If The Queens Gambit had you experiencing a chess renaissance, this news should truly tantalise your competitive board game taste buds. Chess The Musical will be making its way to Australia, and it has enlisted the help of a number of beloved Aussie musicians.
Chess has been kicking around since 1986. The production features music penned by Swedish pop icons, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA. The Cold War-era romance is set in the early 1980s and chronicles a complex love triangle between two grandmasters, one American and the other Soviet Russian, and their fight for the affections of a woman.
Rogue Traders frontwoman and musical theatre stalwart (Grease, Rent, Love, Loss, and Chicago) Natalie Bassingthwaighte will star in the leading role. She’ll be joined by Rob “Millsy” Mills, Paulini, Alexander Lewis, Mark Furze, Eddie Muliaumaseali’ and a number of other much-loved Australian musicians.
Chess The Musical will kick off late April in Melbourne before heading to Adelaide in May and Perth and Brisbane in June. Tickets for the spectacle go on sale on Tuesday, February 9th at 9am. You can find all the dates and ticket information below.
Chess The Musical
For further information: www.chessmusical.info
Melbourne
Regent Theatre
Thursday 22 April
7:30pm
Friday 23 April
7:30pm
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Saturday 24 April 2021
2:00pm and 7:30pm
Adelaide
Her Majesty’s Theatre
Thursday 27 May
7:30pm
Friday 28 May 2021
7:30pm
Saturday 29 May
2:30pm & 7:30pm
Perth
Perth Concert Hall
Thursday 3 June
7:30pm
Friday 4 June
7:30pm
Saturday 5 June
2:00pm and 7:30pm
Brisbane
QPAC
Tuesday 8 June
7:30pm
Wednesday 9 June
7:30pm
Thursday 10 June
2:00pm and 7:30pm
