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Belvoir Accepting Submissions for 2020 Balnaves Fellowship

Belvoir is now accepting submissions for The Balnaves Foundation Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Fellowship, with a $25,000 paid residency at Belvoir.

Experience QPAC Unlocked

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) is set to throw open its doors for the first time in almost six months with a series of live performance experiences in reimagined theatres and spaces.

Brisbane Ring Cycle Rescheduled for 2021

Following Opera Australia’s announcement that the Brisbane Ring Cycle has been postponed to next year due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis, new dates have been confirmed for the epic opera season to open in Brisbane from 29 October to 20 November 2021, at Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) with three full Ring Cycles and seven performances of OA’s digital production of Verdi’s hugely popular Aida.

Hamilton Tickets and Waitlist

Tickets for the Australian premiere of HAMILTON will go on sale to the general public at 9am (AEST) Tuesday 1 September 2020 via Ticketmaster. Advance priority access is available beginning at 10:00AM (AEST) Monday, 24 August 2020 to those signed up on the waitlist at Hamiltonmusical.com.au.

Live Performance Industry Releases COVID Safe Guidelines

Actors, musicians and crew will be forced to have regular COVID-19 tests, and limit their interaction with people outside of their production when major performance returns to the stage, under guidelines released by Live Performance Australia.

The guidelines cover auditions, rehearsals and performances, as well as touring of live performances.

Musical Theatre Road Trip

Curious to discover which songs from musicals are most popular for road trips, Halfords analysed Spotify data to reveal the top 100 musical tunes to sing in the car. 

The study analysed thousands of playlists with names such as 'musical road trip’ to reveal that Dear Evan Hansen's ‘Waving Through A Window’ performed by Ben Platt is the song musical-lovers are most likely to belt out behind the wheel. 

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