article‘RENT’ prompts walkout as audience member realises musical is queer
A production in Leeds has drawn international attention after an audience member disrupted a recent performance with a homophobic outburst. UK company Bite My Thumb’s staging of RENT was interrupted in...
View ArticleThe musical ‘SIX’ is coming to Crown Perth this November
The Australian producers of SIX, the Tony Award winning electrifying musical phenomenon by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, have announced the current Australian tour has now confirmed it will be heading to...
View ArticleEscape from the zoo with ‘Madagascar – The Musical’ in January 2023
An all-singing, all-dancing version of an animated film favourite is heading to Crown Theatre in January. Madagascar – The Musical brings the DreamWorks hit to the stage, and the production team have...
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