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essential workers: Amber

The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
Meet Amber. She's a Richard Curtis Rom-Com fanatic and has been praying for God to send her the man of her dreams ever since she was fifteen. When she's first kissed and half-fingered by the coolest boy in school at the back of Edgecliff Centre, she's pretty sure her love…
Shirley Valentine

Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Shirley Valentine

Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide Adelaide, SA, Australia
Experience the heartwarming, hilarious, and utterly inspiring story of Shirley Valentine, brought to life by Australian stage and screen star Natalie Bassingthwaighte. Written by Willy Russell and Directed by Lee Lewis this timeless West End and Broadway comedy will take you on a journey of self-discovery, laughter, and second chances.…
Jesus Christ Superstar

John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia: Jesus Christ Superstar

Princess Theatre, Melbourne 163 Spring St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
The iconic global phenomenon, Jesus Christ Superstar is coming to Australia in 2024 with a mesmerising new production that has garnered unprecedented reviews and accolades as it has toured the US and UK, including winning an Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival. Featuring lyrics and music by Emmy, GRAMMY, Oscar and…
Peter and the Starcatcher

Dead Puppet Society: Peter and the Starcatcher

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Before Neverland there was an island. Before Captain Hook, a moustachioed pirate. Before Wendy, her mother Molly. Before Peter, a nameless orphan. Peter and the Starcatcher, the smash hit Broadway production and winner of 5 Tony Awards, will have its Australian premiere, touring nationally from 2024. Originally developed by Disney…
Annie (Melbourne)

John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia: Annie

Capitol Theatre, Sydney 13 Campbell St, Haymarket, NSW
The beloved tale of Annie has been capturing the hearts of theatregoers around the globe for generations. And now the production returns to the Capitol Theatre from March for a strictly limited season. Starring the incomparable Anthony Warlow as “Daddy” Warbucks, the show-stopping Debora Krizak as the infamous Miss Hannigan,…

John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia: Sister Act

Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
Based on the film, which quickly became a global phenomenon, Sister Act is set to light up our theatres and lift our spirits with its irresistible energy and joy, that only this iconic story can. Starring Casey Donovan as Deloris Van Cartier, Genevieve Lemon as Mother Superior and Rhonda Burchmore…

Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Cameron James; Broken Records

ACMI Federation Square, Flinders St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
As seen on Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala, Spicks & Specks, Guy Mont-Spelling Bee, Bump and more. Following a sell out 2024 season, Melbourne International Comedy Festival Most Oustanding Show nominee, Sydney Comedy Festival Director’s Choice winner and Bad Boy of Musical Comedy* (*self proclaimed), Cameron James is back with…

Melbourne Town Hall: 2 Truths, 1 Lie & 17 Slight Exaggerations

Melbourne Town Hall 90-130 Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Tom Cashman is flying to Perth/Adelaide as we speak, with a new hour of stand up that may or may not include the secret to happiness. You might know Tom from TikTok, you might know him from Taskmaster Australia, or you might be grappling with the idea of him for…
Milo Standards

Kate Smurthwaite: Milo Standards: Penis De Milo

Brewlab 22 Gepp Parade, Hobart, Derwent Park, TAS, Australia
The (drag) king of comedy is coming to Brewlab! The terrifying alter-ego of feminist comedian Kate Smurthwaite unzips the trousers of truth and lays it on the table. With dating tips from his hit podcast The Schlong Game and masculinity so toxic Woodside would pump it in the sea, Milo…
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Sydney Theatre Company: Bloom

Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
This new Australian musical played to sold-out houses when it premiered at Melbourne Theatre Company in 2023. The fact that Tom Gleisner of Working Dog fame (The Castle, The Dish, Utopia, Have You Been Paying Attention?) wrote the book and lyrics was doubtless part of the appeal. Bloom (with music…
Antilton

Theatre Works: Antilton

Explosives Factory 67 Inkerman St, Rear of Thrifty-Link Hardware, St Kilda, VIC, Australia
A struggling artist has the strange idea to take Lin-Manuel Miranda’s global smash hit musical Hamilton, and recreate it almost word for word, except for one key difference: now it’s about ants instead of people. Worse yet- they want to perform it in their own backyard, and have roped their…
The Pirates of Penzance

Hayes Theatre Co: The Pirates of Penzance

Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra, ACT, Australia
The Gilbert & Sullivan classic… re-wired and re-booted. (Swash) buckle in for an epic voyage as the Hayes Theatre Co harness the irreverent, genre-busting spirit of a sprawling, satirical, musical masterwork, and bring it to raucous new life for a 21st-century audience. This brand-new, boisterously joyful adaptation is brought to…

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