2024 Program

Having had his songs performed by the likes of Judy Collins, Yo-Yo Ma, Art Garfunkel, Audra MacDonald, Patti LuPone and Liza Minnelli, Broadway’s John Bucchino is one of North America’s most successful songwriters. 

Each night, following that evening’s final performance, Launceston’s Earl Arts Centre experiences the quickest of quick changes to transform into The Diva Den.

Take a front row seat, learn the tricks of the trade, and explore the journey of the biggest names in Australian musical theatre in our In Conversation with… series. 

Whether you’re an in the shower belter, or a highly celebrated diva, Choir in the Pub is your chance to put those inhibitions aside and sing.

Calling all emerging musical theatre superstars… this is your chance to shine!

When award winning performer Natalie Gamsu’s partner turned to her and said, “Darling, do you think you were a flamenco dancer in a past life?”, she decided that yes, she was.

This is your chance to work with one of the festival’s specialist teachers.

Storying telling is a craft, and in musical theatre it’s at the very heart of what we do.

Join one of Australia’s best choreographers for a two hour class.

This class combines two of our disciplines, Acting and Singing.

In this brand-new take on an established classic, Launceston’s Old Brisbane Arcade becomes the star. 

Straight from the stage and into the sun-soaked foyer of the Princess Theatre!

Take a front row seat, learn the tricks of the trade, and explore the journey of the biggest names in Australian musical theatre in our In conversation with… series. 

The story goes that if a theatre is ever left completely empty (or dark), a ghost will take up residence.

While flipping through an old photo album, Kerrie Anne Greenland invites you to go on a funny and heartfelt journey through her life and the life of movie musicals. 

Join Queenie van de Zandt she says Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome! to the Earl Arts Centre for an extravaganza that’s always the talk of the town.

This program is for those teachers, directors, and producers who want to sharpen their leadership skills when communicating around Musical Theatre. 

This is your chance to work with one of the festival’s specialist teachers.

This is your chance to work with one of the festival’s specialist teachers.

This is your chance to work with one of the festival’s specialist teachers.

Storying telling is a craft, and in musical theatre it’s at the very heart of what we do.

Storying telling is a craft, and in musical theatre it’s at the very heart of what we do.

Join one of Australia’s best choreographers for a two hour class.

Join one of Australia’s best choreographers for a two hour class.

Join one of Australia’s best choreographers for a two hour class.

This class combines two of our disciplines, Acting and Singing.

This class combines two of our disciplines, Acting and Singing.

This class combines two of our disciplines, Acting and Singing.

Celebrate Launceston’s status as a UNESCO City of Gastronomy with the very best produce and stories from those who produced it.

A staple of the Australian Musical Theatre Festival, Busker’s Alley transforms the intimacy of Launceston’s Dickie Whites Lane into the bustling streets of Broadway.

Did you know that Launceston once boasted more theatres per capita than anywhere in the world? 

An afternoon of surprises awaits with acclaimed musical director Vicky Jacob’s irreverent all singing, maybe dancing, game of trivia.

From Les Misérables to Mamma Mia, Wicked and The Lion King, this exciting performance of song salutes the best of Broadway with Australia’s leading performers in one unmissable night at Launceston’s Princess Theatre.

You are invited to attend the Diversity and Inclusion Panel hosted by our Black, Indigenous, and people of colour (BIPOC) colleagues.

This is your chance to connect with best practices in the industry.

This is an opportunity for students to learn the secrets to success from Des Flanagan, Patrice Tipoki and Kerrie Anne Greenland.

Enjoy a morning of Tasmanian food and beautiful scenery while choosing your own interactive, musical theatre journey of songs, quizzes & anecdotes, performed by the multi-award-winning Queenie van de Zandt.

In the most audacious grand finale in Australian Musical Theatre Festival history, the Princess Theatre stage becomes a place of self-transformation in NINE.