Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn
22 NOV - 22 DEC
Previous Productions...
The Hello Girls
10 JAN - 4 FEB
Musical Bang Bang (Jan)
MON 29 JAN
An Evening With: The First Ten Years
FRI 9 FEB
House Is Open
The 10th Birthday Party
SAT 10 FEB
They’re Playing Our Song
14 FEB - 18 FEB
Theys at the Hayes 2024
MON 19 FEB
Homage
22 FEB - 25 FEB
Musical Bang Bang (Feb)
FRI 23 FEB
Carlotta
The Party's Over
28 FEB - 3 MAR
In Vogue
Songs by Madonna
1 MAR - 2 MAR
Zombie! The Musical
8 MAR - 6 APR
Home Grown (Mar)
SUN 24 MAR
Tell Me On A Sunday
12 APR - 12 MAY
Into Her Brains:
How Zombie! The Musical Came To Life
MON 22 APR
Ride The Cyclone
23 MAY - 22 JUN
Musical Bang Bang (June)
SUN 2 JUN
Home Grown (June)
SUN 16 JUNE
Christina Bianco: In Divine Company
24 JUN - 27 JUN
It’s up to you Tash York, Tash York
with Peppy Smears
28 JUN - 29 JUN
Musical Bang Bang (July)
MON 1 JUL
Blue: The Songs of Joni Mitchell
Starring Queenie van de Zandt and her 3-piece band
4 JUL - 7 JUL
Little Women
12 JUL - 11 AUG
The Turn of the Screw
16 AUG - 15 SEP
Festival of New Work 2024
Presented by Hayes Theatre Co
Events from 18th - 29th September 2024
Shrapnel
Starring Natalie Gamsu
3 OCT - 6 OCT
Geraldine Quinn: The Passion of Saint Nicholas
4 OCT - 6 OCT
Flat Earthers: The Musical
11 OCT - 9 NOV
Promises, Promises
13 NOV - 17 NOV
Hear from our Artistic Directors about 2024
Welcome to our 2024 season, as we celebrate 10 years of the Hayes! We’re delighted to present you with not only our first full-year season as inaugural Artistic Directors, but the first annual subscription season the Hayes has announced since 2019.
In bringing together a season of work produced by the Hayes team, as well as presentations by our favourite independent partners, we’ve sought to exemplify this company’s role within the performing arts world in this country and beyond. As the home of music theatre and cabaret, we strive to advance the art form, to enrich and develop the ecology of our industry, and to create unique experiences that engage and entertain our audiences and reflect the human experience through the unique combination of music and storytelling.
In 2024, we’re inviting you to see musical theatre differently. At the Hayes you can do this literally – it’s a unique space that offers incomparable musical and theatrical experiences; and also figuratively – you never quite know what a Hayes production will deliver, but you know it will surprise you somehow. This record of originality is why the Hayes has gone from strength to strength in our first 10 years.
Originality is certainly the watchword for our Hayes-produced shows this year – which encompass the hotly-anticipated Zombie! The Musical, the new show from musical theatre virtuoso Laura Murphy (The Lovers, The Dismissal); the Australian premiere of the subversive, hilarious and surprisingly moving Ride The Cyclone; and our co-production with Griffin, Flat Earthers: The Musical, featuring the queer electro-pop stylings of theatre-comedy provocateurs Lou Wall, Jean Tong and James Gales.
Add to this a partnership with Adelaide Cabaret Festival to launch a joint cabaret commission, and our first ever Festival of New Work – alongside a rich selection of shows from independent artists and producers both new and returning, including two in the beloved Neglected Musicals series. It’s proof that Australian music theatre makers are among the most exciting in the world.
We look to the future as we celebrate our fabulous past. We know Hayes audiences are smart, engaged, generous, and frankly extremely good-looking. We hope you find much to love in this jam-packed season. Dive in and take a look for yourself…
Richard Carroll & Victoria Falconer
Artistic Directors