Jacqueline Dark, who has taken a break from the opera world to play Mother Abbess in the current Australian production of The Sound of Music, has many layers. Would one think an opera sta…
Note: this review frequently references sexual assault. Please be safe. The Fantasticks, the world's longest-running musical, inspires a certain fervour in its audiences. Due to close in…
Alan Cumming has the ineffable quality of a star. There's that flashing smile, sliding from cheeky to rueful within seconds. There's the twinkled eyes, the hair, the pixie-ish demeanour. He'…
Welcome to the first weekend of 2016! What we need now, as we slip back into some semblance of routine, is a little bit of beauty. A little bit of magic. A little bit of music. So we’r…
Lo-fi indie company Squabbalogic are kicking off their 2016 season by digging beneath the shiny exterior of a musical theatre classic to find the grit that use to lie at its heart. The Or…
Beneath a giant tree, branches reaching out across the sky, sit two teenagers: bookish Charlie (Tom Conroy) and outcast-troublemaker Jasper Jones (Guy Simon). They have never hung out before…
Theatre critic and AussieTheatre Deputy Editor Cassie Tongue sees hundreds of shows a year. In this piece, she writes about the moments that give theatre its magic: the ephemeral, tantali…
It’s that time of year again! Nominations were announced today for the Sydney Theatre Awards for 2015, which will be presented at a gala ceremony on Monday January 18, 2016 at 6pm at t…
The Sound of Music, that grand sentimental fare best known as a film from 1965, has come to Sydney's Capitol Theatre just in time for all that holiday-inspired nostalgia and family bonding. …
Sydney has a new space for making theatre, and it’s right in the heart of iconic Kings Cross. Located on the second floor of the Kings Cross Hotel, The Kings Cross Theatre (KXT) is …
Mitchell Butel’s production of Violet, a musical currently playing the Hayes Theatre in Sydney, is on its way to Melbourne! Blue Saint Productions today announced that the tuner wil…
My Fair Lady, based on George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion, opened on Broadway in 1956. 60 years later, the production will be lovingly and meticulously recreated to resemble th…
Tom Sharah is a force. From a theatre family and with music in his blood, he won the Sydney Cabaret Showcase in 2009 and hasn’t stopped since. You might have caught his cabarets ItR…
The Rob Guest Endowment annual gala concert is just days away and it’s going to be a night to remember in the Aussie Musical Theatre calendar. The big event is all set for …
Like the proverbial cockroach in an apocalypse, CATS The Musical endures, dominating stages worldwide with barely a break. Unlike the cockroach, however, the show is eagerly embraced and ado…
The Rob Guest Endowment annual gala concert is just one week away and it’s shaping up to be an incredible night of entertainment. The big event will take place on Monday November…
Julian Kuo studied at AIM and has joined with other alumni to create their own work in a field that has far too few opportunities. EXCLAIM is a company that puts on very short seasons of sho…
The Rob Guest Endowment annual gala concert is fast approaching! The big event will take place on Monday November 9, where six finalists " emerging stars of Australian musical theatre " will…
Hilary Cole is the next musical theatre superstar. Based in Sydney, she’s risen with fast audience, industry, and critical acclaim to star in Carrie, The Drowsy Chaperone, Miracle C…
The Rob Guest Endowment annual gala concert will take place on Monday November 9, where six finalists " emerging stars of Australian musical theatre " will take the stage at Sydney's Lyric T…
It’s getting warmer, the days are longer, it’s not quite summer yet but “Summertime” still seems appropriate for this Sunday afternoon. Settle in and listen to Kirby …
Disney's Aladdin, a new musical comedy based on the classic Academy Award-winning animated film, will open in Sydney at the Capitol Theatre in August 2016. Tickets will go on sale in March 2…
A Steady Rain is a gritty show in that you feel the dirt caught in your teeth as you watch it unfold; it's not exactly a pleasant experience, but it grabs, and holds, your attention. Keith H…
The 2015 Rob Guest Endowment Grand Final Concert is a celebration of the best of the talents on our musical theatre stages. From our emerging stars, the finalists who sing for the grand priz…
Adelaide readers, if one of your favourite things is musical theatre, you’re in luck. Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Ian, John Frost and the Really Useful Group announced yesterday that…