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$19.4 million theatre upgrade helps bring Moulin Rouge! The Musical to Melbourne

Based on Baz Luhrmann’s award-winning film, Moulin Rouge! The Musical will open at newly renovated Regent Theatre in 2021.

29 Jul 2019 12:00

Richard Watts

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Karen Olivo as Satine and Aaron Tveit as Christian in the Broadway production of Moulin Rouge! The Musical. Photo credit: Matthew Murphy.

The Andrews Government is contributing $14.5 million towards a $19.4 million upgrade of Melbourne’s heritage-listed Regent Theatre in order to ready the venue for the Australian premiere of Moulin Rouge! The Musical in 2021.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's 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 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts