Monstrous Theatre has announced the first development workshop for Short Stories, a new musical with book by British screenwriter, Mike Bullen, and music from the back-catalogue of the late, great, American singer-songwriter Harry Chapin.
This will be the third new work Monstrous Theatre has workshopped in the past 12 months, following on from an adaptation of Helen Garner’sThe Spare Room, and a new play Jumpby Theresa Borg.
The winners of the 2023 Sydney Theatre Awards were announced tonight (Jan 29, 2024) at a star-studded ceremony, with 30 Awards presented, shared between 15 productions which played on Sydney stages during 2023. Almost 500 members of the Sydney theatre community gathered at the York Theatre, Seymour Centre to celebrate.
Hamilton will play a return engagement at the Sydney Lyric Theatre from July 2024.
Producers Jeffrey Seller and Michael Cassel have announced that the revolution returns to Sydney when the Tony, Grammy, Olivier and Pulitzer Prize winning musical Hamilton comes home to the Sydney Lyric Theatre in 2024.
Hamilton made its Australian premiere at the Sydney Lyric Theatre on Wednesday 17 March, 2021 and was met with overwhelming audience and critical acclaim.
Sydney Theatre Company and Michael Cassel Group will present the Australian premiere of a brand-new production of the Broadway hit Dear Evan Hansen.
Beloved on Broadway for its deeply personal and profoundly contemporary take on life and the way we live it Dear Evan Hansen will premiere in Sydney in October 2024.
The award-winning pop musical & JULIET is coming to Sydney in February 2024 after a spectacular sold-out season in Melbourne. The Australian production is led by Lorinda May Merrypor in the title role, Rob Mills will hold the quill as Shakespeare while Amy Lehpamer tries to rewrite the narrative as his wife Anne.
The Woman in Black, the second longest-running play in West End history, after Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, is returning to Australia in 2024, presented by PW Productions, Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions.
Image: Chicago Australian cast 2023/4. Photographer: Jeff Busby.
Something old and something new is the flavour of Musical Theatre in 2024. There’s blockbuster classics including Wicked, Sunset Boulevard and Beauty and the Beast, along with Australian premieres of Dear Evan Hansen and Groundhog Day the Musical.
The ensemble-led Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre in Melbourne has revealed its 2024 season, featuring six plays including four Australian premieres and two returning productions back by popular demand.
Kicking off in February thanks to a hugely successful 2023 run this year, Monument by the 2022 Max Afford Playwrights Award Finalist Emily Sheehan, returns for a limited season not to be missed.
Nominations were announced today (December 19) for the 2023 Sydney Theatre Awards, which will be presented at an industry gala ceremony on Monday 29 January 2024 at 7pm at the York Theatre, Seymour Centre.
