Stage Briefs

The Boy From Oz in Melbourne

Prolific independent musical theatre company Theatrical is excited to present The Boy From Oz, playing for a limited season at National Theatre Melbourne from 6-21 July.

Starring in the musical is acclaimed Peter Allen tribute artist Matthew Hadgcraft, who has been performing his own Peter Allen show across Australia since 2015. 

In the Heights at Sydney Opera House in July

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ground-breaking debut musical In the Heights arrives at the Sydney Opera House for a strictly limited six-week season from 20 July to 25 August, 2024. 

Jurassic World by Brickman®

Great entertainment for children and grown-ups in Brisbane.

An adventure 6 million LEGO® bricks in the making. Get ready for an immersive adventure like no other as Ryan 'Brickman' McNaught re-imagines Jurassic World, the blockbuster franchise from Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment, in the largest LEGO® brick exhibition in Australia.

Identity Crisis

 

Stand-up master of hiliarious UNpolitical correctness ‘JNewtz’ heads back to Australia in April for the International Melbourne Comedy Festival to unleash his first solo show ‘Identity Crisis’

Considered a master of UNpolitical correctness and a jack of all comedy trades, JNewtz has forged an enviable reputation with audiences across the world for his refreshingly hilarious honest, practical and sometimes inappropriate, view points on life.

Broadway Bingo at The Brisbane Powerhouse

Following their hit Christmas cabaret, Merry Mixology, securing them a Matilda Awards nomination for Best Cabaret or Musical 2023, Outside The Jukebox returns with their most entertaining musical experience yet: Broadway Bingo.

WICKED Announces Brisbane Season

Rejoycify! The producers of the Broadway blockbuster WICKED have announced that the musical phenomenon will fly into the Lyric Theatre, QPAC in September this year. Waitlist now to be first in line to buy tickets for the Brisbane season at Wickedthemusical.com.au when tickets go on pre-sale next week. Tickets for the general public are on sale from 22 March.

A Taste of Ireland

A Taste of Ireland will kick off its national tour at The Palms at Crown Melbourne on St Patrick’s Day, Sunday 17th March 2024.

Australia Felix

A runaway convict who lived with nine Aboriginal tribes, and inspired the exploration of western Victoria, is the subject of a musical revue being staged in Sydney this March/April.

Director and writer Geoffrey Sykes says the remarkable life of George Clark – also known as the flying barber - is presented by ‘travelling players’ in the tradition of ballads and storytelling. 

 

Adelaide Festival 2024 Review Round-Up

Our reviewers have been out and around at the 2024 Adelaide Festival. Click on the images or show titles below to read more about the show of your choice.

Top image: Baleen Moondjan. Photographer: Roy VanDerVegt

 

Adelaide Fringe 2024 Review Round-Up

Below are a series of links to the Adelaide Fringe shows we have reviewed. Please click on the image or the title of the production you would like to read about.

Top image: An Attempt to Lose Time.

 

 

The Ark