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Australian musical Driftwood set for New York workshop season

Driftwood the Musical will have an encore season in Melbourne and Sydney before its lead creatives head to the US for a series of workshops and presentations.

12 Apr 2023 8:17

Richard Watts

Performing Arts

A scene from the 2022 production of ‘Driftwood the Musical’. Image: Supplied.

The Australian production Driftwood the Musical is to hold a series of workshops and presentations in New York City following an encore season in Melbourne and Sydney later this year.

De Jong, who originated the musical’s development, says it’s a deeply personal project for her.

The encore season returns to Chapel off Chapel from 3-20 May 2023. Thereafter it transfers to NSW’s Glen Street Theatre (24-28 May), Riverside Theatres (31 May – 4 June) and the Eternity Playhouse (7-18 June), with the New York workshops taking place in the Australian spring.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's former National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts