ABC Victoria Statewide: Theatre tourism can be far away and close to home

With Prue on ABC Victoria Statewide we discussed the strategy required for that short interval break during a theatre show. Do you run for the bar or the bathroom? Do you try both?

We explored London’s West End, New York’s Broadway, The Loop in Chicago and even closer to home in Perth with opportunities to see Wicked at Crown Theatre and upcoming productions in Geelong.

Musicals can lift an old story to new heights, think of Matilda and Lord of the Rings. They can provoke an interest in history thanks to Les Miserables, Evita and, of course, Hamilton.

Musicals and tourism walk excitedly hand in hand, engaging you in temporary escape experiences and providing an opportunity when you’re in distant lands to immerse yourself in local culture or closer to home turning a night out into a night away.

Try and book early for your theatre experience but there’s nothing wrong with Prue’s approach to just rocking up to the ticket counter in your best back packer outfit and trying your luck!

Just a reminder if you’re booking online to please make sure it’s an official ticket purchasing site.

The curtain is about to come down on this description but it might come back for an encore if I can upload the audio file of the discussion a bit later on.

Do you sing the songs as you approach the theatre? “I’m young, scrappy and hungry and I’m not throwin’ away my shot!!!”
A bit different to the excitement building at the Narrogin Town Hall on the opening night of Oliver in 1984. Only a bit different.
Opened in 1911, the Victoria Palace Theatre, where Hamilton is playing, is a jaw dropping theatre with a spectacular marble foyer, a soaring ceiling dome and all sorts of velvet and brass trimmings.