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The 15 greatest Australian musicals, on stage and screen – sorted

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Fangirls, Yve Blake’s musical (which is currently enjoying a raucous and wonderfully evolved new season at the Sydney Opera House) is all about the ways teenage girls and queer kids find themselves, and each other, in fandom.

Fourteen-year-old Edna kidnaps a Harry Styles type to make her fanfiction dreams come true, set to a score that manages to both parody, and serve as a love letter to, fizzy teen pop.

Its cast recording is packed full of bangers, and the show has set a precedent for casting fresh faces with powerhouse voices in leading roles; watching Fangirls is like getting a glimpse of the future of Australian musicals.

You may not have heard of it, but this 1970 musical by Bob Ellis and Michael Boddy was a big hit when it premiered. In an unruly, vaudevillian style, the show tells the story of Australian politician King O’Malley, who was one of the colourful key figures in the early years of the Labor party.

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