Love Never Dies plays at Melbourne's Regent Theatre until December 18, 2011, with a Sydney season at the Capitol Theatre to follow in January 2012. Maria is Madame Giry Sharon is Meg, her daughter, (the role she created in the original Australian production of The Phantom of the Opera) and Simon is Christine’s husband, Raoul.īehind the Phantom mask: Our Interview with Ben Lewis

They are joined by three of Australian music theatre’s most eminent performers, Maria Mercedes, Simon Gleeson and Sharon Millerchip, who take Principal roles. The roles of The Phantom and Christine in LOVE NEVER DIES are played by Ben Lewis and Anna O’Byrne. Andrew Lloyd Webber described the new look production as “one of the finest productions I’ve ever seen of my work, anywhere.”Īnd NBC Universal Pictures International Entertainment has filmed the Australian production for global BLU-RAYTM and DVD to be released on February 8, 2012. LOVE NEVER DIES has been extensively re- worked by an Australian creative team put together by Tim McFarlane - one of the few instances of a major West End musical being given a complete makeover by an Australian creative team.

LOVE NEVER DIES will play for a 12 week season and have its final performance on April 1, 2012. Tim McFarlane, Managing Director of The Really Useful Company, and Producer of the Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s LOVE NEVER DIES, confirmed today (November 7, 2011) that the Sydney season of the musical, the continuing story of The Phantom of the Opera, will begin previews on January 8 and Premieres at the Capitol Theatre on Thursday January 12, 2012.

LOVE NEVER DIES by Vinay Ghosh