Stage Briefs

Moulin Rouge Cleans Up At Tony Awards

Moulin Rouge! The Musical has cleaned up at the Tony Awards. It won the coveted Best Musical award and nine other Tony Awards including Best Director for Alex Timbers and Best Choreography, Costumes and Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical.

Melbourne's Theatre Doldrums

The Victorian Government has announced a slow and gradual re-opening of Live Performing Arts, with no word on when major musicals and plays can get back to business.

Under the road map for re-opening announced today by Premier Dan Andrews "at 80% 16+ double vax, indoor seated entertainment is subject to 1 in 4 square metres density and a max of 150 people."

Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella Moved To 2022

Lyndon Terracini for Opera Australia and John Frost for Crossroads Live today (September 14, 2021) announced that due to the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, they have made the difficult decision to move the Tony® Award-winning Broadway production of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella into 2022. 

Sydney Theatres to Re-Open

The New South Government has unveiled a roadmap for when theatres can re-open in COVID-19 hotspots.

Restrictions will ease on the Monday after the state achieves 70 percent of the eligible population with a double vaccination - which is expected to be in October.

Theatres will be allowed to have a maxmium capacity of 75%, so long as they comply with the one person per four square metre rule.

Outdoor venues will will be able to have up to 500 people at an event.

Magic Mike Live Australian Tour Cancelled

Media Release - Monday August 30, 2021

Grants for Performing Artists

The charity Support Act invites performing arts workers to apply for short term financial support as part of their Crisis Relief program funded by the Australian Government through the Office for the Arts.

Professional artists eligible for the grants are:

Brisbane Ring Cycle Again Postponed Due to COVID-19

Opera Australia has announced it has been forced to postpone the Brisbane premiere of the world’s first fully digital Ring Cycle for the second year running due to the latest COVID-19 outbreak.

After originally being programmed for 2020, the production dubbed the ‘Everest of opera’ was re- scheduled to open at Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) on 29 October this year.

Lockdown Forces Further Changes to STC 2021 Season

As the restrictions for Greater Sydney continue, Sydney Theatre Company has made further changes to its performance schedule with the announcement that Shake & Stir Theatre Co’s adaptation of Roald Dahl classic Fantastic Mr Fox will not be going ahead in 2021 and the upcoming

Opera Australia Announces New CEO

Opera Australia has announced that international performing arts leader Fiona Allan has been appointed as the Company’s next Chief Executive Officer.

Six The Musical Rescheduled

As a result of the ongoing disruptions created by the Sydney lockdown and the consequential measures put in place by state governments around border closures, the producers of SIX THE MUSICAL have confirmed the previously announced Brisbane season has now been rescheduled to commence in January 2023.

The Australian tour was due to start rehearsals in Sydney this September 2021 followed by performances in Brisbane this November 2021, however the delay will now see the tour commencing in Sydney this December 2021.