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In conversation with Gail Evans and Nicky Fearn

Image: Gail Evans (left) and Nicky Fearn. Photo by Geoffrey Williams.

Geoffrey Williams sat down with Darwin Theatre royalty – Gail Evans and Nicky Fearn – during their lunch break from rehearsals for the upcoming season of Fair Punishment at Brown’s Mart Theatre.

Three Cats Cast Members Announced

Producer John Frost for Crossroads Live today (April 9, 2025) announced the first three cast members for the 40th Anniversary Australian tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking musical CATS. CATS will play at its original Australian home, Theatre Royal Sydney from 17 June, then head to Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide from September and to Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne from December.

Back to the Future Casting Announced

Producers John Frost, Colin Ingram and the creators of the original film trilogy Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale have announced that Tony Award winner Roger Bart will don the boiler suit and voice-activate the time travelling DeLorean for the Australian Premiere season of BACK TO THE FUTURE: The Musical, reprising the role of Dr. Emmett Brown; a character made famous originally by Christopher Lloyd in the first Back to the Future movie.

Broadway Musical ANASTASIA For Australia in 2025

John Frost for Crossroads Live and Opera Australia today (April 2, 2025) announced that the Broadway musical ANASTASIA will have its Australian premiere at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne in December 2025 before touring to Perth and Sydney in 2026. 

Timeless & Divine: The Magic of Torvill and Dean

Coral Drouyn talks to Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean about the end of an era, ahead of their farewel

Heaven On Their Minds

With Jesus Christ Superstar opening in Melbourne, David Spicer speaks to the performers playing Jesus and Judas. Michael Paynter and Javon King reveal that faith, their mothers and love of good tunes bind their passion for the musical.

Michael Paynter has taken ‘long-service’ leave from his gigs as a guitarist with Icehouse and Jimmy Barnes to make his professional stage debut in Jesus Christ Superstar, which is running at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne until June 22.

RISING 2025

Image: LEGENDS (of the Golden Arches), J Wyld

RISING, Melbourne’s winter festival of new art, music and performance, has unveiled its 2025 program featuring; 65 events, 327artists, 15 new commissions, 9 world premieres, 5 Australian and 10 Victorian, returning to showcase the city over two epic weekends from Wednesday 4th to Sunday 15th June.

STAGE WHISPERS MAGAZINE: MARCH / APRIL 2025 EDITION OUT NOW!!!

IN THIS EDITION

 

It’s a Dog’s Life

Annie’s canine cast “speak”  

 

And Then There Were None

Robyn Nevin and Nicholas Hammond’s Agatha Christie thriller

 

MJ The Musical

Nominees Announced for the 2025 Green Room Awards

Image: The Cast of Candide. Photographer: Charlie Kinross

The Green Room Awards Association has announced the nominees for the 42nd Annual Green Room Awards.  

The most nominated productions this year include GROUNDHOG DAY (11 nominations), CANDIDE (9 nominations), 37 (8 nominations), MY BRILLIANT CAREER (8 nominations) and COUNTING & CRACKING (7 nominations).

Matilda Awards 2024: A Theatrical Triumph of Diversity and Creativity

Image: Host Sean Choolburra

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