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Opera, Theatre
Live Review

Review: The Phantom of the Opera (Opera Australia’s Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour)

Honouring its 40-year legacy with a phantastic new Phantom at the helm, this spectacular outdoor staging of Lloyd Webber’s megamusical is unmissable.

March 28, 2026
Theatre
news

Newcomer to play The Phantom on Sydney Harbour

Opera Australia has named the artists cast as The Phantom, Christine Daaé and Raoul in its revival of Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour – The Phantom of the Opera.

December 17, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Grief is the Thing with Feathers (Belvoir)

Toby Schmitz is in brilliant form in a role that demands the verbal facility of a performance poet as well as access to deep feeling.

August 1, 2025
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, News, Opera
news

Phantom returns to haunt Sydney Harbour

Simon Phillips' 2022 production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical rebooted for a Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour 2026 season.

July 18, 2025
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
Live Review

Review: Round the Twist – The Musical (Queensland Theatre & QPAC)

Loads of laughter, tons of fun and a standing ovation on this new and family-friendly Aussie musical's opening night.

November 18, 2024
Musical Theatre & Cabaret
features

Strange Things Happen

Paul Hodge tells us how a pongy nappy inspired him to write a new musical based on the iconic children’s TV show Round the Twist.

October 21, 2024
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Bananaland (Sydney Festival)

Bananaland has a strong message, powerful moments, a sensational central performance – and room for development.

January 6, 2024
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
features

Something for Everyone: Musical Theatre in 2024

New Australian musicals, revivals of popular productions and new productions of crowd favourites: there's plenty to excite musical theatre fans in 2024.

December 22, 2023
Theatre
news

Queensland Theatre reveals 2024 season

Queensland Theatre's 2024 begins with a new staging of a pre-war classic and ends with a new Australian musical.

October 9, 2023
Festivals, Musical Theatre & Cabaret
features

Going Bananas

Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall's musical Bananaland opens at Brisbane Festival. They say write what you know, so that's what they did.

August 21, 2023
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Divas (Duet Entertainment)

In her new solo show, Bernadette Robinson inhabits 10 divas, from Maria Callas to Amy Winehouse.

August 12, 2023
Festivals
news

Brisbane Festival announces world premieres ahead of full program

A new musical by Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall and a fresh work from shake & stir among the tentpole shows in the 2023 Brisbane Festival.

May 30, 2023
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Come Rain or Come Shine (Melbourne Theatre Company)

Simon Phillips and Tim Finn return with a bittersweet boutique musical about longing and regret.

June 26, 2022

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