This year’s festival promises 19 events over five days in all manner of venues from hotels and theatre foyers to winding alleyways and the Cataract Gorge. Artistic Director Tyran Parke’s wide-ranging program includes three inventively staged musicals: John Bucchino’s It’s Only Life, Marry Me A Little, which features material cut from Stephen Sondheim’s shows, and Maury Yeston’s Nine. Headline performers include Kerrie Anne Greenland, Josh Piterman, Patrice Tipoki and Queenie van de Zandt.

Limelight Editor’s Choice

From Les Misérables to Mamma Mia, Wicked and The Lion King, this exciting performance of song salutes the best of Broadway with Australia’s leading performers in one unmissable night at Launceston’s Princess Theatre.