Stage Briefs

Adelaide Fringe 2023

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The 2023 Adelaide Fringe festival runs from February 17 to March 19.

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• The Gov Sunday Sessions

• Ari Arari

• The 60 Four

Vale Andrew McKinnon

Tributes are flowing in for impresario Andrew McKinnon, who died suddenly on 21 February 2023, at the age of 70.

Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap Continues its Tour in Melbourne

Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap continues touring Australia in 2023 to celebrate its 70th Anniversary, produced by John Frost for Cros

Matador Sydney Return Season For World Pride

After a sold-out premiere season at the Sydney Opera House in 2019 and huge acclaim on an Australian tour, MATADOR proudly returns to Sydney, bigger, bolder and sexier than ever. MATADOR, presented as part of World Pride Amplified, will play at Riverside Theatres Parramatta from 16 February 2023 for a strictly limited season.

Great Intentions

Coral Drouyn looks at the first musical on the Gold Coast for 2023, in which two young Queenslanders will make their debut

Urinetown at The Hayes

Heart Strings Theatre Co in association with Hayes Theatre will present a season of the satirical comedy musical URINETOWN at the Hayes Theatre Co from 11 January 2023. 

Winner of three Tony Awards, three Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards and two Obie Awards, URINETOWN is a musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, environmental collapse, privatisation of natural resources, bureaucracy, municipal politics and musical theatre itself!

To Barbra, With Love in Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra

Live Nation’s To Barbra, With Love, the highly successful celebration of the inimitable Barbra Streisand, would be remounted in Canberra, Adelaide and Sydney, with local symphony orchestras.

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Opera Australia's New Leading Lady

Gilbert and Sullivan could be back on the menu for Opera Australia following the appointment of UK director Jo Davies as Artistic Director. She’s set to take over from Lyndon Terracini at a time when the company is facing intense financial pressures.

Alexa Turn on the Lights, in Perth

Perth, you are invited to come and meet Alexa as you’ve never seen her before!

One of the most recognised voices in the world will together with show creator Jacob Watton have a conversation about how our world has been deeply changed by technology.  What better way to explore this change than through a conversation with technology herself.

Jacob Watton and Cluster Arts present Alexa Turn on the Lights as part of Perth’s Fringe World Festival, from February 2 – 12, 2023.