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Thriving then decimated: the year that was - and wasn t - in theatre
Thriving then decimated: the year that was - and wasn t - in theatre
By Cameron Woodhead
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Theatre people will be as glad as anyone to see the curtain close on 2020. Melbourne is rightly proud of its performing arts culture, and until March this year – before the longest theatre closures in modern Australian history – it was in full bloom.
Black Ties reimagines the rom-com from a First Nations perspective.
Credit:Steven Siewert
Last summer feels like a distant era now. Looking back, it exemplified a dynamic, outward-looking, globally interconnected hub of performance Melbourne had come to take for granted.
Les Misérables
BBC Radio 2 has launched a fun search for the nation s favourite musical number.
Spearheaded by theatre icon Elaine Paige, the radio station is inviting listeners to vote from a shortlist (chosen by a judging panel)
Paige said: Like me, millions of Radio 2 s listeners are huge fans of musicals - whether on stage or screen – so please get voting for your favourite song and I can t wait to play the Top 20 on my show, Elaine Paige On Sunday, in January!
On the judging panel were WhatsOnStage s own Sita McIntosh, musical theatre actor Marisha Wallace, Baz Bamigboye (
Daily Mail) and Paige.