Ten intriguing stage shows to see in 2015

From circus and contemporary dance to theatre and musicals, the New Year promises countless delights for performing arts devotees.
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Image: Matilda the Musical (US production) via The New York Times

Assembling a list of the very best shows to grace Australian stages and performance venues in 2015 is no easy task; there are hundreds of productions to consider. And until each show opens, and the variables of each production – the interplay of script and direction, dancer and choreographer, set designer and composer are taken into account – we can’t really know how successful any production will be.

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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