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2026 Australian Production Design Guild Awards nominees announced

Creatives from Hayes Theatre Co's Phar Lap, Netflix's The Last of Us and Opera Australia's Guys and Dolls recognised in this year's award nominations.

July 2, 2026
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
Live Review

Review: House of Rot (Green Door Theatre Company)

Suspended between cabaret intimacy and queer spectacle, House of Rot misses the opportunity to connect.

June 22, 2026
Musical Theatre & Cabaret
Live Review

Review: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Redfern Lane Productions & Hayes Theatre Co)

If you need a little escapist pick-me-up, this delightful musical comedy could be just what you need.

May 28, 2026
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
Live Review

Review: Gutenberg! The Musical! (Hayes Theatre Co)

Despite two brilliant performances, not all the humour lands in this show about writing a bad musical, because their creation is – well, bad.

April 18, 2026
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
Live Review

Review: Head Over Heels (Well Done Creative & Hayes Theatre Co)

This high-camp jukebox musical, combining an Elizabethan tale with music by The Go-Go's, still has room for more exuberance.

February 27, 2026
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Barbra The Greatest Star (Hayes Theatre Co)

A celebration, concert-style, of the remarkable songbook of one of the world's great divas.

January 24, 2026
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
news

2025 Sydney Theatre Awards nominations announced

Nominations span 56 productions, reflecting the breadth of work across mainstage, independent and musical theatre.

December 22, 2025
Musical Theatre & Cabaret
features

Season Preview 2026: Musicals

What musicals are on offer in 2026?

December 19, 2025
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
features

Up In Lights

As Nancye Hayes prepares to perform in the musical Anastasia, she talks about her extraordinary 65-year career.

November 24, 2025
Musical Theatre & Cabaret
features

Five Questions for Steven Kramer

A musical about an iconic racehorse? The creative jockey, who wrote the music, book and lyrics, tells us about Phar Lap: The Electro-Swing Musical.

October 20, 2025
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, News, Theatre
news

Hayes Theatre Co 2026: Future-curious and fresh eyes on the classics

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Addams Family and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying among the shows to get a Hayes makeover.

September 15, 2025
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
Live Review

Review: Bright Star (Sport for Jove & Hayes Theatre Co)

Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's bluegrass musical is a heart-on-sleeve winner with everyone on stage a quadruple threat.

September 11, 2025
Musical Theatre & Cabaret
features

Journey to the Stage

Two musicals by lyricist Lynn Ahrens and composer Stephen Flaherty – Anastasia and Once on This Island – are opening in Australia.

July 21, 2025

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