Global Creatures specialises in producing new theatrical works, combining innovative stagecraft and spectacular theatricality. The company’s first venture was in 2007 with Walking With Dinosaurs – The Arena Spectacular, which became an international sensation and toured for twelve years.
Arena show How to Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular followed in 2012, and a year later Global Creatures staged its first theatre production – the ground-breaking musical King Kong. The show had its world premiere at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne and opened at the Broadway Theatre, New York in November 2018. King Kong was honoured with a Special Tony Award for the creation of the title character.
In 2014 Global Creatures adapted Baz Luhrmann’s beloved film Strictly Ballroom for the stage, premiering at the Lyric Theatre Sydney before an Australian tour. The production had its international debut in 2016 at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds before transferring to the Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto. Strictly Ballroom The Musical made its West End debut in 2018 at the Piccadilly Theatre and has been touring the UK from 2022.
Global Creatures’ third original musical arrived at Sydney’s Roslyn Packer Theatre in 2017, with Muriel’s Wedding The Musical co-produced with Sydney Theatre Company. With music and lyrics by Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall, the Sydney season sold-out, with the show touring to Melbourne, returning to Sydney and then Brisbane. In April 2025, Leicester’s Curve theatre will stage the UK premiere of Muriel’s Wedding The Musical.
Moulin Rouge! The Musical was the first Global Creatures’ production to debut outside of Australia, having its world premiere in Boston in 2018. The show transferred to Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre in July 2019. Moulin Rouge! The Musical was an instant hit with critics and audiences and was honoured with 10 Tony Awards® including Best Musical. The Australian production opened in Melbourne, in November 2021 at the Regent Theatre and performed to a sold-out season followed by sold-out seasons in Sydney (Capitol Theatre), Perth (Crown Theatre) and Brisbane (QPAC). Returning to Melbourne in late August 2023 by the time the season concluded in February 2024, the production had welcomed 1.38 million Australian theatregoers across the country. Current and past productions of Moulin Rouge! The Musical include Broadway (New York), the West End (London), a North American tour, Germany (Cologne), South Korea (Seoul), Japan (Tokyo & Osaka), and the Netherlands (Utrecht), with an upcoming World Tour set to begin in the UK in April 2025.
Global Creatures is proudly an Australian enterprise, headquartered in Sydney with offices in New York and London.