On Stage: the events you need to see in May 2025
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
Soprano and cabaret star Ali McGregor on collaboration, the Hollywood Songbook, and the grit beneath the glamour of Tinseltown.
Poignant moments and a serious message, but Tom Gleisner's musical could do with further development.
In times when we're not quite sure what we're allowed to laugh at, The Producers delights in being an equal-opportunity giver of offence.
International guests and local legends to "dissolve the barrier between audience and performer" says Artistic Director Virginia Gay.
Staging a commercial musical can help finance a potentially loss-making opera, but has Opera Australia tipped the balance too far?
As Guys & Dolls opens on Sydney Harbour, Musical Director and Supervisor Guy Simpson discusses his new arrangement of Frank Loesser’s iconic score.
This exciting, superbly staged show often makes you feel like you're watching the real Michael Jackson, though the man in the mirror isn't fully reflected.
Seann Miley Moore glitters hard in John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask’s cult musical.
Hans throws himself the a raucous birthday party. Pass-the-parcel included.
The leading lady discusses finding her voice and learning to play the harp for her role as Arwen in The Lord of the Rings – A Musical Tale.
A time-travelling DeLorean is a "pretty cool" thing to have on stage, says director John Rando, but it takes a lot more than that to make a hit musical.
Operantics' "fantastically prescient" Brecht-Weill double bill takes its audiences on a whistle-stop tour of the Seven Deadly Sins.