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What Happens to Child Stars?

Image: Josh Gates in Billy Elliot

Debora Krizak speaks to stars of Rent and The Rocky Horror Show who cut their teeth in the industry as children.

Having spent the best part of 2023 performing with young kids, I have often wondered whether any of them would go on to pursue a performing arts career, and at what cost.

Audra McDonald In Oz

Self-confessed fangirl Coral Drouyn speaks to six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald, on her way for an Australian concert tour in May.

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The Book of Mormon Returns to Sydney in 2025

The Tony®, Olivier®, and Grammy® award-winning production The Book of Mormon will return to Sydney from July 2025.

Winner of nine Tony Awards® including Best Musical and the Grammy® for Best Musical Theatre album, The Book of Mormon follows a pair of mismatched Mormon boys sent on a mission to a place that’s about as far from Salt Lake City as you can get. It will play at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney from July 2025.

Gary Lang NT Dance Company’s The Other Side of Me begins WA tour

Geoffrey Williams reports.

In the hugely privileged world we inhabit as theatre reviewers, there are often experiences that continue to haunt us (mostly in good ways), long after we have seen and written about them. The Gary Lang NT Dance Company’s The Other Side of Me remains, for me, one such experience.

Sarah Snook and Marg Horwell Win Olivier Awards for Dorian Gray

The Picture Of Dorian Gray’s star Sarah Snook has been named Best Actress at the 2024 Olivier Awards, held at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The annual awards, presented by the Society of London Theatre, recognise excellence in professional theatre in London.

Casey Donovan and Genevieve Lemon to Star in Sister Act

Praise be! In the biggest role of her career to date, Casey Donovan has been confirmed to lead the cast of Sister Act, when it opens at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney from August and the Regent Theatre in Melbourne from November. Joining Casey in donning the habit will be the Genevieve Lemon in the role of Mother Superior.

2024 Green Room Award Winners Announced

Victoria’s theatre industry came together on April 8th at the Melbourne's Comedy Theatre for the presentation of the 2024 Green Room Awards with the Melbourne Theatre Company taking eight awards including Best Theatre Production for My Sister Jill, while Best Commercial Musical went to Mary Poppins.

Kip Williams Leaving Sydney Theatre Company

Sydney Theatre Company Artistic Director Kip Williams, will leave at the end of the year after 13 years with the Company, eight as Artistic Director, to prepare for a career on Broadway.

Following the success of The Picture of Dorian Gray in London’s West End, Kip has decided to hand over the reins to a new Artistic Director at the end of 2024 as he makes space in his schedule for a proposed Broadway season in 2025. 

Marvellous Elephant Man Green Room Nominations

Ahead of the Green Room Awards, Melbourne's top honours in the performing arts scene, Mark Hamilton toasts the success of The Marvellous Elephant Man the Musical, which has attracted a cult following and sold

Patti LuPone To Bring New Concert To Australia

A LIFE IN NOTES to feature songs that influenced LuPone throughout her life 

Three-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone will bring her new concert A LIFE IN NOTES to Australia this winter, directly from Carnegie Hall.  LuPone will headline the Adelaide Cabaret Festival before undertaking a national tour stopping in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.