Top Ten Most Wanted Musicals

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Top Ten Coronation-themed Musicals

With the coronation of King Charles III, we’ve compiled our list of the Top 10 Coronation-themed musicals.

Latest Reviews

MICF – Sh!t-faced Shakespeare Macbeth

MICF – Sh!t-faced Shakespeare Macbeth

By Natalie Ristovski “Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot…” Macbeth, William Shakespeare To hear modern historians tell it, Shakespeare was a man for the...

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MICF – Hannah Gadsby Woof!

MICF – Hannah Gadsby Woof!

By Jessica Taurins Before Gadsby even strides onstage (well, they do, but very briefly), we are introduced to Urooj Ashfaq, a Mumbai-based comedian who talks at length about her parents' divorce and the dichotomy between Indian and Australian audiences. She is a ton...

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MICF – Anne Edmonds Why Is My Bag All Wet?

MICF – Anne Edmonds Why Is My Bag All Wet?

By Kristopher Hinz It’s the little moments that count. Anne Edmonds takes the audience on a charming ride through late-in-life motherhood (or LILM, as she calls it). There are of course, a litany of stories filled with the larger-than-life characters and shrill...

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MICF – Diana Nguyen Sunny Side Up

MICF – Diana Nguyen Sunny Side Up

BY Carissa Shale After a breakup, some people lash out and get a questionable haircut or cry on the couch into a tub of ice cream. Diana Nguyen instead chose to cry all the way to Spain to trek 300 kilometres of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage. To heal her broken...

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MICF – Tom Gleeson Gear

MICF – Tom Gleeson Gear

By Chenoah Eljan Tom Gleeson is a grumpy middle aged white man, and he does not care who knows it. In fact, if you park your van outside his house, ask him to contribute to your ‘Go Fund Me’ for a new electric Volvo, or you happen to be a fellow comedian who has ever...

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MICF – Reuben Kaye Apocalipstik

MICF – Reuben Kaye Apocalipstik

By Natalie Ristovski One question danced through my mind this evening as I sat in the second row of the Malthouse Theatre, awaiting the arrival of anarch-artistic auteur and bane of Bible-bashers everywhere… Is Reuben Kaye the Anti-Christ? Some would certainly have us...

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Duck, Duck Goose

Duck, Duck Goose

By Darby Turnbull I am in awe of the select few playwrights who have the ability to dramatically chronicle a moment in time and culture in ways that are compelling as a piece of art but also capture a feeling so innate, so specific that it offers a record so that that...

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MICF – Mina vs the Martians by Innes Lloyd

MICF – Mina vs the Martians by Innes Lloyd

By Sarah Davies If you happen to have missed Innes Lloyd’s previous two Mina Harker adventures, never fear, gentle viewer; the audience is quickly initiated into the world of our central character, and what a rich, zany world it is... channeling the manic energy of a...

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MICF – Tom Walker My Treasures My Beautiful Treasures

MICF – Tom Walker My Treasures My Beautiful Treasures

By Jessica Taurins Tom Walker, self-proclaimed to be one of Australia's tallest comedians, is back yet again with another weird and wonderful Melbourne International Comedy Festival show: "My Treasures My Beautiful Treasures". Now, one may think before heading into...

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Features

Elijah Williams Makes A case for the Existence of God

Elijah Williams Makes A case for the Existence of God

Acclaimed Seymour Centre favourites, Outhouse Theatre Co (Consent, Ulster American) returns with an Australian premiere from one of America’s most celebrated contemporary playwrights. A case for the Existence of God is Samuel Hunter's heart-wrenching, compassionate,...

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Gregory J Wilken talks Toy Symphony at Qtopia, Sydney

Gregory J Wilken talks Toy Symphony at Qtopia, Sydney

By Sarah Skubala Qtopia, Sydney’s inaugural performance season kicks off next month with Michael Gow’s Toy Symphony, presented by Ad Astra Theatre Company, the crown jewel of Brisbane’s professional indie theatre scene. Producer and actor Gregory J Wilken will be...

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Sydney Comedy Festival – Ting Lim

Sydney Comedy Festival – Ting Lim

Ting Lim – Enmore Theatre Thursday 16 May – Sunday 19 May https://www.sydneycomedyfest.com.au/event/ting-lim-well-this-is-awkward/ How would you describe the show to someone who knows very little about it? I find it very hard to say no. I’m a yes person. It’s about...

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Rebecca Massey Talks Holding the Man

Rebecca Massey Talks Holding the Man

Holding the Man is a play that has been described as the love story which defined a generation. Based on Timothy Conigrave's autobiographical book, Holding the Man traces the devastating results of HIV though the lens of Tim and John and their enduring and tragic...

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Sydney Comedy Festival – Ryan Sim

Sydney Comedy Festival – Ryan Sim

How would you describe the show to someone who knows very little about it? I’m trying to bring the energy of punk rock into this show. It’s high energy, fun, and a little bit dark at times. It’s what happens when the spirit of DIY falls into the hands of a “Silly...

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Patty Jamieson and Johnna Wright Turn up the heat in Gaslight

Patty Jamieson and Johnna Wright Turn up the heat in Gaslight

Set to be one of the most talked about performances of 2024, Gaslight, a modern adaptation of the 1930’s suspenseful thriller by Patrick Hamilton and starring Geraldine Hakewill, Toby Schmitz and Kate Fitzpatrick has opened in Melbourne as part of a national tour...

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News

Cast members announced for Ride The Cyclone

Cast members announced for Ride The Cyclone

    Hayes Theatre Co have announced an exceptional cast for their Australian premiere of the viral musical sensation Ride The Cyclone. This striking and critically acclaimed musical blends comedy and tragedy, inspiring millions of views on TikTok and becoming a social...

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THE LIBRAR(IAN) at The Butterfly Club.

THE LIBRAR(IAN) at The Butterfly Club.

WELCOME TO IAN’S WORLD INSIDE A LIBRARY. Ian loves to work in the library. He gets to meet new people every day and he's very good at Children’s Storytime. Ian dreams of being on PlaySchool. Noni and Simon are his heroes. Journey through a day in the life as Ian...

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MALTHOUSE THEATRE: HOMO PENTECOSTUS

MALTHOUSE THEATRE: HOMO PENTECOSTUS

In a world premiere, Malthouse audiences are invited to embark on an odyssey of self-discovery and liberation with Homo Pentecostus. Actor, dancer, and writer Joel Bray unveils an intimate exploration of his secret queer identity within the confines of a 1990s...

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HE –  First bilingual season at Theatre Works

HE – First bilingual season at Theatre Works

A man returns to his childhood home, a small coastal town in post-civil war El Salvador— a place he swore to the ocean he’d never set foot in again. HE is a coming-of-age tragedy about the treacherous waters of masculinity, homophobia, and love. About dad, the war,...

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Competitions

Win a double pass to Billy Elliot

Win a double pass to Billy Elliot

  Win a double pass to Billy Elliot the Musical by CLOC 8pm Thursday 16th May at the National Theatre, St Kilda   To enter, simply email allison.hilbig@theatrematters.com.au with:  - Your name - Confirmation you can attend on Thursday 16th May - Why you...

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