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Hitchcockian Comedy The 39 Steps to Tour Australia in 2024

A new Australian production of The 39 Steps, the Olivier and Tony Award-winning comedy adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 spy thriller, is set to tour nationally from August 2024. Combining classic espionage with rapid-fire comedy, the show features just...

Dolly Parton-Inspired Musical ‘Here You Come Again’ Set to Tour Australia

Following seasons in the United States and United Kingdom, the musical comedy Here You Come Again, featuring the greatest hits of Dolly Parton, is set to tour Australia later this year. Officially produced with Parton’s approval, the production includes...

In the Heights to Open in Melbourne This August, Gold Coast This September

The musical In the Heights, created by Lin-Manuel Miranda, is set to arrive at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre from 1 August 2025. Following sold-out performances at the Hayes Theatre and a subsequent season at the Sydney Opera House, the production...

Cast Announced for New 2025 Australian Production of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were...

The cast for the upcoming Australian stage production of Agatha Christie’s best-selling crime novel, And Then There Were None, has been revealed. The production, which opens at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre in February 2025 before moving to Theatre Royal Sydney...

Erik Thomson to Play Ebenezer Scrooge in Melbourne’s A Christmas Carol This November

GWB Entertainment has announced that Erik Thomson, a well-known figure in Australian film, television, and theatre, will take on the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. The production, which has become a recent annual festive staple in...

Six the Musical Receiving Encore Australian East-Coast Season in 2024/2025

For many Australians, over the last couple of years we have had the opportunity to enjoy SIX the Musical, a creative take and retelling of the six wives of Henry VIII, with their individual stories told through the form...

The Tap Pack to Receive Australian National Tour in 2023

Following a tour which took them to the United States and London's West End, the Australian group The Tap Pack are bringing their "high-octane, tap comedy show" to their home country once again. Their tour will begin starting next...

The Mousetrap

Any theatrical production doesn't enjoy decades of continuous running without being a memorable, genre-defining experience - and no work of theatre has enjoyed longevity quite like The Mousetrap.

Friends! The Musical Parody’s Melbourne Season Extended Two Weeks

What was meant to be a short season in Melbourne's Comedy Theatre has been expanded to the length of a more major musical. The Australian producers of Friends! The Musical Parody has today confirmed that the Melbourne leg of...

A Friends Musical Parody Is Pivoting Its Way Across Australia from August 2020

A decade and a half after the final episode aired on television, it is still difficult to escape from the allure of the 90s and early-2000s sitcom Friends. Thanks to the almost endless stream of repeats on free-to-air networks, even...

New Seats Opened for Little Shop of Horrors’ Melbourne Leg

Little Shop of Horrors is headed to the Melbourne Comedy Theatre in early-May 2016. Looking for some good seats and looking to purchase a little later in the shows run? New seats and sessions have opened up, and are now...

Musical Comedy ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ to Receive New Australian Production in 2016

It has today been confirmed that the musical comedy Little Shop of Horrors will be receiving a new Australia-wide tour in 2016. This production is being produced by Luckiest Productions and Tinderbox Productions, who previously worked on the 2014...