Producer John Frost for Crossroads Live today revealed the lead cast for the upcoming new Australian production of the ever-popular Broadway musical Annie, and announced a Melbourne season at the Princess Theatre from July 2025, following the Sydney season at the Capitol Theatre from March 2025. Waitlist now at anniemusical.com.au to be first in line to buy tickets in Melbourne. […]

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West Side Story? Harbourside story? How about both? From mid-March, the now annual Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour will once again bring the theatre outdoors, as well as adding a few fireworks, and backlighting it all with a glittering city skyline. For sheer spectacle, the 2024 iteration of Opera Australia’s autumnal excursion will be hard […]

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Australia’s mighty circus company Circa is celebrating 20 years. It was on March 31, 2004, that Circa, then an ensemble of three, performed its first show. Fast forward 20 years, and Circa is an ensemble of 30, with five full time directors and designers; from its original base in Brisbane, Circa now has additional homes […]

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Sydney Harbour, Sydney.22 March 2024. Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour opened its 2024 season of West Side Story with an impressive bang this month. With the stunning backdrop of the Sydney Harbour and Opera House, on the water and under the stars, was set the perfect scene for this classic but tragic love story. West […]

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Opera Australia (OA) has announced that smash-hit musical West Side Story will return to the Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour stage in 2024, along with renewed partnerships with Dr Haruhisa Handa’s International Foundation for Arts and Culture and Destination NSW. This electrifying, larger-than-life production of West Side Story opened in 2019, to rapturous acclaim and remains the most successful […]

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Opera Australia is returning to Sydney Opera House with a lavish production of Aida. This production is directed and choreographed by Davide Livermore, and features extraordinary design by design studio Giò Forma and costume by Gianluca Falaschi. Dance Informa caught up with dance captain for the production Allie Graham about the experience and about her […]

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Book: Ed Watson: A Different DanceAuthor: Sarah Crompton, Prestel Publishing, May 2023 Sarah Crompton’s Ed Watson: A Different Dance is a visually stunning book with photos that stop you in your tracks. It is a celebration of the life and performances of Edward Watson, principal dancer with The Royal Ballet who is now a repetiteur […]

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The Walt Disney Company is thrilled to announce the full cast of Beauty and the Beast, including the roles of Lumiere, Cogsworth and Mrs Potts. This new production of Beauty and the Beast will have its Australian premiere at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre this June. Rohan Browne will step into the role of Lumiere, Cogsworth will […]

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To celebrate 100 years of Disney, MM Creative Productions is thrilled to bring to Australian audiences an unforgettable evening of live music, enchanting animation and tales as old as time in Disney 100: The Concert.  Sydney audiences have embraced this once-in-a-lifetime centenary celebration with the four shows at the iconic Sydney Opera House officially sold out. Gold Coast audiences […]

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The McDonald College is pleased to announce the appointment of Kathryn Dunn as their next Head of Musical Theatre. Dunn is a deeply experienced performing arts practitioner who brings to Australia’s leading performing arts school a wealth of global experience as a performer, director, choreographer, creative, producer, educator, curator and advocate for art and artists. […]

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