Stage Briefs

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

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.

Heart of Surry Hills

Crime and cocktails tour.

There was a time when inner Sydney was ruled by crime gangs led by two women, and now a night tour of notorious locales is bringing their escapades back to life, mixed with pitstops at drink stops and eateries.

The Local Sauce tour run by Justin Steele commences at Sydney’s famous Taylor Square on Oxford Street, with members of the group handed a postcard of a crime figure of the 1920s and 30s.

Mamma Mia! returns to Sydney in May 2023

Mamma Mia! returns to the Sydney Lyric from May 2023 for a strictly limited season, featuring 22 of ABBA’s greatest hits, including “Dancing Queen”, “Voulez Vous”, “S.O.S.” and “Take a Chance On Me”.

El Diablo at The Butterfly Club

The multi-award-winning comedy El Diablo hits Melbourne’s Butterfly Club, after touring across the state performing at Victorian Drama League One Act Play Festivals. The hilarious show, which is part satire, part observational comedy with a twist of social commentary, won multiple Best Production, Ensemble and Acting Awards.