News and Features

Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel in Concert

Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel in Concert

Anna O’Byrne and Marin ...
SIX the Musical Crowns Its New Australian Queens

SIX the Musical Crowns Its New Australian Queens

Image: SIX Australian Cast 2024 & ...
Rhonda Burchmore Is Getting Into The Habit For Sister Act

Rhonda Burchmore Is Getting Into The Habit For Sister Act

Rhonda Burchmore has bee ...
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Latest Reviews

The Odd Couple

The Odd Couple

With its progress from stage play to movie and then a long running ...
Meurants Lane

Meurants Lane

“Where we love is home – home that our feet may leave, b ...
Millers Point Songbook

Millers Point Songbook

Millers Point Songbook celebrates the story of Millers Poin ...
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The Show Business Directory

Books Scripts Recordings

Book Review: Carole Raye – Funny Business

Book Review: Carole Raye – Funny Business

By John Senczuk (Australian Scholarly ...
Recommended Second Hand Books

Recommended Second Hand Books

Great reads in our Second Hand Performing Arts Books ...
Book Nook Newsletter

Book Nook Newsletter

Read about the latest releases on the Book Nook Performing Ar ...
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Costumes, Props and Sets

The Kristian Fredrikson Scholarship for Design in the Performing Arts

The Kristian Fredrikson Scholarship for Design in the Performing Arts

The 2024 rec ...
School Musicals: To Buy or Hire.

School Musicals: To Buy or Hire.

Mark McDowell, the co-owner of Your Show and Cost ...
Scenic Studios in Focus

Scenic Studios in Focus

Scenic Studios specialises in theatrical painting of sceni ...
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Finding a Show

MIDNIGHT Now Licensing Productions, with Cast Album To Follow.

MIDNIGHT Now Licensing Productions, with Cast Album To Follow.

Music Theatre Inter ...
Choosing a Show

Choosing a Show

Eurobeat - The Pride of Europe Music Theatre International, Austr ...
Choosing a Show

Choosing a Show

Updates from rights holders about their new releases and more. ...
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Other Goods and Services

Can You Spot The Stage Danger?

Can You Spot The Stage Danger?

Stage Safety

Stage Safety

Mark Wilson from Theatre Compliance and Service explains why all ven ...
Flexible School Stages

Flexible School Stages

Stage Consultant Peter Giblin describes how Transtage is he ...
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Production Team and Crew

Director’s Diary – The Beast

Director’s Diary – The Beast

The Bangalow Theatre Company in northern NSW rece ...
Intimacy On Stage

Intimacy On Stage

Photographer: Chelsea Hideki  
Directors’ Diary: The Hunchback of Notre Dame Musical

Directors’ Diary: The Hunchback of Notre Dame Musical

How do you stage a musical ...
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Sound and Light

Don’t Forget the Tech Crew!

Don’t Forget the Tech Crew!

Leah Crockett, creator of Tech Crew HQ, explains the ...
A New Outlook

A New Outlook

One of Melbourne’s largest audio companies – Outlook Com ...
Stage Light

Stage Light

For more than 30 years, the Stage Light crew have been supporting Perf ...
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Theatre Companies

Na Djinang Circus

Na Djinang Circus

A Q and A with Harley Mann, Founder and Director of Na Djinang C ...
Patch Theatre Celebrates 50 Years

Patch Theatre Celebrates 50 Years

Image: Patch Artistic Director Geoff Cobham. Pho ...
Cocooning, Nurturing, Exploring: Canberra’s The Street in the COVID-19 Era

Cocooning, Nurturing, Exploring: Canberra’s The Street in the COVID-19 Era

Cathy ...
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Training

WAAPA Backstage Stars

WAAPA Backstage Stars

Footloose the Musical, proudly presented by the Western Aust ...
Stagecoach Performing Arts Franchises.

Stagecoach Performing Arts Franchises.

An international Performing Arts school is ...
Andrew Hallsworth to Spearhead Musical Theatre and Dance at Transit

Andrew Hallsworth to Spearhead Musical Theatre and Dance at Transit

Multi-award wi ...
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Venues

Winning Design for New Riverside Theatres Revealed

Winning Design for New Riverside Theatres Revealed

A 1500 seat Broadway-style lyri ...
Suburban Theatre Shines

Suburban Theatre Shines

The Sydney suburb of Cronulla is famous for being the home ...
A Message from La Mama Regarding 2025

A Message from La Mama Regarding 2025

To our valued La Mama communities, We write ...
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Stage Briefs

The Boy From Oz in Melbourne

The Boy From Oz in Melbourne

Prolific independent musical theatr ...
In the Heights at Sydney Opera House in July

In the Heights at Sydney Opera House in July

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ground-bre ...
Jurassic World by Brickman®

Jurassic World by Brickman®

Great entertainment for children and grown-ups in Br ...
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Community Theatre

BATS Celebrates 35 Years with The Hunchback of Notre Dame

BATS Celebrates 35 Years with The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Melbourne’s BATS T ...
For the Love of Theatre Podcast

For the Love of Theatre Podcast

Image above: Guest host, Brittany Daw, interv ...
Love is in the Air at Petersham

Love is in the Air at Petersham

Peter Novakovich reports "Over the past coup ...
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Schools on Stage

Disney Pixar Finding Nemo Kids

Disney Pixar Finding Nemo Kids

By Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Lindsay An ...
Training Up in Tech

Training Up in Tech

Does your school or community group have students or volunteer ...
Brainstorming For a Better Future

Brainstorming For a Better Future

Clinical psychologist Dr Ameika Johnson explains ...
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History

Vale Frank Van Straten

Vale Frank Van Straten

Theatre Historian Frank Van Straten has died at the age of ...
Gilbert and Sullivan in Australia

Gilbert and Sullivan in Australia

Gilbert and Sullivan theatre programmes track th ...
Australia’s Fred and Ginger

Australia’s Fred and Ginger

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