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Come From Away and Hamilton to Re-Open in Sydney

Producers Rodney Rigby and Junkyard Dog Productions have announced that the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical COME FROM AWAY, is preparing to reopen at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney from Wednesday 20 October.

With theatres able to reopen at 75% capacity until further advice from the NSW Government, tickets are now on sale for dates through to 28 November 2021.

STAGE WHISPERS MAGAZINE: SEP / OCT / NOV 2021 EDITION OUT NOW!!!

IN THIS EDITION

Play Swallows Universe

Queensland Theatre’s adaptation of Trent Dalton’s novel Boy Swallows Universe

Theatre On Ice

When lockdown shutters shows mid run, big and small alike

Broadway and the West End Back in Business

How New York and London theatres are reopening after COVID

Ladies Take The Stage

How the great Divas make Broadway musicals tick

Barrie Kosky's The Golden Cockerel for 2022 Adelaide Festival

Adelaide Festival announces the return of Australia’s celebrated international opera director Barrie Kosky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Golden Cockerel. The opera will form the centrepiece of the 2022 Adelaide Festival.

Musicals – The Reel Deal!

Image: In The Heights

With a batch of blockbuster musicals being released as movies, Coral Drouyn looks between the sheets at the marriage of screen and stage.

Hibernation World Premiere for Adelaide

Playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer’s large-scale futuristic drama Hibernation will have its world premiere at Dunstan Playhouse in August.

More Cancellation Carnage

Theatre Performer Trevor Ashley asked his facebook friends if they lost a gig today and was flooded with bad news.

"Lost 14 gigs so far….Absolutely stuffed and no chance of ‘assistance’."

The Phantom of the Opera Postponed to 2022

Opera Australia has announced the forced postponement of their production of The Phantom of the Opera that was scheduled to open at the Sydney Opera House in September and Arts Centre Melbourne in November.

The company has taken the difficult step to postpone both seasons due to the uncertainty created by the ongoing restrictions imposed by both the New South Wales and Victorian Governments because of the indefinite COVID-19 lockdowns. 

STC Reschedules Trans Love Story Triple X for 2022 Season

Sydney Theatre Company Artistic Director Kip Williams has announced that Triple X – the semi-autobiographical trans love story by two-time Griffin Award-winning playwright and trans performer Glace Chase – will be rescheduled in the 2022 season