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Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
Live Review

Review: Les Misérables The Arena Spectacular (Cameron Mackintosh & Live Nation)

Some narrative clarity lost in this fast-paced concert-style production but a brilliant cast bounces everything off the back wall - and that's a very long way.

May 2, 2025
News, Theatre
news

Les Mis Arena Tour announces Australian dates

Les Misérables celebrates its 40th anniversary with a stadium-scale spectacular starring Alfie Boe and Michael Ball.

October 18, 2024
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Do You Hear the People Sing? (Sydney Opera House in association with Enda Markey Presents)

If you love the musicals of Boublil and Schönberg, this concert is a real treat, with an impressive lineup of soloists nailing the songs and sharing stories about their connections to the roles.

October 1, 2022
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
features

Playing Ball

Musical theatre star Michael Ball discusses performing in Do You Hear the People Sing?, his new album with Alfie Boe, and his debut novel.

September 23, 2022
Books, Classical Music, Dance, Film, Theatre
features

Read the September 2022 issue of Limelight online

Log in to read the PDF version of Limelight's September 2022 magazine.

August 22, 2022
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
features

My Music with Michael Ball

The British musical theatre star explains how he learned to sing and why the songs of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg are in his DNA.

August 22, 2022
Books, Classical Music, Dance, Film, Theatre
news

The September 2022 issue of Limelight is now available

This month's features explore Melbourne Opera's Bendigo Ring Cycle, the challenge for orchestras to attract younger audiences, the new physical theatre production Holding Achilles, and an interview with choral superstar Eric Whitacre.

August 22, 2022
Books, Classical Music, Dance, Film, Theatre
news

Introducing the September 2022 issue of Limelight

This month's features explore Melbourne Opera's Bendigo Ring Cycle, the challenge for orchestras to attract younger audiences, the new physical theatre production Holding Achilles, and an interview with choral superstar Eric Whitacre.

August 12, 2022
Musical Theatre & Cabaret
news

Do You Hear the People Sing? is coming to Australia

The concert spectacular celebrates the musicals of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, the duo behind Les Misérables and Miss Saigon.

May 3, 2022
Theatre
features

In Your Living Room: Theatre and Musical Theatre

In her first column, Jo Litson's highlights include NT at Home's Frankenstein, Red Line's Gruesome Playground Injuries, and Les Misérables – The Staged Concert.

April 28, 2020
Musical Theatre & Cabaret
Live Review

Review: Michael Ball and Alfie Boe: Together in Concert (Live Nation)

The two star tenors deliver together but truly soar when they sing solo.

October 14, 2017

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