2024 Theatre Outings

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2024

Six the Musical

Saturday 23 November

Session Time: 3 pm

Cost: $76 and is payable by 11 September

In this high-octane 80-minute musical experience, the feisty Tudor queens boldly rewrite five hundred years of history.

Don’t miss your chance to experience this HERstoric musical, in an unforgettable production that promises to have you losing your head!

Taking on the role of Henry VIII’s first wife, the sassy Catherine of Aragon, will be Kimberley Hodgson fresh from playing the iconic role of Anita in Handa’s West Side Story. Kimberley has also graced stages in recent Australian productions of Miss Saigon, Mary Poppins and Frozen.

Joining the cast as the rule breaking second wife Anne Boleyn will be WAAPA graduate Deirdre Khoo who has just completed the acclaimed 50th Anniversary Australian Tour of The Rocky Horror Show playing Janet Weiss.

Loren Hunter returns to the role of the loyal third wife Jane Seymour having blown audiences away across Australia in previous tours. SIX has enhanced her unfaltering musical theatre career including roles in Strictly Ballroom the Musical and King Kong the Musical.

The independent Anna of Cleves will be played by Zelia Rose Kitoko. Zelia is a multifaceted actor, singer, dancer, and solo creative artist having toured worldwide with Dita Von Teese’s acclaimed touring review and made her musical theatre debut in the Australian production of Hamilton in 2020.

The role of the playful fifth wife, Katherine Howard will once again be played by Chelsea Dawson. Chelsea made an incredible impact in the role on the most recent tour of SIX across Australia and has since understudied the lead role of Sophie in the Australian tour of MAMMA MIA! the Musical.

Giorgia Kennedy joins the cast in the role of the empowering Catherine Parr. Giorgia’s previous musical theatre roles include understudying the lead role of Juliet in & Juliet and also understudying the lead role of Frankie in Jagged Little Pill.

Joining the SIX Australian Queens are the extremely talented swings made up of Gabriella Boumford, Thalia Smith, and returning Dance Captain/Swing Chiara Assetta and Resident Choreographer/ Assistant to the Director/ Alternate Swing Cristina D’Agostino. Also supported by the SIX on stage band including Music Director / Keys Claire Healy, Assistant Music Director / Keys Heidi Maguire, Kathryn Stammers on Drums, Danielle Colligan on Guitar and Ann Metry on Bass.

2025

Jesus Christ, Superstar

Wednesday 15 January 

Session Time: 1pm

Cost: $71 and is payable by 9 October

 Jesus Christ Superstar tells the story of biblical Jesus in the final days leading up to his crucifixion. A rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, the musical has no spoken dialogue and is sometimes considered a modern rock-opera. Loosely based on the Gospels, Superstar focuses on the personal conflicts between Jesus, his disciples, the people of Israel, and the leadership of Rome. Special attention is played to the relationship between Judas Iscariot and Jesus, as well as Jesus’ relationship with Mary Magdalene. The musical is unique among biblical retellings in that it focuses on both Judas’ struggle making the decision to betray Jesus and Jesus’ human psychology, fear, and anger in understanding and accepting his role as both leader and martyr. The show is a product of its era, permeated with 1970’s rock, gospel, folk and funk themes, modern language and colloquialisms, and high-energy dance numbers.

Hadestown

Wednesday 19 February 

Session Time: 1pm

Cost: $142 and is payable by 13 November

Anaïs Mitchell breathes fresh, new life into classic mythology with her folk musical Hadestown. Orpheus, a passionate and talented musician, and Eurydice, an independent and resilient young woman, fall in love at first sight, as though it was--and perhaps is--destined by The Fates. Though neither has much to their name, Orpheus is determined that love will see them through anything. Their love blossoms in spring and flourishes in summer, but is tested when autumn and hardship come. Hardship breeds doubt and difficult choices must be made. When Eurydice unknowingly signs away her soul to Hades, master of the factory Hadestown, Orpheus is prepared to venture to hell and back, armed with nothing but his music and his love, to bring her home once more. Set to Mitchell’s gorgeous folk-rock score, Hadestown tells a poignant, vibrant story of love that manages, even amongst tragedy, to find hope.

Annie

Wednesday 26 April

Session Time: 1pm

Cost: $76 and is payable by 15 February

 Based on the hit Broadway musical. Young orphan Annie has lived a hard knock life in an anything but happy orphanage run by the ruthless matriarch Miss Agatha Hannigan. She quietly escapes her orphanage and sets out to find her parents, who she believe will claim her as their own with a broken locket. Her path leads her to be placed in the care of eccentric billionaire Oliver Warbucks. After a few days, Warbucks realizes that Annie means more to him than life itself. But Miss Hannigan, along with crooks Rooster and Lily plots to do away with Annie and will stop at nothing to reclaim her.

And Then There were None

Wednesday 21 May

Session Time: 1pm

Cost: $71 and is payable by 12 March

The guests, all coming from different backgrounds, are intrigued by a children's nursery rhyme about ten little soldiers that hangs in each room on the island. Disturbingly, a set of ten solider figurines placed in the dining room begins to correspond with the rhyme as guests start dying one by one.

As the guests settle in, they each find a phonograph recording that accuses them of past crimes that have gone unpunished. Soon after, the first guest, Anthony Marston, dies suddenly after choking on his drink, matching the first verse of the nursery rhyme.

More deaths swiftly follow, each eerily mimes the verses of the nursery rhyme as their ten soldier figurines continue to decrease in number. The characters find themselves trapped, with no way of leaving the island and an unseen mastermind killing them one by one.

Cats

Wednesday 25 June

Session Time: 1pm

Cost: $71 and is payable by 9 April

Experience the 40th Australian Anniversary of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking musical CATS, returning to Theatre Royal Sydney from June.

On just one special night of the year, all Jellicle cats meet at the Jellicle Ball where Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader, makes the Jellicle choice and announces which of them will go up to The Heaviside Layer and be reborn into a whole new Jellicle life.

With “timeless music, spectacular sets and a superb cast” (Daily Mirror), breathtaking choreography and of course the unforgettable ‘Memory’, CATS is a magical musical like no other.

Let CATS thrill you once again, but don’t miss out on a seat – act fast and book your tickets today! “It’s the cat’s whiskers” (The Time

MJ: The Musical

Wednesday 20 August

Session Time: 1pm

Cost: $100 and is payable 11 December 2024

The plot of MJ the Musical navigates through different stages of his life, revealing the man behind the music. The story begins with young Michael’s early days in Gary, Indiana, and charts his journey to stardom with the Jackson 5. It delves into the hurdles he had to overcome, both personally and professionally, to become the influential solo artist we all know.

The music of MJ The Musical is, without a doubt, one of its key attractions. The score is full of Michael Jackson’s biggest hits, allowing audiences to experience his music in a whole new light. 

The musical includes tracks from the Jackson 5 era, like “I Want You Back” and “ABC,” which helped catapult the group to fame. Numerous songs from Jackson’s solo career are also included. Tracks like “Billie Jean,” “Beat It,” and “Thriller” become a part of the plot as well. These songs, performed with electrifying choreography reminiscent of Jackson’s signature style, bring an added layer of excitement and nostalgia to the production.