News and Features

Additional Casting Announced for Anastasia Musical Premiere

Additional Casting Announced for Anastasia Musical Premiere

The producers have ann ...
Anne Being Frank

Anne Being Frank

Coral Drouyn explores a new play which ponders what would have ha ...
Whispering Jack: The John Farnham Musical to Premiere in 2026

Whispering Jack: The John Farnham Musical to Premiere in 2026

Michael Cassel  ...
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Latest Reviews

We Keep Everything

We Keep Everything

To be truly objective about the world premiere performance of L ...
Into the Woods.

Into the Woods.

Broadway comes to Brisbane as Ad Astra opens its new proscenium s ...
Tomas Clifford Got Stood Up

Tomas Clifford Got Stood Up

If Tomas Clifford has as much luck as he has talent, b ...
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The Show Business Directory

Books Scripts Recordings

New Releases at Book Nook Performing Arts Bookshop

New Releases at Book Nook Performing Arts Bookshop

Read about the latest batch of ...
Cast Recording for New Aussie Musical

Cast Recording for New Aussie Musical

Musical theatre enthusiasts adore a new disc ...
Fabulous Theatre Novelty Items

Fabulous Theatre Novelty Items

The Book Nook Performing Arts Bookshop has a fabulo ...
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Costumes, Props and Sets

A Spring Awakening for Sustainability

A Spring Awakening for Sustainability

What can theatres do to lessen their impact ...
Broadway Quality Scenic Projections

Broadway Quality Scenic Projections

Don Berlin explains how Broadway Media offers ...
World-Building in Textile and Light

World-Building in Textile and Light

Image: Wanderings. Photographer: Jen Dain ...
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Finding a Show

Choosing A Show - Recommendations from Musical and Play agents

Choosing A Show - Recommendations from Musical and Play agents

CATS: Young Actors ...
DSP Catalogue 2025

DSP Catalogue 2025

The 2025-26 David Spicer Productions Catalogue of Musicals and ...
Broadway Senior

Broadway Senior

Music Theatre International has launched Broadway Senior: 60-minu ...
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Other Goods and Services

Let's Put On A Show Guide 2025

Let's Put On A Show Guide 2025

The 2025 edition of Stage Whispers' Let's P ...
Community Theatre Insurance

Community Theatre Insurance

The Association of Community Theatre, in partnership w ...
Theatre Seating Like Lego

Theatre Seating Like Lego

Kevin Liu from Transtage explains how straightforward it ...
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Production Team and Crew

Bright Star – Co-Director’s Diary

Bright Star – Co-Director’s Diary

Photographer: Robert Catto  
Director’s Diary – Georgy Girl: The Seekers Musical

Director’s Diary – Georgy Girl: The Seekers Musical

Tim Dennis directed the wo ...
Director’s Diary: Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson

Director’s Diary: Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson

Lesley Reed and team transforme ...
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Sound and Light

Little Theatre Blasts Off

Little Theatre Blasts Off

How would you turn a tiny theatre into a rocketship?
Moving Light Productions

Moving Light Productions

Image: Kinky Boots. James Terry Photography.  
Lighting the Future of Live Experiences

Lighting the Future of Live Experiences

Amelie Downie reports. 
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Theatre Companies

Damien Ryan And His Player Kings

Damien Ryan And His Player Kings

Australia’s most innovative and rigorous in ...
Home Grown

Home Grown

Nick Hedger & Ben Nicholson explain how their back of the pub idea ...
Darlinghurst Theatre Company Voluntary Administration

Darlinghurst Theatre Company Voluntary Administration

Sydney's Darlingurst The ...
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Training

Directory of Performing Arts Courses 2026

Directory of Performing Arts Courses 2026

The 2026 Stage Whispers Performing Arts ...
Contemporary, Creative, Conservatoire

Contemporary, Creative, Conservatoire

Federation University Arts Academy to showca ...
Outback Dreaming: The McDonald College Reimagines Shakespeare’s Classic

Outback Dreaming: The McDonald College Reimagines Shakespeare’s Classic

Earlier ...
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Venues

Performing Arts Centre Awards

Performing Arts Centre Awards

Winners for PAC Australia’s IMPACT Awards were ...
New Sydney Theatre, Teatro at the Italian Forum

New Sydney Theatre, Teatro at the Italian Forum

A brand-new professional theatre ...
Tim Minchin – First at the Foundry

Tim Minchin – First at the Foundry

Sydney’s newest theatre has been launch ...
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Stage Briefs

Les Misérables - The Staged Concert - In Cinemas

Les Misérables - The Staged Concert - In Cinemas

Now cinema audiences can experie ...
Craig McLachlan Withdraws from Cluedo

Craig McLachlan Withdraws from Cluedo

Actor Craig McLachlan has withdrawn from the ...
Cast for The Addams Family at Teatro

Cast for The Addams Family at Teatro

Image: Darcy Martin, Rhys Hankey, Julian Seg ...
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Community Theatre

The Regals Musical Society Celebrates 80 Years with Sondheim’s Company

The Regals Musical Society Celebrates 80 Years with Sondheim’s Company

The Regal ...
A Sneak Peek at the Calendar Girls Calendar

A Sneak Peek at the Calendar Girls Calendar

An anticipated event in the Henry Laws ...
 60 Years of Mackay Musicals

60 Years of Mackay Musicals

Hannah Lewis shares remarkable memories from a Queens ...
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Schools on Stage

Travel Gang Theatre Educator Scholarship :

Travel Gang Theatre Educator Scholarship :

Ten youth theatre educators have been ...
Shrek The Musical Jr

Shrek The Musical Jr

By Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire. Kalamunda Senior ...
Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

By Jack Bradfield and Gerel Falconer. Directed by Matilda Alle ...
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History

Ode to The Tivoli Theatres

Ode to The Tivoli Theatres

A glittering array of Australian theatres once shared t ...
All The World Was Cairns’ Stage.

All The World Was Cairns’ Stage.

 
Vale Ray Lawler (1921 – 2024)

Vale Ray Lawler (1921 – 2024)

The writer of Australia’s most celebrated pl ...
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