Andrew Lloyd Webber
Cats has yet another life, in spectacular 40th anniversary production
Being a cat may look like pure pleasure, but playing one is very hard work – just ask the production’s kittens.
- Karl Quinn
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From Young Talent Time to British aristocracy: The Aussie soprano hitting the high notes
Melbourne girl becomes a child star, conquers the operatic world and marries an English arts patron: Danielle de Niese’s life story reads like a libretto.
- Amanda Hooton
What made Mahalia Barnes say yes to Jesus Christ Superstar
Barnes has been surrounded by music her whole life, but it took a very particular set of circumstances for her to take on her first musical.
- Elizabeth Flux
‘You don’t see standing ovations mid-song very often’: This Jesus Christ Superstar is unmissable
The early ’70s musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice has arrived back on the Melbourne stage with the energy and passion of a rock concert.
- Cameron Woodhead
Gearhead, farmer, tax protester: Jeremy Clarkson takes to London streets
Farming’s least likely champion opposes a new tax the Labour government says will help restore public services.
- Rob Harris
Gai Waterhouse wants to give Andrew Lloyd Webber another hit
This year’s spring race carnival has brought together the musical theatre impresario and famed horse trainer.
- Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
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Jane Hume is reunited with her Lycra buddy
Canberra is a small town, as the Coalition senator found when she relived a viral moment at the Midwinter Ball.
- Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
‘I felt I could understand this role’: Sarah Brightman on playing Norma Desmond
The world’s best-selling soprano makes her return to the stage for the first time in 34 years in Sunset Boulevard.
- Lenny Ann Low
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Did you hear the one about the girl on the bus with a dead squirrel? Sydney Comedy Fest kick off
Our critics give you their verdict on the best shows around town from the Sydney Comedy Festival, singer James Taylor and the latest Hayes Theatre production directed by Blazey Best.
- Cassie Tongue, James Jennings and Daniel Herborn
Soprano who inspired Christine in the Phantom returns to the stage
After more than 30 years away from musical theatre, Sarah Brightman makes her return in a new production of Sunset Boulevard.
- Elizabeth Flux