The musical phenomenon CHICAGO has finished its run at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre and has its final stops in Australia – Adelaide and Canberra. The longest-running show now playing on Broadway, this scorching hot masterpiece includes a dazzling score that includes “All That Jazz,” “Cell Block Tango” and “Razzle Dazzle.” Created by the musical theatre talents of John Kander, […]

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Adelaide Festival Centre will celebrate its 50th anniversary in style this year, starting with the launch of a new podcast and a special Festival Theatre concert in June. The First 50 podcast hosted by Adelaide’s very own cabaret icon Libby O’Donovan will feature a monthly episode exploring the careers of artists who have graced the stages of Adelaide […]

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The 50th anniversary production of iconic rock ‘n’ roll musical The Rocky Horror Show has confirmed the final cast members for its Australian Tour, which kicks off global celebrations at Theatre Royal Sydney on February 14, before seasons at Adelaide Festival Theatre from April 13, and Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre from May 18. Full casting for the Adelaide season will be confirmed soon. Joining the […]

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Dolly Parton’s smash-hit musical, 9 TO 5 The Musical, will play at the Festival Theatre, Adelaide from October as part of its Australian tour, produced by Adelaide’s own John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia, Suzanne Jones and Ambassador Theatre Group Productions. Internationally acclaimed and loved by audiences and critics alike, 9 TO 5 is pure gold carat fun! Waitlist now […]

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Festival Theatre, Adelaide.10 March 2021. I’m not sure we all need a reminder of how impermanent our comfortable lives are after the upheaval of the last year, but Sydney Dance Company’s Rafael Bonachela played with this exact theme in his new work, Impermanence, at Adelaide Festival. Although this work would speak volumes at any moment, the […]

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Australian cabaret legend Tim Minchin plus Bob Downe with Anne “Willsy” Wills are among performers starring in two new headline shows as part of Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2021. Internationally renowned, award-winning musician, comedian, actor, writer and composer Tim Minchin will return to Adelaide Cabaret Festival with the encore of his award-winning show, BACK, performing on the festival’s opening weekend, 12 – 13 […]

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It’s a Thursday afternoon, and resident choreographer Danielle Bilios is at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre in rehearsal mode putting the Australian cast of Billy Elliot through their paces. It’s a role she’s easily transitioned into after starting her career as a dancer in the ensemble of major musical theatre shows, including Wicked, Fame and Matilda. Securing the role of Dance Captain/Swing in Matilda was […]

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Is it “Son of a Preacher Man”, “I Only Want to Be with You”, or maybe “Wishin’ and Hopin'”? What’s the first tune that pops into your head when you think “Dusty Springfield”?  For Baylie Carson, who plays the young Dusty in the hit musical opening in Adelaide on New Years’ Eve, it’s “I Just […]

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Adelaide Festival Theatre January 16 2014 By Deborah Searle of Dance Informa. One of America’s most popular musicals, South Pacific, has swept into Adelaide. Presented by Opera Australia and John Frost, South Pacific is the first Rodgers & Hammerstein production the company has presented. After breaking the box office record at Sydney Opera House at […]

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The 2014 Australian tour of Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show opens in January at the Lyric Theatre, QPAC, Brisbane followed by seasons at the Crown Theatre, Perth in February, the Festival Theatre, Adelaide in March, and the Comedy Theatre, Melbourne in April. The coveted role of Frank N Furter will be played by television […]

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