Overview
Since 2019, when it was finally announced that Lin-Manuel Miranda's game-changing, award-winning, rightly raved-about Hamilton was coming Down Under, every Australian musical theatre fan has wanted to be in the room where it happens. Sydneysiders got their chance first up, and the blockbuster production has been treading the boards in Melbourne since March this year. That Victorian run will end in January 2023, however — and if you haven't yet taken your shot to see the hit show, it's slinging $70 tickets to help.
Hamilton is already known for being part of the TodayTix lottery, which gives you the opportunity to nab tickets for a mere $10 — but this new $70 offer doesn't involve chance at all. There's no need to enter a ballot, although you do only have a three-day window to score the discounted seats in the first sale of its kind that Hamilton has ever done.
The $70 tickets are available from 9am AEDT Wednesday, November 9–5pm AEDT Friday, November 11, covering all remaining seats to all shows left in 2022. Fancy giving yourself or someone you love an early Christmas present? This is the ticket. Already seen Hamilton before? In the words of King George III in the show, perhaps you'll be back.
There are a few caveats. Tickets are obviously subject to availability, and there's a one-off transaction fee of $7 on all transactions. Also, there's no refunds or exchanges on tickets once you've bought them — and clearly the offer can't apply to tickets that've already been bought for the sale dates. Plus, if you're gathering the gang, there's an eight-ticket limit per transaction.
New to the the Broadway sensation? Haven't become a Hamilton obsessive yet? Not quite sure why it has been the most-talked about theatre show of the past decade? The critically acclaimed, 18th century-set hip hop musical, for which Miranda wrote the music, lyrics and the book, is about the life of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, as well as inclusion and politics in current-day America. In addition to its swag of Tony Awards — 11 in fact, which includes Best Musical — it has nabbed a Grammy Award and even a Pulitzer Prize.
Until this year — and after it wraps up on Sunday, January 15, 2023 as well — Melburnians eager to see the show had to be content with watching the filmed version of its Broadway production, which started streaming via Disney+ in 2020 (and yes, it's as phenomenal as you've heard).
Hamilton's Melbourne season wraps up on Sunday, January 15, 2023 — with $70 tickets available from 9am AEDT Wednesday, November 9–5pm AEDT Friday, November 11. Head to the musical's website for further details.
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