News and Features

NearAway

NearAway

Australia’s new ‘mindful musical’ to empower young t ...
Axel Duffy To Play Marty McFly In Back To The Future: The Musical

Axel Duffy To Play Marty McFly In Back To The Future: The Musical

Image: Axel Duff ...
The 39 Steps To Tour

The 39 Steps To Tour

Mix Alfred Hitchcock’s classic spy thriller with a dash ...
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Latest Reviews

Love and Information

Love and Information

In this sparkling, complex fast-moving production of Caryl Ch ...
Rhinestone Rex and Miss Monica

Rhinestone Rex and Miss Monica

Queensland Theatre presents an Ensemble Theatre rev ...
Samson & Delilah

Samson & Delilah

Melbourne Opera offers a great opportunity to experience this ver ...
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Books Scripts Recordings

Musical Theatre Education and Training in the 21st Century

Musical Theatre Education and Training in the 21st Century

By Jessica O’Brya ...
New Releases from Book Nook

New Releases from Book Nook

Read the latest newsletter from the Book Nook Performi ...
Was and Will Be

Was and Will Be

The world premiere of a new First Nation’s anthology Was an ...
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Costumes, Props and Sets

The Stunning Stitcher

The Stunning Stitcher

Image: Yuldea. Photographer: Daniel Boud  
Family Builds Sparkling Sets and Props

Family Builds Sparkling Sets and Props

 
No theatre? No problem!

No theatre? No problem!

Tips from Theatre Star for transforming any space into a ...
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Finding a Show

Broadway Senior

Broadway Senior

Music Theatre International has launched Broadway Senior: 60-minu ...
Celebrate 100 Years of Disney Music

Celebrate 100 Years of Disney Music

A new release from Music Theatre Internationa ...
Let’s Put On A Show

Let’s Put On A Show

  Rights Holders describe new and recommended music ...
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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

Director’s Diary: Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson

Director’s Diary: Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson

Lesley Reed and team transforme ...
Director’s Diary - Lambs

Director’s Diary - Lambs

For two years, an Adelaide youth theatre company works ...
Fairy Tale Designs

Fairy Tale Designs

Stage productions are becoming more spectacular than ever as de ...
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Sound and Light

Loud and Clear Musicals

Loud and Clear Musicals

By Koren Beale
Outdoor Festival Boom

Outdoor Festival Boom

They are a growing and popular phenomenon around Australia, ...
ENTECH Evolves For 30th Birthday

ENTECH Evolves For 30th Birthday

Australia’s annual touring sound and light ...
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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

Decline in Arts Education and Training

Decline in Arts Education and Training

The National Advocates for Arts Education ( ...
NIDA’s 2025 Festival of Emerging Artists

NIDA’s 2025 Festival of Emerging Artists

Master of Fine Arts Directors Present S ...
WAAPA's New City Campus Receives Huge Boost From Minderoo Foundation

WAAPA's New City Campus Receives Huge Boost From Minderoo Foundation

Edith Cowan U ...
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Venues

Tim Minchin – First at the Foundry

Tim Minchin – First at the Foundry

Sydney’s newest theatre has been launch ...
NORPA Shares Vision for New Lismore Home, The Joinery

NORPA Shares Vision for New Lismore Home, The Joinery

Regional NSW arts organisati ...
New Sydney Theatres at the Star

New Sydney Theatres at the Star

Sydney will get three new performing arts venues i ...
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Stage Briefs

Stage Whispers TV in Europe

Stage Whispers TV in Europe

Stage Whispers TV correspondent David Spicer is in Eur ...
Australian Musical Theatre Festival 2025

Australian Musical Theatre Festival 2025

Stage Whispers has exclusive coverage of ...
Aussie Play Scores Six Tony Nominations

Aussie Play Scores Six Tony Nominations

The Sydney Theatre Company production of T ...
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Community Theatre

A Chorus Line Dances into Chatswood!

A Chorus Line Dances into Chatswood!

Willoughby Theatre Company celebrates the 50t ...
The Shape of Things at Lane Cove

The Shape of Things at Lane Cove

The Shape of Things is an exploration of love, ar ...
Midnight Murder at Arts Theatre Cronulla

Midnight Murder at Arts Theatre Cronulla

The new production at Arts Theatre Cronul ...
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Schools on Stage

Urinetown: The Musical

Urinetown: The Musical

By Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis. Pulteney Grammar School. F ...
Crazy For You

Crazy For You

By George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin and Ken Ludwig. John Curtin College ...
The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

By Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Glenn Slater and Doug Wright. Ho ...
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History

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 ...
The Museum of Broadway

The Museum of Broadway

On a recent New York pilgrimage, Peter Eyers enjoyed the Bi ...
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