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Seaborn, Walford & Broughton Foundation 2024 Performing Arts Grants

Image: Julian Louis from NORPA and Peter Lowry

Over $200,000 in Grants to the performing arts were announced on 21 November 2024, to a packed audience of theatre practitioners and supporters by Peter Lowry AM, President of the Seaborn, Broughton & Walford Foundation in the Seaborn Library, Neutral Bay, the Foundation's headquarters.

2024 Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award Winners

Image: Olivia Satchell and Ian Roberts 

The winners of the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award for 2024 were announced at the annual Seaborn, Broughton and Walford Foundation Christmas Party on November 21. The joint winners this year are Ballkids by Melbourne playwright Olivia Satchell and Into The Light by Ian Roberts and Alex Broun. The two winning plays will each receive $20,000.

Australian Ainsley Melham to Star in Boop! The Musical on Broadway

Principal casting for the new Broadway musical BOOP! The Musical has been announced and tickets are on sale today, with Australian Ainsley Melham to star as Dwayne.

Victorian Opera Announces Follies Cast

“I'm just a Broadway Baby. Walking off my tired feet. Pounding Forty-Second Street to be in a show.” – ‘Broadway Baby’, Follies

Victorian Opera stages an all-star cast production of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman’s Tony-Award-winning musical Follies in Australia’s first fully staged production at the Palais Theatre, St Kilda from 1 – 6 February 2025.

Australian Cast of MJ Revealed

Australian producer Michael Cassel, alongside original Broadway producers Lia Vollack, John Branca, and John McClain, has announced the cast of the Tony Award-winning musical MJ, set to make its Australian debut at the Sydney Lyric Theatre in February 2025. 

Round the Twist

David Spicer spoke to composer / writer Paul Hodge ahead of Queensland Theatre’s season of new musical

January to June 2025 at fortyfivedownstairs

Image of Paul Capsis - De Profundis

Melbourne's fortyfivedownstairs has announced the January-June 2025 theatre program featuring nine seasons presented by an outstanding lineup of theatremakers and musicians.

Sport for Jove Roars Into 2025

Sport for Jove Theatre Company is back in 2025 and preparing for their biggest and most exciting season in their 16-year history with a whopping 9 productions across their Summer Season, Main Stage, and their essential Education Season – including arguably Jove's most epic, ambitious project of the year…

From familiar comedy classics to first-time musical collaborations... from east coast tours to outdoor site-specific experiences... from intimate contemporary plays to large-scale Shakespeare adventures... this season has something for everyone!

The End of the Wharf

After 25 years of tickling funny bones, Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott are retiring their quills with one final

Perth Festival 2025

Image: East Perth Power Station. Photographer: Tristan McKenzie

Perth Festival today announced its full 2025 program, with new Artistic Director Anna Reece, inviting Perth audiences and visitors to taste the salty air, feel the sand dunes beneath their feet, be challenged by truth-tellers and play with mischief-makers.  

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