Stage Briefs

GREASE: Casting of Rizzo and Marty Announced

Mackenzie Dunn, playing the role of Rizzo, and Brianna Bishop, in the role of Marty, are set to join the cast of GREASE, which opens at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Melbourne on 31 December.

Brianna Bishop  was most recently seen in the lead role of Ella in the Australian premiere season of Midnight – The Cinderella Musical as well as Amber von Tussle in the Australian tour of Hairspray.

Colleen McCullough's Tim On Stage

TIM a novel written by Australian icon Colleen McCullough and adapted for the stage by acclaimed playwright Tim McGarry, will commence a tour of eight NSW venues from 28 July 2023, prior to a future national tour.

The Hypotheticals - Perth Debut 2023

Unpublished

Potential parenthood in a burning world. Pour the wine.

Winner of the 2020 NT Literary Award for Theatre, The Hypotheticals is both a deeply personal story and a work of imagination for the writer- performers Jeffrey Jay Fowler and Sarah Reuben, as they contemplate their futures and the future of their (yet to exist) children.

Meet two best friends in their mid 30’s – a single straight woman and a partnered gay man – who are deciding whether to have a baby. Together.

Cast for Murder for Two at Hayes

Hayes Theatre Co today announced the two performers who comprise the cast of the upcoming musical comedy Murder for Two - musical comedians Gabbi Bolt (Sydney Comedy Festival, Spicks and Specs, Ratatouille; the TikTok Musical) and Maverick Newman (The Comedy of Errors, Chandler Bing in Friends! The Musical Parody, Maverick Newman in Conversation with Maverick Newman). Filling out the team is Sam Marques (Metamorphoses, Aspects of Love) as swing on the show.

Audition for Universal Studios Parks and Resorts in Japan and China

The 2023 Global Audition Tour for Universal Parks and Resorts in Japan and China has commenced!  For more than 20 years, Universal has sourced talent from across the world, and now with online submissions being a normal part of the audition process, they truly are receiving Universal submissions.  In the 2022 auditions, they received applications from almost every country – and expect to see the same wonderful level of talent this year.

Bernadette Robinson in DIVAS

Following the success of her previous, sold-out one-woman shows, Pennsylvania Avenue, The Show Goes On and Songs For Nobodies (a hit in both Australia and London), Bernadette Robinson is returning to Australian stages with the World Premiere of her post-pandemic solo show DIVAS.

DIVAS will open at QPAC, Brisbane on 20 July then travel to Sydney Opera House opening 3 August then to Fairfax Studio, Melbourne from 24 August 2023.

40th Anniversary Green Room Awards Ceremony

The Green Room Awards Association has announced that its 40thAwards Ceremony will be presented

Ruva Emulates Tina

On the eve of previews commencing at Theatre Royal Sydney night, the star of TINA - The Tina Turner Musical, Ruva Ngwenya, climbed to the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in a special moment to honour Tina Turner, who did a similar climb in 1995 as part of the famous NRL promotion.

The Marvellous Elephant Man: The Musical

Joseph Merrick, better known as the Elephant Man, is an outcast. He survived circus ‘freak shows’ and the revulsion of a gawking public for years until a young doctor offered him asylum at the London Hospital in 1879.

Described by The Beat as ‘The Book of Mormon meets Beauty and the Beast’, The Marvellous Elephant Man tells a gripping tale of love, connection and the human condition.

Aussie Playwright Wins Olivier Award

Australian Playwright Suzie Miller has taken out a prestigious Oliver Award for her play Prima Facie, which has been critically acclaimed in Australia, in the West End and is about to make its debut on Broadway.

The one-woman play centres on the experience of a lawyer who is a victim of a sexual assault by a colleague.

Image: Suzie Miller