Home Grown MUSICALS AUSTRALIA

Musical theatre by Australian writers

12 Little Chapel Street Prahran, VIC, 3181 Australia

A place to experience the best and newest material written by the Australian industry's own music theatre writers.

Showcasing Australian writers.Developing Australian musicals.

We connect writers with performers, audiences and each other, creating opportunities to test ideas, share new work and take it further.

Home Grown’s Grassroots InitiativeExplore 30/30 ↗See what’s on
Yve Blake speaking at Home Grown

01   /   Next on stage

A performer holding a keyboard in a sunlit park, from the From Little Things event promotion

Home Grown:
From Little Things.

Hayes Theatre Co
Sydney

Australian musical theatre writers turn their attention to climate, the apocalypse and the planet we call home in a special one-night concert.

Featuring work by 22 Australian writers. Hosted by Ally Morgan.

Meet the writers

Event details & tickets
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02   /   Applications open

30/30.

Submissions for development open now

A new musical starts with a chance to be heard. A first reading and focused feedback for six new musicals across Melbourne/Naarm, Sydney/Gadigal and Adelaide/Tarntanya.

30minutes of reading
30minutes of feedback
6works across 3 cities

Applications close

Find out more & apply

03   /   Recent Development

New works
development

A selection of the musicals we’ve developed recently…

MacKenzie promotional artwork

MacKenzie

Yve Blake

Development readings presented by Home Grown in Melbourne and Sydney.

Explore the work
A Transgender Woman on the Internet, Crying promotional artwork

A Transgender Woman
on the Internet, Crying

Cassie Hamilton

A reading presentation at Chapel Off Chapel and support for the premiere production at the Old Fitz in Sydney.

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Artefact performance at Home Grown

Artefact

Lincoln Elliott

Song presentations in Melbourne and Sydney, with production support for a Melbourne concert reading.

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Home Grown’s original Bearded promotional artwork

Bearded

Sean Donehue & Nick Waxman

Development through Grassroots and a concert reading at Chapel Off Chapel, shared with tragic.

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About Home Grown

04   /   The studio cast recording

tragic.

a song cycle by indy angel

Available from Moonrabbit Records.

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Home Grown   /   In pictures

HOME GROWN RESPECTS the Traditional Owners of the lands on which we work and live, and the ricH stories and culture of the traditional custodians of Australia.

Home Grown strives Towards diversity amongst writers, performers and creatives including gender, race, LGBTQIA+, cultural age and ability.