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Pinocchio for Grown Ups

Melbourne audiences will have the chance to enjoy the mainstage Australian premiere of My Son Pinocchio: Geppetto’s Musical Tale. David Spicer spoke to two of the leads, Rachael Beck and Daniel Lim.

It’s not very often you speak to a thirteen-year-old boy and find out he’s playing lead roles in three musicals within the space of a few months.

Sydney Theatre Company 2025 Season

Image: Picnic at Hanging Rock - Kirsty Marillier and Olivia de Jonge. Photographer: Derek Henderson

Outgoing STC Artistic Director Kip Williams has announced Sydney Theatre Company’s 2025 program, his eighth and final season with the company.

Hadestown for Melbourne

Seen by three million, and streamed by over 350 million all around the world, singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell’s West End and Broadway musical phenomenon Hadestown will premiere in Melbourne at the Her Majesty’s Theatre in May 2025.

Hadestown broke Theatre Royal Sydney box office records when it went on sale earlier this year for the Sydney season, and now Melbourne audiences have their chance.

Prior Engagements

Leading lady Marina Prior, who has been thrilling audiences since the age of 19,  recently appeared in a concert version of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s masterpiece Carousel. Life-long fan Jonathan Cox was excited to chat with her.

And Then There Were None Coming in 2025

From the producers of the hugely successful Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap comes a brand-new production of Agatha Christie’s best-selling crime novel of all time, And Then There Were None, opening at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre in February 2025 and Sydney Theatre Royal from May 2025.

Ten people are lured to a solitary mansion on an island off the English coast, when a storm cuts them off from the mainland. The true reason for their presence on the island soon becomes horribly clear.

Ensemble Theatre Season 2025

The Ensemble Theatre has announced its 2025 season.

Mitchell Butel new STC Artistic Director and co-CEO

The Board of Sydney Theatre Company (STC) has appointed award-winning actor, director, writer and producer Mitchell Butel as its new Artistic Director and co-CEO, taking over from Ki

The Search for Annie and the Orphans Begins

The search for the young girls who will play Annie and her orphan friends in the ever-popular Broadway musical Annie begins today. Audition notices have been posted by producer John Frost for Crossroads Live and director Karen Johnson Mortimer looking for multiple casts of Annie, Duffy, Kate, Tessie, Pepper, July, Molly and Friday.

Getting In On The Act

From Australian Idol to the convent, Casey Donovan is taking the leap into a lead role.

A Toast to Tim Draxl

With Tim Draxl on stage in his biggest musical theatre challenge to date, the role of Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard opposite Sarah Brightman, Les Solomon – his former manager - reflects on the actor-singer’s brilliant career. 

Tim Draxl’s mother, during a low point in his life, reminded him that he was given a gift, and he needed to continue to use it (pictured below). That gift as a major Australian and international actor/singer/film star/entertainer has been on display for almost thirty years. 

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