David Harris, Helen Dallimore, Stephen Schwartz, Aaron Tveit,
Betty Buckley, Sutton Foster and Joanna Ampil in
Defying Gravity, Theatre Royal Sydney, 2016. Photograph:
Robert Catto.
The songs of Stephen Schwartz
Defying Gravity
Defying Gravity is a concert celebration of the songs
of Stephen Schwartz, spanning five decades of musical theatre
and film, from Godspell and Pippin to
Wicked, Pocahontas and
The Prince of Egypt. It premiered to five stars at
Sydney’s Theatre Royal in 2016 starring Sutton Foster, Aaron
Tveit and Betty Buckley, and will be presented at the Kölner Philharmonie with
the WDR Funkhausorchester in October 2026.
“As Broadway gold goes, it doesn’t get much more glittery than
this.” Limelight Magazine
Left to right: Bobby Fox, Michael Ball, Rachel Tucker, Suzie
Mathers, Sooha Kim, Marie Zamora, John Owen-Jones and David Harris
in Do You Hear The People Sing?, Hamer Hall, Melbourne,
2022. Photograph: Jeff Busby.
The dream concert
Do You Hear The People Sing?
Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg met more than fifty
years ago and went on to write Les Misérables and
Miss Saigon. Do You Hear The People Sing? is
the only concert celebration of their work they have ever
authorised. Created in collaboration with Boublil and Schönberg,
the concert spans Les Misérables, Miss Saigon,
Martin Guerre, The Pirate Queen and their first
musical together, La Révolution Française. It
premiered at the Shanghai Grand Theatre starring Michael Ball
and Lea Salonga, played Sydney Opera House in 2022 with Ball,
John Owen-Jones and Rachel Tucker, and headlined the Hollywood
Bowl in 2024 with Patrick Wilson, Skylar Astin, Jon Jon Briones,
Nikki Renée Daniels and Rachel Tucker.
“A lavish concert celebration.”
Sydney Morning Herald
Anna O’Byrne in Becoming Eliza, Comedy Theatre Melbourne.
Photograph: Jeff Busby.
A musical memoir
Becoming Eliza
Dame Julie Andrews cast Anna O’Byrne as Eliza Doolittle in Opera
Australia’s My Fair Lady, sixty years after the role
made Andrews a star. O’Byrne won the Helpmann Award for the
performance. Becoming Eliza is her account of being
directed by the woman who created the character - the
rehearsals, the breakthroughs, the failures - told through story
and song, with music from My Fair Lady,
The Sound of Music and Mary Poppins. It
premiered at Sydney Opera House in 2022 and has toured
nationally.
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel follows Billy Bigelow,
a carousel barker in a Maine seaside town, and Julie Jordan, the
mill worker who loves him - a story of love, redemption and the
struggle to find a place in the world. This concert production
starred Danny Whitehead alongside Anna O’Byrne and Marina Prior.
We first presented Ruthie Henshall in
Side By Side By Sondheim in 2012, and again in 2019 for
Live & Intimate, her debut Australian solo tour,
playing the Sydney Opera House, QPAC and the Adelaide Cabaret
Festival.
Bobby Fox won the World Irish Dancing Championship four times and
toured the world with Riverdance before Australia made
him a leading man and one of the country’s most popular
entertainers. In The Irish Boy he plays, dances and sings
his way through the country he left - Danny Boy,
The Foggy Dew, Whiskey in the Jar and
Ride On among them.
Since 2011, Enda Markey has produced musicals, plays and concerts
across Australia, Asia and the United States—from world premieres
at Sydney Opera House to the Hollywood Bowl. He works closely with
world-leading artists to develop ambitious productions from first
idea to the international stage. His approach combines enduring
creative relationships, exceptional casts and a clear understanding
of how to create work that resonates with audiences.
We create live productions for the world’s great stages.
We partner with promoters, venues and orchestras worldwide to bring
exceptional live productions to new audiences. Get in touch to
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