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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.

The Silent Stages

Image: Mark Cleary with Vange Tapia (founder of LatinX Hollywood).

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.

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

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.

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

Kitty Goodall Reports

Full Cast of Beetlejuice The Musical Summoned

Dust off your Ouija boards and polish your gravestones Melbourne, because Michael Cassel Group, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, and Langley Park Productions have just summoned the full line-up for the Australian premiere of Beetlejuice The Musical, hitting Melbourne’s Regent Theatre this May.

Hadestown – One Helluva Show.

Image: Abigail Adriano, Christine Anu and Noah Mullins in Hadestown. Photographer: Lisa Tomasetti

Seymour Centre Celebrates 50 Years With 2025 Season

Image: Cowbois, photo by Pollyanna Nowicki

Sydney’s Seymour Centre’s 50th year begins with the launch of the annual Seymour Season, a set of five events including three international plays and two locally produced works, presented in partnership with independent Australian theatre companies.

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