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Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale’s time travelling movie is given a musical theatre makeover with BACK TO THE FUTURE THE MUSICAL.

Director Shaun Rennie delivers his third imagining of RENT, this time in his biggest staging of the musical to date in the Joan Sutherland Theatre of Sydney Opera House.  32 years after Jonathan Larson’s (Music, Book, Lyrics) musical theatre adaptation of Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème was first presented as a workshop production in the off-Broadway New York Theatre Workshop in 1993, almost 30 years after it’s Broadway debeut at the Nederlander Theatre in 1996,  and 27 years after it’s Australian premiere at the Theatre Royal in 1998, the “rock opera” retains a relevance.

With Dolly Parton’s blessing, Bruce Vilanch (creator), Gabriel Barre (creator & Director) and Tricia Paoluccio’s (creator and performer) new musical, HERE YOU COME AGAIN opens in Sydney to the delight of Dolly fans.

Joanna Murray-Smith’s stage adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 psychological thriller novel, The Talented Mr. Ripley is bought to the Sydney Theatre Company stage by Director Sarah Goodes.

Patrick Barlow’s stage adaptation of Alred Hitchcock’s THE 39 STEPS is a madcap spoof of the black and white murder mystery movies featuring the clowning and comedy antics of the Umbilical Brothers.

Showcasing the diversity of talent in Sydney, Once On This Island is a poignant tale of love and sacrifice. 

Annie Baker’s (Playwright) 2009 Obie Award winning Off-Broadway play, CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION is presented with humour and heart by director Dean Bryant. 

Shake and Stir, with director Michael Futcher, presents a gripping, expertly crafted production of 1984 that delivers a profound and lasting impact.

BETRAYAL by Harold Pinter is a work that explores a complex love triangle, moving backward in time from 1977 to 1968. It follows Emma, her husband Robert, and Robert’s best friend Jerry, who is Emma’s lover.

Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone’s (book, music and lyrics) multi Tony and Laurence Olivier Award winning musical, THE BOOK OF MORMON returns to Sydney with the 2020 revisions which makes for an even better story

Directors Dino Dimitriadis and Shane Anthony deliver a brilliant and bold expression of John Cameron Mitchell (Text) and Stephen Trask’s (Music and Lyrics) rock musical HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH.

CATS, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s (Music) musical theatre adaptation of T. S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book Of Practical Cats” returns its original Australian home, Sydney’s Theatre Royal. 

Bangarra Dance Theatre proudly takes a bold step forward, performing at the prestigious Dame Joan Sutherland Theatre, a venue celebrated for its world-class opera and ballet. After two decades at the Drama Theatre, and in their 36th year, Bangarra presents ILLUME, a groundbreaking production and their first collaboration with First Nations visual artist Darrell Sibosado. Paired with Brendon Boney’s stunning music and soundscape, and enriched by powerful narratives, this work is a visual feast.

Craig Ilott (co-creator and director) and Stuart Couzens’ (co-creator and designer) Parisian style classy cabaret L’Hôtel calls Sydney’s newest theatre space, Foundry Theatre, home for an encore season. 

The mental health risk of misguided love plays out in the crazy comedy of WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN. David Yazbek (music and lyrics) and Jeffrey Lane (book)  gave Pedro Almodovar’s 1988 film of the same name the musical theatre treatment in 2010 resulting in a madcap merging of Spanish inspired music and farcical comedy with an 1980’s aesthetic which is all right is director Alexander Berlage’s wheelhouse.

In celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Claude-Michel Schönberg (Book & Music), Alain Boublil (Concept, Book & Original French Lyrics)  and Herbert Kretzmer (Lyrics) musical theatre adaptation of Victor Hugo’s novel, LES MISÉRABLES THE ARENA SPECTACULAR is a captivating, staged concert designed for large venues.

Robyn Nevin (Director) brings another of Agatha Christie’s murder mysteries to the Sydney stage with And Then There Were None. See here for more information!

The Wrong Godsis set on the banks of a sacred river, near the outskirts of town in India. Nirmala (Nadie Kammallaweera) is the Mother to Isha  (Radhika Mudaliyar). They come to odds as surviving and thriving clash.

In celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Claude-Michel Schönberg (Music) and Herbert Kretzmer musical theatre adaptation of Victor Hugo’s novel, LES MISÉRABLES THE ARENA SPECTACULAR is a captivating, staged concert designed for large venues.