From over 200 entries for the Queensland Premier’s Drama Award 2025, and three finalists announced earlier this year, playwright Jordan Shea has been announced as the winner for his tender dramedy that pits love against obligation, Malacañang Made Us.
Shea’s work was selected as winner of this year’s Award alongside fellow finalists David Burton for the good dad, and Steve Rodgers for his work, The Future is History.
Opera Australia has announced a new production of the musical Guys & Dolls for Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour in 2025, that will transport audiences to Manhattan, a colourful and glamorous world filled with showgirls and gangsters, set against Sydney’s glittering skyline.
Bonnie Lythgoe announced the cast she has assembled to bring SNOW WHITE to Riverside Theatres for an exclusive Sydney season opening on 7 September 2024.
Image: Danny Whitehead, Anna O'Byrne and Marina Prior. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Producer Enda Markey has announced the cast who will join Anna O’Byrne and Marina Prior in the presentation of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel – A Concert in Melbourne this September.
The lead cast for the Australian tour of the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock musical Jesus Christ Superstar has been revealed. The producers have also announced a Perth season of the production from February at Crown Theatre and a Melbourne season at the Princess Theatre from March.
The 19-strong cast bringing In the Heights to the Sydney Opera House this winter has assembled in the rehearsal room, ahead of the season opening on Saturday 20 July, 2024.
