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Christine Anu to Star in Hadestown

Christine Anu will lead a dynamic cast of multi-talented opera and musical theatre performers in the Broadway musical Hadestown when it premieres in Sydney in February 2025.

Brisbane Season For Jesus Christ Superstar

A Brisbane season has been announced as part of the Australian tour of the award-winning Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock musical Jesus Christ Superstar. The production will play at the Lyric Theatre, QPAC from June 2025, following seasons in Sydney, Perth and Melbourne.

Evan Hansen Has Been Found

Having seemingly taken a half a lifetime, at long last

Les Misérables Arena Spectacular Coming in 2025

Cameron Mackintosh, in association with Nick Grace Management and Live Nation Australia have announced that Les Misérables The Arena Spectacular is coming to the ICC Theatre Sydney on 30 April 2025, to be followed by Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne from 14 May 2025 and then 

Eddie Perfect to Star in Beetlejuice

After earning a Tony Award nomination for the music and lyrics he wrote for BEETLEJUICEEddie Perfect will star as the most mischievous corpse in the history of musicals when he takes on the title role in the Australian premiere playing exclusively in Melbourne. 

The otherworldly comedy will begin performances on 7 May 2025 at the Regent Theatre, Melbourne.

Cats Returns To Its Original Australian Home After 40 Years

On 27 July 1985, a ground-breaking musical production had its Australian Premiere at Theatre Royal Sydney, heralding an era of the British “mega-musical” in Australia. Now, 40 years later, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking musical CATS returns to Theatre Royal Sydney to celebrate its 40th anniversary, opening in June 2025.  When tickets go on sale buy them here.

Malthouse Theatre Season 2025

Image — Troy. Courtesy of Malthouse Theatre.

Malthouse Theatre has launched its 2025 season heralding a year of epic theatrics, lush music theatre, in-your-face drama, virtuosic horror and uplifting joy. Unveiling seven productions by Australian and international theatre makers, more than ever, Malthouse is committed to making sure the arts are accessible to more people, more often.

Victorian Opera Season 2025

From rarely heard operatic gems to a major Stephen Sondheim musical, Victorian Opera’s Season 2025 bursts with Broadway dazzle and adaptations of classic literature in Stuart Maunder AM’s second season as Artistic Director.

Victorian Opera opens Season 2025 with a fully staged production of Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning musical, Follies, from 1-6 February at the Palais Theatre, St Kilda.

Sarah Snook to Make Broadway Debut in The Picture Of Dorian Gray

Following a sold out, critically acclaimed run in the West End, Sarah Snook (Succession) will make her Broadway debut playing 26 characters in The Picture Of Dorian Gray. The stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s only novel is adapted and directed by Kip Williams, the Artistic Director of Sydney Theatre Company, where the production originated. The Picture Of Dorian Gray will open at a Shubert theater in March for a strictly limited engagement. 

Melbourne Theatre Company Season 2025

“For me, the magic of theatre lies in the shared experience of sitting in an audience,” says Anne-Louise Sarks Artistic Director & Co-Ceo of the MTC.

“Whether it’s laughing with the person beside you, or joining in a collective gasp, or getting lost in the power of a transformative story – those reactions are what I love.

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