Artistic Directors of Hayes Theatre Co, Richard Carroll and Victoria Falconer, have announced seven exciting musicals, a new play with music and a Stephen Sondheim concert that will make up the 2025 program for the Hayes, alongside several special events and cabaret shows.
The year opens with the Australian premiere production of Ghost Quartet, written and composed by Dave Malloy (Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812), followed by a new, boisterously joyful adaptation by Richard Carroll of The Pirates of Penzance, brought to life by just four performers. Beginning in March 2025 will be the return of Mel Brooks’ hilarious take on show business, The Producers – The Mel Brooks Musical, directed by Julia Robertson (Metropolis). The Australian premiere of the Tony and Olivier Award-nominated musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, based on the film by Pedro Almodóvar and directed by Alexander Berlage (American Psycho, Cry-Baby), begins in May 2025.
Being Alive: The Music of Stephen Sondheim, a moving and exhilarating concert of songs by the greatest musical theatre mind of all, plays a three-week season from 25 June 2025, directed by Sonya Suares. From the Tony Award-winning songwriting duo of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Seussical, Ragtime) comes the Sydney premiere of the Olivier Award-winning Once on This Island, directed by Brittanie Shipway. For their first musical, Sport for Jove will present the Sydney premiere of the ingenious and inspiring musical by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Bright Star, directed by Damien Ryan.
The year concludes with two world premieres, Phar Lap: The Electro-Swing Musical, written by Steven Kramer and directed by Sheridan Harbridge (Dubbo Championship Wrestling), and Merry & Bright, a new play with music, starring Nancye Hayes in a role crafted specially for her by award-winning playwright Jordan Shea.
Many regular Hayes events will return in 2025 including Musical Bang Bang, Home Grown, Theys At The Hayes, the Festival of New Work, the Winter Cabaret season and Carols by Cabaret.
“This season is all about joy, irreverence, surprises, glamour, humour, insight and warmth,” said Richard Carroll and Victoria Falconer. “Our audiences are more and more keen on shows that provide the experience of a Great Night Out, and that’s exactly what we plan to give you throughout 2025.”
Subscriptions are now on sale, with single tickets on sale at different times in coming months.
For more information, visit hayestheatre.com.au/2025-season.
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