Tim Minchin to launch new theatre at Star Casino
Tim Minchin will be launching a new live entertainment venue inside the Sydney Lyric at The Star in early 2025.
The Foundry Theatre will host live music, comedy, musical theatre and cabaret, and was born from the repurposing of Sydney Lyric’s rear stage. It is described to be a multi-purpose, flexible performance space for up to 360 seated or 630 standing.
“Taking this under-utilised space and turning it into a theatre is something that we’ve wanted to do for more than 10 years,” said Graeme Kearns, CEO at Foundation Theatres.
“Audiences have a terrific variety of shows and artists to choose from as they experience our new theatre for the first time.”
The 2025 program kicks off on February 11 with Tim Minchin’s aptly titled show First at the Foundry.
Other shows slated for the season include the Australian premiere of new international musical No Love Songs, musical comedian Gillian Cosgriff, comedians Akmal, Lawrence Mooney, and the Umbilical Brothers, musical Kiss Me Kate, immersive cabaret production, L’Hôtel.
“The opening of a new theatre is a rare and wonderful thing,” Minchin said.
“I was stoked that the legendary theatre-builder Stephen Found asked me to be the canary in the coalmine. Or the champagne bottle shattering on the hull. Or the mohel removing the foreskin of the… anyway, you get my drift. Stoked.”
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Nathan Jolly is the Features Editor at Mumbrella. He joined the team in July, 2023.
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