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    International Theatre Hit 'ECHO' Is Bringing Its Completely Unrehearsed and Unpredictable Solo Performances to Australia

    The cast for this play's Australian-premiere season: Pia Miranda, Stan Grant, Jan Fran, David Campbell, Michelle Brasier, Nadine Garner and Ben Lawson.

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    'Cats' Has Added a 2026 Brisbane Season to the Australian Tour That's Celebrating Its 40th Anniversary Down Under

    You can see why this feline-fancying musical has proven a huge theatre hit — even if it didn't translate to the big screen — in the Sunshine State from February.

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    A 'The Great Gatsby'-Inspired Cabaret and Pop-Up Club Is Taking Over Twelfth Night Theatre for Brisbane Festival 2025

    Celebrate the 100th anniversary of F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic text with martinis, plus a show that gives the book the cabaret and variety treatment.

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    Sarah Snook Just Added a Tony to Her Trophy Cabinet for the Broadway Season of Sydney Theatre Company's 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'

    The Australian star won Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play — and the production also picked up Best Costume Design.

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    Cirque du Soleil's Spectacular 'Corteo' Has Added More Shows to Its Upcoming 2025 Australian Season

    You've now got more chances to see the acrobatic wonders of this beloved production when it heads Down Under from August.

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    'Dracula' Is the Next Sydney Theatre Company Production That's Heading to London's West End, This Time Starring Cynthia Erivo

    Another Kip Williams adaptation of a gothic classic featuring one performer in every role is travelling from Australia to the UK.

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    Go on Country with Bangarra Dance Theatre, Without Leaving Your Home City

    The performing arts company’s latest production, 'Illume', opens the door to Bard-Bardi Jawi culture and storytelling on stages across Australia.

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    For Its Broadway Run, Sydney Theatre Company's Sarah Snook-Starring 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' Has Been Nominated for Six Tonys

    The production's 'Succession'-alum star scored a nod, of course — and the show is now the most-nominated solo production in Tony history.

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    Giggles, Chuckles and Tickled Funny Bones Await: Brisbane Comedy Festival's Full 2025 Lineup Is Here

    More than 135 acts are taking to the stage at four venues across five weeks, whether you're keen on stand-up sets from comic favourites, sketches, a 'Shrek' parody or something else.

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    An Australian-Exclusive Performance by Broadway Icon Bernadette Peters Is the First Event on Melt Festival's 2025 Lineup

    She originated the role of The Witch in 'Into the Woods' and starred in TV's 'Mozart in the Jungle', and now she's heading to Brisbane.

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    Broadway's Hit Screen-to-Stage 'Anastasia' Musical Is Finally Making Its Australian Premiere in 2025

    First, Russian history inspired an animated 90s favourite — and now the stage production based on it has a date Down Under.

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    Laughs Incoming: Melbourne International Comedy Festival Is Back for 2025 with 1000-Plus Performers and 690 Shows

    For a month each year, Melbourne becomes a haven for giggles, chuckles and hilarity — and that time for 2025 is now.

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    Melbourne's Malthouse Theatre Is Bringing 'The Birds' and Its Iconic Horror Tale to the Stage From the Page and Screen

    To experience the story's full terrors — and every swoop and squawk — theatre attendees will don headphones at this world-premiere one-woman production that follows in Alfred Hitchcock's footsteps.

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    Rhinestones at the Ready: Dolly Parton-Worshipping Musical 'Here You Come Again' Is Coming to Australia

    'Jolene', '9 to 5', 'Islands in the Stream' and 'I Will Always Love You' are among the iconic songs featured in this stage production, which is heading Down Under in 2025.

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    You Could Win an Exclusive MJ The Musical Experience in Sydney

    A bucket list experience for any theatre lover.

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    Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-Winning Hit Musical 'In the Heights' Is Playing Melbourne and Southeast Queensland in 2025

    Comedy Theatre and HOTA, Home of the Arts will turn into Washington Heights to host seasons of this Broadway smash.

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    'Corteo' Is the Next Dazzling Cirque du Soleil Hit That's Bringing Its Acrobatic Wonders Down Under

    A beloved part of the troupe's repertoire since 2005, this show takes place inside a carnival-like parade imagined by a clown.

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    The 'Pretty Woman' Stage Musical Is Making Its Australian Debut in Brisbane in October 2025

    Bryan Adams wrote the music and lyrics for the hit production, which premiered on Broadway in 2018.

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    'Titanique' Will Go On: This Céline Dion-Fuelled Stage Musical Is Extending Its Australian-Exclusive Sydney Season

    You've now got until early June 2025 to see this off-Broadway hit filled with Dion's songs during its only Aussie berth.

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    If You Just Can't Wait to See 'The Lion King' Onstage Again, the Tony-Winning Musical Is Returning to Australia in 2026

    When it opens at Sydney's Capitol Theatre, this will be the third time that a local production of the film-to-theatre hit has been staged in Australia.

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    It's Alive Again: Shake & Stir Theatre Co's Stage Production of 'Frankenstein' Is Returning to Brisbane in 2025

    If you missed this stage adaptation of Mary Shelley's masterpiece a few years back, here's your next chance to see it in Brisbane.

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    Great Scott!: 'Back to the Future: The Musical' Is Making Its Australian Premiere in Sydney in 2025

    After hit seasons in West End and on Broadway, the award-winning stage version of everyone's favourite time-travelling 80s flick is zipping Down Under.

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    When a Delightfully Strange Screen-to-Stage Australian Musical Happens: Paul Hodge and Simon Phillips Chat 'Round the Twist'

    Have you heard the word about Queensland Theatre and Queensland Performing Arts Centre's new adaptation of the beloved 90s series? We chatted to the composer/playwright and director behind it.

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    Rhys Darby, Ross Noble, Boozy Shakespeare: Brisbane Comedy Festival Has Unveiled Its First 2025 Lineup

    You'll also be able to chuckle at Nazeem Hussain, Melanie Bracewell, Jimeoin, Ray O’Leary, Luke Heggie, Becky Lucas, Bron Lewis and more.

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    Tony- and Olivier-Winning Hit 'The Play That Goes Wrong' Is Making a Comeback on Australia's Stages in 2025

    What happens when The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society tries to stage a murder-mystery? Chaos — and this onstage comedy.

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    Precious News: 'The Lord of the Rings — A Musical Tale' Has Locked in a Southeast Queensland Season for 2025

    You'll need to head to the Gold Coast to see this hit Middle-earth musical when it takes its hobbits to the Sunshine State.

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    The Stage Version of Beloved Australian Classic 'Looking for Alibrandi' Is Coming to Southeast Queensland in 2025

    Melina Marchetta's 1992 book first made the leap to the stage in 2022 — and now it's coming to the Sunshine State.

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    Do You Hear the People Sing?: The 'Les Misérables' Arena Spectacular Is Coming to Australia in 2025

    The music of the people, plus the songs of angry men, will echo thanks to a stacked cast and a 65-plus-piece orchestra.

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    'Cats' Is Returning to the Stage Down Under to Celebrate Its 40th Australian Anniversary

    The movie mightn't have hit the mark, but you can see why this feline-fancying musical has been a huge theatre hit when it makes its Aussie stage comeback.

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    'The Lord of the Rings — A Musical Tale' Has Added More Cities to Its Precious 2025 Australian Tour

    This hit Middle-earth musical is not only taking the hobbits to Sydney, but to Melbourne and Perth as well.

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    Sydney Theatre Company's Sarah Snook-Starring 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' Is Heading to Broadway

    After wowing London's West End, the 'Succession' actor will make her Broadway debut playing 26 roles in the one-performer Aussie stage sensation.

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    Now Open: The West End Electric, Brisbane's New 400-Plus-Seat Theatre and Bar, Is Here to Get Sparks Flying

    You can now enjoy drinks and a show on Boundary Street at production house Strut & Fret's permanent new Brisbane venue.

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    Splash-Hit Céline Dion-Fuelled Musical-Comedy 'Titanique' Is Making Its Australian Debut in Sydney This Month

    The laughs will go on at this off-Broadway award-winner, which is told through Dion's songs — and is finally making its maiden voyage Down Under.

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    Live 'Dungeons & Dragons' Show 'The Twenty-Sided Tavern' Is Rolling Into Australia for Its Down Under Premiere

    You won't just watch this stage version of the tabletop roleplaying game — you play along, choosing the characters and helping shape the story.

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    The Stage Musical Version of Festive Big-Screen Favourite 'Elf' Is Finally Making Its Australian Premiere

    The film-to-theatre Broadway hit is heading Down Under, debuting in Sydney, so that you can catch the Christmas classic onstage.

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    The Musical Version of 'The Lord of the Rings' Is Taking the Hobbits to Australian Stages in 2025

    Middle-earth gets melodic at 'The Lord of the Rings — A Musical Tale', which is making its Aussie debut in Sydney.

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    'Parks and Recreation' and 'The Afterparty' Star Ben Schwartz Is Bringing His Live Improv Show to Australia

    He's also the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog — and he's locked in a two-city trip Down Under in 2025.

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    'Guys and Dolls' Is the Next Iconic Musical That Opera Australia Is Bringing to Sydney Harbour's Floating Stage

    The Tony-winning Broadway sensation is Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour's pick for 2025, running for a month from late March.

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    The First-Ever Caxton Street Comedy Festival Is Taking Over Four Venues Across One Side-Splitting October Day

    Lloyd Langford, Michael Hing, Geraldine Hickey, Chris Ryan and more will be behind the mic as part of a lineup of 20-plus comedy gigs.

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    'RuPaul's Drag Race' Icon Bianca Del Rio Is Returning Down Under in 2025 with Her 'Dead Inside' Tour

    Hurricane Bianca is back, this time breaking out her devilish snark and timing on an eight-city tour of Australia and New Zealand.

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    David Sedaris Is Bringing His Latest Tour to Australia and New Zealand to Delight NPR Obsessives in 2025

    Two years on from his last round of 'An Evening with David Sedaris' shows Down Under, the NPR humorist and bestselling author is returning.

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    How Bangarra Dance Theatre Is Looking Beyond Australia with Its First Mainstage Cross-Cultural Collaboration 'Horizon'

    “I really want to make sure that you, as the audience, will leave the theatre with a bit of the Torres Strait with you.”

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