Trevor Jones has been writing about the Australian musical, and getting deserved praise on facebook and such. Happily, he’s now started a blog.
Since my last article, there has been a lot of discussion about the current state of Australian musical theatre. This discussion is certainly not new, with some debate sparked in early 2015 by John Senczuk’s platform paper ‘The Time is Ripe for The Great Australian Musical’. Recently, I was invited to speak on ABC Radio Sydney Mornings with Wendy Harmer and Radio National Drive with Patricia Karvelas, showing that there may now be a growing public interest in the wider community about Australian musicals. It is also clear that the remainder of 2017 sees the development and premiere of many new Australian Musicals which may herald some progress towards major commercial productions.
Today (7th July) sees the premiere of Joh for P.M. (pictured above), a new musical by Stephen Carleton and Paul Hodge, at the Brisbane Powerhouse. This production is a collaboration between a theatre (Brisbane Powerhouse)…
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