Sydney nabs Australian premiere of Beauty and the Beast | michaelkoziol
Beauty and the BeastThe production is currently playing on London’s West End before heading to Bristol and Ireland later this year. NSW Arts and Tourism Minister Ben Franklin is expected to announce the show’s arrival date in Sydney on Thursday morning after flagging a “major announcement” about an international production. He will be joined by Disney’s senior vice president and managing director for Australia and New Zealand, Kylie Watson-Wheeler.
have previously reported former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian had personally intervened to secure the premiere of Broadway smash hit“They [Victoria] bid very hard and we pipped them to the post and I apologise if [Victorian Premier Daniel] Andrews is upset with me as a result,” Berejiklian said in 2019. The show was ultimately delayed by COVID-19.
Landmark cultural events such as this premiere are often secured after significant financial contributions from state governments and their respective tourism bodies, in this case Destination NSW.opened in Melbourne in 1995 before moving to Her Majesty’s Theatre in Sydney in 1996, a few years before the theatre closed. It is now a carpark.
The current West End production is a reimagining of the classic tale with a younger and more diverse cast, and is due to finish its run in September.
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