121 stories by "Maddi Ostapiw"
In an interview regarding his hit new musical Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda recently posed a question that led me to examine each piece of professional musical theatre I have ever taken in. R…
For the last twenty years, the Mike Walsh Fellowships have afforded many young Australian theatre artists the opportunity to enhance their skills and progress professionally within the local…
In another announcment of incredible female-centric news for 2016, four much-loved Witches from previous Australian and international casts of Wicked will take to the Sydney stage toget…
If you're an Australian vocal performer or musician, there is absolutely no doubt that Christmas is a busy time for you. As well as the normal family and work commitments approaching Decembe…
With The Fantasticks opening at the Hayes Theatre in just under one month, audiences have been granted a sneak peak into rehearsals for the production. Cast member Bobbie-Jean Henning sums u…
In an exclusive live event on Saturday 13 February, Leigh Sales " one of Australia's most respected journalists " will sit down with acclaimed composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz…
Melbourne Theatre Company announced on Thursday that Leticia Cáceres, Associate Director for the company, will leave her position at the closing of her contract in December. Of her …
In an email thanking Squabbalogic subscribers for support of their successful Australian Cultural Fund project, the company announced that the casting brief for The Original Grease would be …
No matter what your life looks like approaching Christmas each year, there will always be a slight cloud of organisational related dread floating above your head in December. The songs are m…
Following the announcement of an exciting 2016 season line up for StageArt, casting was this morning revealed for their West End revival production of Saturday Night Fever. Opening at Chapel…
Full casting for the Melbourne run of the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Matilda The Musical was announced at 11am today, with the young actresses sharing the title role meeting t…
Following a recent conversation I had with new Australian musical theatre writers Hedger & Nicholson, I was interested to further explore the topic of the role of youth in supporting and…
Since the European discovery and settlement of Australia, our environment has been known as a harsh landscape, a place where it takes a lot of effort to make anything grow. This description …
LGBTQI+ representation in media and entertainment has long been an issue within theatrical circles, with the stories of people who identify as anything other than straight and cisgendered la…
Are you sick of those looks of pity that are cast in your general direction when friends find out you have purchased a single ticket to the theatre? Are you unsure how to respond when they t…
If I were to say that the last few seasons on Broadway have been revolutionary, I don't believe that many would disagree. The landscape is slowly changing with the goal of meeting every new …
Bootleg. What a simple, unassuming term. The child of the words boot and leg, all she wants to do in life is to perform her duty of giving us very low quality audio and video recordings of p…
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The Costume Designer for all of Packemin’s shows since the company's 2011 inception has been Cassandra Pascoli.
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