Latest news: Musical theatre

Sharing a tale of connection in the Big Apple, Ordinary Days hits the stage at The Q - Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre on 5-7 September.

Helping to bring All That Jazz to Canberra Theatre Centre on 7-29 September is beloved Australian performer Peter Rowsthorn.

The latest in arts and entertainment news from around the Canberra region, highlights include a design competition and a feat of theatre.

Cycles are broken and freedom found as Free-Rain Theatre Company brings Billy Elliot the Musical to The Q, Queanbeyan on 9 April- 5 May.

Dance numbers are kicked up a notch as Canberra Philharmonic Society brings Bring It On: The Musical to Erindale Theatre.

The opening night of Dramatic Productions West Side Story took the stage at Gungahlin College Theatre last Friday.

Dramatic Productions presents the classic musical West Side Story at Gunghalin College Theatre on 6-21 October.

The Queanbeyan Players bring the charms of the mid-west to town with their production of Oklahoma!

Knights noble, scared and those with special catchphrases rode their way into The Q – Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre for the opening night of Free-Rain Theatre’s outstanding rendition of Monty Python’s Spamalot.

When the US Army called in WWI The Hello Girls answered, their story comes to Canberra Theatre Centre on 7-9 September.

Grease is the word this month as the ANU Musical Theatre Collective presents the classic show with a more contemporary makeover.

Ladies and gentlemen, hold on to your coconuts, because Free-Rain Theatre brings Spamalot the Musical to The Q in Queanbeyan next month, 12-24 September. Described as “lovingly ripped off” from the 1975 motion picture Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot was written in 2005 by Eric Idle, one of the original Pythons.

Catch the highs and lows of the greatest game in Rugby League The Musical at The Street on 13 July.

Marry Me a Little peaks inside the apartment of two lonely singles home alone on a Saturday night at ACT Hub 14-24 June.

Tackling one of the most traumatic events in modern history with heart, humour and a touch of the Newfoundland way, Come From Away shares the story of passengers stranded in the wake of the 9/11 attacks in the US.

'Come From Away' tells the story of Gander, the people stranded there, in the wake of 9/11 at Canberra Theatre Centre from 8 June to 9 July.