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Melbourne Theatre Company Season 2022

Image: Admissions. Photographer: Sam Bisso.

Artistic Director & CEO Brett Sheehy has unveiled his final season for Melbourne Theatre Company – a program of 11 productions including both new Australian and critically acclaimed international works.

‘MTC’s long-standing role as a beacon of innovative modern storytelling is reinforced in 2022 across a season of works that will delight, inspire and enthral,’ Sheehy said.

Opera Australia Announces Phantom and Carmen for Sydney Harbour in 2022

Opera Australia has announced that 2022’s Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour will present one of the most successful musical of all time, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s, The Phantom of th

Cast Announced for Australian Premiere of Head Over Heels

The cast has been announced today for the Australian Premiere of the Broadway musical HEAD OVER HEELSPlaying at Hayes Theatre Co from 18 February 2022, HEAD OVER HEELS is a bold new musical comedy set to the music of the iconic 1980's all-female rock band The Go-Go's.

Boy Swallows Universe World Premiere Makes History

From the Queensland Theatre Media Release.

The world premiere season of Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe, adapted for the stage by Tim McGarry, opened Brisbane Festival 2021 and has broken box office records to become QPAC’s highest selling drama, and Queensland Theatre’s best-selling show in its entire history.

Queensland Ballet, ICONIC, Season 2022

Li Cunxin will stay with Queensland Ballet for three more years

At a press launch today (September 28, 2021) for Queensland Ballet's upcoming ICONIC 2022 Season, the company's Board Chair, Julieanne Alroe, announced that Artistic Director Li Cunxin will extend his current decade-long tenure by another three years. She said, "the company's extraordinary growth in the last decade is testament to Li's bold vision and commitment to Queensland Ballet."

STC Strikes ‘First Look’ Content Deal with Michael Cassel Group

Sydney Theatre Company (STC) and Michael Cassel Group (MCG) have today (28 September, 2021) announced a commercial ‘First Look’ agreement for all future works produced by the theatre company. 

In the first agreement of its kind in Australia, STC’s productions will have the opportunity to be transferred or remounted as commercial productions to entertain audiences in new markets, with the intention of touring across Australia and internationally.

Queensland Theatre (QT) Season 2022 Launch

On 26 September at the Bille Brown Theatre, Queensland Theatre launched their 2022 season of eight plays, chosen to inspire, challenge and entertain. Beth Keehn reports.

Jagged Little Pill to Launch Theatre Royal Sydney in December

Starring Australian Stage, Screen & Music Star Natalie Bassingthwaighte.

Mythology of Naked Flesh

Alex Raineri explains to Beth Keehn why he's given classical music a sexy digital makeover that challenges double standards and gender expectations.

Vale Joan Whalley

The foyer of the Bille Brown Theatre was the venue for an informal afternoon tea funded by Queensland Theatre to honor and celebrate the life and career of Joan Whalley OAM, who passed away on 27 August 2021, at the Glasshouse Views Nursing Home, Beewah, just a couple of months shy of her 94th birthday.

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