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Brisbane and Melbourne audiences will experience the romance of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast when the much-anticipated respective seasons of the hit musical opens in Brisbane in February 2024 and Melbourne in June 2024.  The last time Beauty and the Beast played for Melbourne audiences was nearly three decades ago, when it premiered in 1995. […]

Acclaimed songwriters Alan Menken and Howard Ashman are generally credited with launching the renaissance of Disney Animation with their animated classic The Little Mermaid in 1989.  For Beauty and the Beast, Linda Woolverton, a young TV writer new to the world of musicals, was chosen to write the screenplay and work closely with lyricist Ashman, […]

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is now enchanting audiences at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre. Produced by Disney Theatrical Productions (Aladdin, The Lion King, Mary Poppins, Frozen) this new production of Beauty and the Beast brings back members of the original creative team from the ground-breaking Broadway musical to reimagine this much-loved classic tale. Olivier Award nominee […]

The Walt Disney Company is thrilled to announce the full cast of Beauty and the Beast, including the rolesof Lumiere, Cogsworth and Mrs Potts. This new production of Beauty and the Beast will have its Australianpremiere at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre this June. Rohan Browne will step into the role of Lumiere, Cogsworth will be played […]

The Walt Disney Company is thrilled to announce the three incredible performers that have been cast in the roles of Gaston, Le Fou and Maurice when Beauty and the Beast has its Australian premiere at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre in June 2023. Andy Cook will step into the role of Gaston, Le Fou will be played […]