Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
PLOS Musical Productions has a long history of presenting musicals with youth members in the casts, and now the theatre company is introducing something new and exciting for young people with a passion for musical theatre.The Next Generation musicals will continue the tradition of presenting productions at the Frankston Arts Centre, giving young cast members…
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ITD Events announce that Kween Kong has officially joined the cast of Drag Roast 2026, being presented as a national tour and performing at the Melbourne Town Hall on Friday, July 24, from 7pm to 10.30pm.Fresh from taking on the world in RuPaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars and recently announced as part of the…
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Writer Isobel McArthur has given the full pantomime treatment to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, in this (sort of) reimagining.Complete with slapstick, physical comedy, sight gags and contemporary song, lovers of Austen may well claim the caricatures who inhabit the novel were the forerunners of the genre such is the comic timing and enthusiasm of…
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Acclaimed Australian director Sarah Goodes is reuniting with AACTA award-winner Kat Stewart for the premiere of Steve Rodgers’s Break of Day. This new Australian classic will play at Malthouse’s Merlyn Theatre from August 7–29.Stewart, recipient of the 2025 Sydney Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production for Who’s Afraid…
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The Royal Melbourne Philharmonic will be spreading its musical magic beyond Melbourne, with its forthcoming concert called Evocations, which is a program of short choral works from around the world.Over the weekends of July 11-12 and 18-19, the RMP will perform this concert in Melbourne, Ballarat and Castlemaine.RMP Artistic Director Andrew Wailes (pictyured) has chosen…
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PHOTO: Broadway star Will Swenson plays Neil Diamond in A Beautiful Nose: The Neil Diamond Musical. Producers Paul Dainty and TEG Dainty, Ken Davenport and Bob Gaudio, have announced the new release of tickets for the Melbourne season of A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical, following overwhelming demand.The season has been extended by two…
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Shows Leongatha Lyric Theatre: Billy Elliot the Musical Until July 18 at the Memorial Hall, Leongatha. Bookings: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1576537 sGeelong Repertory Theatre Company: The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark (William Shakespeare) June 26 – July 11 at The Woodbin Theatre, Coronation St., Geelong West. Director: Greg Shawcross. Bookings: Geelong Arts Centre 1300 251 200 geelongartscentre.org.auEltham…
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ShowsWarrandyte Theatre Company: The Father (by Florian Zellar translated by Christopher Hampton) Until July 4 at the Warrandyte Mechanics’ Institute, 180 Yarra St., Warrandyte. Director: Grant Purdy. Bookings: trybooking.com/DHJOPGeelong Repertory Theatre Company: The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark (William Shakespeare) Until July 11 at The Woodbin Theatre, Coronation St., Geelong West. Director: Greg Shawcross….
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Following sold-out performances across the UK, Ireland and Europe, The Music of Hans Zimmer vs John Williams makes its Australian premiere this September, with two exclusive performances at Hamer Hall on Sunday, September 6.Presented by John Foreman’s Australian Pops Orchestra and Sony Music Australia in their first-ever collaboration, this landmark event brings together the music…
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The international smash-hit Six the Musical makes its return to Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre from July 24.From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the six wives of Henry VIII – Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleves, Katherine Howard and Catherine Parr – will turn up the mics, remixing 500 years of history into…
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