Moulin Rouge! The Musical Returns to Sydney in March 2027

BOHEMIANS OF SYDNEY… THE SPECTACULAR RETURNS!

Global Creatures announced today that the worldwide blockbuster production of Moulin Rouge! The Musical will open at the Sydney Lyric in March 2027, with an all-new Australian cast, delivering the same internationally acclaimed spectacle fans know and love.

In 2025, seven productions of the hit show lit up stages across the globe, painting new cities red,
welcoming new audiences, and serving up unforgettable moments at every turn. To date, over 12 million
theatregoers worldwide have experienced the spectacular, and the original Broadway soundtrack has
had 169 million streams on Spotify and leading music streamers.

The 2027 Sydney season marks a homecoming sparked by demand, following a sold-out Australian
national tour, culminating in February 2024, that welcomed 1.4 million theatregoers across Melbourne,
Sydney, Perth and Brisbane.

Auditions for the next superstar Aussie cast commence in Sydney from 16–21 March 2026, before
moving to Melbourne from 23–28 March 2026.

Pre-sale tickets for the Sydney season of the first Australian produced musical to win the Tony Award®
for Best Musical, will be available to waitlist members from 10am AEDT on Monday 23rd February 2026.

Click here to join the waitlist for priority access to Sydney tickets.

Tickets go on sale to the general public at 9am AEDT on Thursday 26th February 2026.

A HOMECOMING FUELLED BY LOVE

Our CEO and Producer, Carmen Pavlovic, said:
“Australian audiences embraced Moulin Rouge! The Musical with incredible passion. It was extraordinary
to feel that energy in every city we played. We heard from so many people who missed out the first time, and just as many who couldn’t wait to come back for a taste of the Spectacular. Bringing the production home again is a thrill for us. It’s what audiences asked for, and we’re delighted to deliver.”

A GLOBAL SENSATION WITH AUSTRALIAN HEART

Following its pre-Broadway engagement in Boston in 2018, and earning rave reviews, Moulin Rouge! The Musical set its sights on New York City, officially opening at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on 25 July 2019, making history as the first Australian-produced musical to originate on Broadway.

Melbourne became the first international city to host the 10-time Tony Award® – winning production after its electric Broadway debut, opening at the Regent Theatre in 2021 to rave reviews. The season also marked the 20th anniversary of Baz Luhrmann’s revolutionary film – a full circle celebration of an Australian story turned global phenomenon.

Sold-out seasons in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth followed. A sold-out return Melbourne season in 2023/24 closed the original Australian tour – a poetic finale where it all began.

THE SPECTACULAR GOES GLOBAL

What began as an Aussie spark now illuminates stages across the world. Moulin Rouge! The Musical continues its international triumph with productions dazzling audiences in New York on Broadway, in London’s West End, lighting up Cologne in Germany, and captivating crowds in Utrecht in the Netherlands. The North American Tour continues to thrill audiences across the United States, while the newly launched World Tour burst to life in Edinburgh in April 2025. In November 2025 the production returned to Seoul, Korea for a second season.

Past triumphs include sold-out runs in Tokyo, Osaka and Seoul, along with the acclaimed Australian Tour. Beyond Global Creatures’ produced productions, the show has also been licensed to Nordiska APS – the largest performing rights agency in Scandinavia – resulting in celebrated non-replica productions across Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Iceland. Meanwhile, in Rome Italy, Peeparrow Entertainment brought the Spectacular to local audiences in a new limited season from October 2025.