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Rose Chambers, an emerging talent in the Australian theatre scene, shares her journey as an actor, singer, and violinist. Currently studying at the Victorian College of the Arts, she reflects on her childhood experiences in theatre and music that shaped her passion for performing arts. Rose discusses her role as Lisa in the upcoming production “Ladies in Black,” a musical set in 1950s Sydney that...

For the latest theatre updates and behind-the-scenes insights, follow me on Instagram https://instagram.com/AndrewGShowtime   🎭 Come From Away 🗓️Opens 7 March 📍Geelong Arts Centre 🎟️ centrestage.org.au/event Winner of four Olivier Awards—including Best New Musical in London—and the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical on Broadway, this smash-hit show brings to life the astonishing true sto...

For the latest theatre updates and behind-the-scenes insights, follow me on Instagram https://instagram.com/AndrewGShowtime   🎭 Truth 📍Malthouse Merlyn Theatre 🗓️ Until 8 March 🎟️ malthousetheatre.com.au Truth is a provocative play that delves into the interplay of honesty, deception, and perception in society. Set against a contemporary backdrop, the production challenges audiences to confront...

For the latest theatre updates and behind-the-scenes insights, follow me on Instagram https://instagram.com/AndrewGShowtime   🎭 AVENUE Q 🗓️Opens 22 February (preview 21 February) 📍National Theatre, St Kilda 🎟️ AvenueQ.com.au Hilarious, outrageous, and packed with heart, Avenue Q is the latest must-see musical sensation that’s about to take Melbourne by storm! This Tony Award-winning hit blends p...

For the latest theatre updates and behind-the-scenes insights, follow me on Instagram https://instagram.com/AndrewGShowtime   🎭 Jesus Christ Superstar 🗓️Opens 16 March 📍Princess Theatre 🎟️ jesuschristsuperstarmusical.com.au The iconic global phenomenon Jesus Christ Superstar is now playing in a breathtaking new production that has captivated audiences and critics alike. Following its award-winni...

For the latest theatre updates and behind-the-scenes insights, follow me on Instagram https://instagram.com/AndrewGShowtime   🎭 AVENUE Q 🗓️Opens 22 February (preview 21 February) 📍National Theatre, St Kilda 🎟️ AvenueQ.com.au Outrageously funny, brilliantly irreverent, and bursting with heart, Avenue Q is the must-see musical sensation about to take Melbourne by storm! This Tony Award-winning sma...

🎭 Macbeth  📍Royal Botanic Gardens - Southern Cross Lawn 🗓️ 31 January to 28 February 🎟️ shakespeareaustralia.com.au The Macbeths are back—driven by an unrelenting thirst for power and an obsession with the throne. “Their passion for each other is absolute in every way—both metaphysical and erotic. The lust for power fuels their mutual desire, heightening the storm of chaos.” A prophecy from thre...

For the latest theatre updates and behind-the-scenes insights, follow me on Instagram https://instagram.com/AndrewGShowtime   🎭 AVENUE Q 🗓️Opens 22 February (preview 21 February) 📍National Theatre, St Kilda 🎟️ AvenueQ.com.au Hilarious, outrageous, and packed with heart, Avenue Q is the latest must-see musical sensation that’s about to take Melbourne by storm! This Tony Award-winning hit blends p...

For the latest theatre updates and behind-the-scenes insights, follow me on Instagram https://instagram.com/AndrewGShowtime   🎭Honour 📍Red Stitch, St Kilda 🗓️ 15 February to 16 March 🎟️redstitch.net Honour is a defining work by one of Australia’s most celebrated playwrights, Joanna Murray-Smith. Red Stitch’s production of this landmark play will celebrate its 30th anniversary, following its orig...

For the latest theatre updates and behind-the-scenes insights, follow me on Instagram https://instagram.com/AndrewGShowtime   🎭The Wind in the Willows 📍Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens 🗓️ 21 December to 25 January 🎟️shakespeareaustralia.com.au This summer, Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens will once again become a riverside playground for families, when The Australian Shakespeare Company’s The...

For the latest theatre updates and behind-the-scenes insights, follow me on Instagram https://instagram.com/AndrewGShowtime   Australian Shakespeare Company present The Merry Wives of Windsor at Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens, running from 21 December 2024 - 25 January 2025.   With the city’s Botanic Gardens as a stunning backdrop, audiences will be treated to a unique theatre experience brimmi...

WARNING: This podcast contains mildly explicit language.    For the latest theatre updates and behind-the-scenes insights, follow me on Instagram https://instagram.com/AndrewGShowtime F@#k Christmas is a new all-star variety show that gives the middle finger to capitalism and the overconsumption of the holiday season. Featuring aerial elves, a tap-dancing turkey, an off-brand Father Christmas and...

🎭 TINA - The Tina Turner Musical 📍Princess Theatre, Melbourne 🗓️ Now playing - until 9 February 2025 🎟️ tinathemusical.com.au For the latest theatre updates and behind-the-scenes insights, follow me on Instagram https://instagram.com/AndrewGShowtime   TINA: The Tina Turner Musical celebrates the life and legacy of one of music’s most iconic performers. The Australian production brings the electr...

For the latest theatre updates and behind-the-scenes insights, follow me on Instagram https://instagram.com/AndrewGShowtime   🎭 Broadway Bar 🗓️ 29 November  📍The Motley Bauhaus, Carton 🎟️ saltytheatre.com.au/broadway-bar   Step into an enchanting evening of Broadway melodies,nostalgia and a rip roaring good time! The spotlight is ready for all, as performers and spectators unite to celebrate the...

For the latest theatre updates and behind-the-scenes insights, follow me on Instagram https://instagram.com/AndrewGShowtime   🎭 Dear Evan Hansen 🎟️ dearevanhansenmusical.com.au   Australian Tour 🗓️  Now Playing  📍  Sydney: Roslyn Packer Theatre   🗓️  December 2024  📍  Melbourne: Arts Centre   🗓️  February 2025 📍  Canberra: Canberra Theatre Centre 🗓️  April 2025 📍  Adelaide: Her Majesty’s Thea...

For the latest theatre updates and behind-the-scenes insights, follow me on Instagram     🎭 24 Hour Musical 🗓️  16 November (One Night Only) 📍 Cranbourne Community Theatre 🎟️ windmilltheatre.com.au This is where I would usually tell you a bit about the show my guests are involved with. But I don’t know. Neither do they. Not at the time of recording anyway. It’s a “mystery flight” musical. They w...

For the latest theatre updates and behind-the-scenes insights, follow me on Instagram     🎭 The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 🗓️  15-30 November  📍 Eltham Little Theatre 🎟️ elthamlittletheatre.org.au ‘The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe’ is a fantasy-themed theatrical experience that promises to captivate audiences with its large puppets, epic fight scenes and a soundscape sure to inspire....

For the latest theatre updates and behind-the-scenes insights, follow me on Instagram   🎭 Daddy Long Legs 🗓️ 8-16 November  📍 Mornington and Mount Martha Anglican Church, Mornington  🎟️ peoplesplayhouse.com Daddy Long Legs Jerusha Abbott is the “Oldest Orphan in the John Grier Home” until, one day, a mysterious benefactor decides to send her to college to be educated as a writer. Required to wri...

For the latest theatre updates and behind-the-scenes insights, follow me on Instagram 🎭 THE KITCHEN SINK 📍 Brighton Theatre 🗓️ 1 to 16 November 🎟️ brightontheatre.com.au   The Kitchen Sink The Kitchen Sink tells the story of a working-class family, living in the north of England, who are struggling trying to realise their dreams for a better life. Martin is facing the failure of his milk deliver...

🎭 Your Name Means Dream 🗓️ 31 Oct to 24 Nov (Previews 27-30 Oct) 📍 Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre, St Kilda 🎟️ redstitch.net Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre presents the Australian premiere of Your Name Means Dream, written by Oscar nominee and Obie Award-winning playwright José Rivera (The Motorcycle Diaries). Under the direction of multiple Green Room Award and Matilda Award nominee Kat Henry, this po...

🎭 MARVELous 🗓️ Dates: 6 – 10 November 📍 National Theatre, 20 Carlisle St, St Kilda 🎟️ MarvelousTheShow.com.au   A cleverly created Marvel parody lands with spectacular delivery…the stunt work, athleticism, flying high wire stunts, and pole dancing are simply amazing.’ Stage Whispers With a rock-infused soundtrack, a breathtaking stage design, and a cast of exceptional acrobats, vocalists, dancer...

🎭 Sweet Charity 📍Karralyka Theatre Ringwood 🗓️ 18 to 27 October 🎟️ mdms.org.au   Sweet Charity follows the romantic trials and tribulations of Charity Hope Valentine, “a girl who wanted to be loved.” Charity is a taxi dancer, a dance partner-for-hire at a seedy dance hall in New York City. Though the job may be decidedly undesirable, Charity’s hopeful romanticism and unfailing optimism lift her...

🎭 Secret Girl Stuff (part of Melbourne Fringe Festival) 📍Irene Mitchell Studio - South Yarra 🗓️ 16 to 19 October 🎟️ melbournefringe.com.au Secret Girl Stuff' bears witness to girlhood reluctantly transforming into womanhood and leaves you with the urge to hug your twelve-year-old self and tell her, "You're going to regret wrapping toilet paper around your underwear, but I promise it's a rite of...

🎭 Gypsy 📍The Round, Nunawading 🗓️ 11 to 20 October 🎟️ babirra.org.au The jewel of Broadway's Golden Age, Gypsy boasts an incomparable score, a brilliantly conceived book, and one of the greatest leading roles ever to grace the Broadway stage. Regarded by many theatre professionals as the finest musical ever created, Gypsy is the ultimate tale of an ambitious stage mother fighting for her daughte...

🎭 Iphigenia In Splott 📍Red Stitch, St Kilda 🗓️ Must close 22 September 🎟️ https://www.redstitch.net/iphigenia-in-splott-2024 Iphigenia In Splott is a powerful new adaptation of the enduring Greek myth drives home the high price people pay for society's shortcomings. Bringing it back to the stage for those who missed it, this is a second chance to see the “visceral tour de force” (The Age) that i...