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Queensland Ballet 2026 Season

Queensland Ballet 2026 Season

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Queensland Symphony Orchestra Season 2026

Queensland Symphony Orchestra Season 2026

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Malthouse Theatre 2026 Season

Malthouse Theatre 2026 Season

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Latest Reviews

Lime Cordiale & SSO

Lime Cordiale & SSO

Two brothers from Sydney’s northern beaches are having a ...
Alma Moodie Quartet Play Haydn and Brahms

Alma Moodie Quartet Play Haydn and Brahms

Chamber music is intimate and vulnerable ...
The Wolves

The Wolves

This review only covers the first of the two casts performing this play.
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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

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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

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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

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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

Beyond Beauty: The Art and Grit of Screen Make-up

Beyond Beauty: The Art and Grit of Screen Make-up

NIDA Graduate Kiarna Strauss is ...
Bringing Excellence To The Stage

Bringing Excellence To The Stage

In an industry where talent is just the beginnin ...
Directory of Performing Arts Courses 2026

Directory of Performing Arts Courses 2026

The 2026 Stage Whispers Performing Arts ...
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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

Seasons 2026

Seasons 2026

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Buckets of Love

Buckets of Love

Entertainment Assist – a national charity focusing on the me ...
Les Misérables - The Staged Concert - In Cinemas

Les Misérables - The Staged Concert - In Cinemas

Now cinema audiences can experie ...
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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 Winner

Travel Gang Theatre Educator Scholarship Winner

Victorian scoops coveted Theatre E ...
Disney Moana Jr.

Disney Moana Jr.

By Lin Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foa’i, Mark Mancina, Susan S ...
Hoods

Hoods

By Ange Betzien. Directed by Emma Leadon. Barbara Godwin Performing Arts Co ...
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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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