	{"id":85860,"date":"2022-07-18T04:56:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T17:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=85860"},"modified":"2022-07-12T14:39:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T03:39:56","slug":"songful-showcase-celebrates-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/songful-showcase-celebrates-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Songful showcase celebrates return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A LIVE compilation of all your favourite musical songs is coming to Ballarat.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, 22 July, The World of Musicals will take to the stage at Wendouree Performing Arts Centre, playing the greatest hits of modern musical theatre.<\/p>\n<p>The show will be the group\u2019s first in Ballarat since their inaugural visit in 2017, and co-producer and performer Ciaran Olohan said the act is excited to return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a lovely atmosphere last time we were there. There\u2019s a lovely theatre community in Ballarat, and a tradition of music and dance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one of the nicer places to perform in Victoria and Australia so we can\u2019t wait to come back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll be performing songs all the way back to Gilbert and Sullivan to Rogers and Hammerstein right up to the modern age like Cats, Les Miserables and The Greatest Showman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are 12 performers in the show, with three part of the previous performance, and a meet and greet will take place after the event.<\/p>\n<p>With over 90 shows across the country, Olohan said Ballarat will be a highlight of the national tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s actually one of the only places we\u2019re actually returning to so it\u2019s nice to bring a show back to where you\u2019ve already been,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we come back to a country like Australia, we do try to update it every time with new songs and tweaked performances, so it\u2019s a completely different show in many ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tickets range from $60 to $80 and can be booked at bit.ly\/3AyaD5Z.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A LIVE compilation of all your favourite musical songs is coming to Ballarat. 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