About GWB Entertainment

With operations in the United Kingdom and Australia, GWB Entertainment is an internationally recognised theatrical producer and presenter specialising in conceptualising, producing and managing first-class theatrical productions.

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GWB Entertainment’s new arm is GWB Studios in Adelaide and GWB McFarlane Theatres manages the Queen’s Theatre, also in Adelaide.

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Recent productions include:

 

Japanese language premiere of Matilda the Musical, Australian productions of The Old Vic’s A Christmas Carol, Amadeus, Jagged Little Pill, An American in Paris and Girl from the North Country.

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General Management and Tour Booking for The Phantom of the Opera World Tour, which played in Manila, Singapore

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General Management for CATS in South Korea and Taiwan.

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Ongoing and past productions include:

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The international english language tour of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Matilda the Musical, including seasons in Singapore, China, The Phillipines, and South Africa. A japanese local language production is scheduled to open in 2023 and a mandarin local language production is in development.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber’s School of Rock The Musical, which played in Australia and New Zealand before embarking on a tour across China.

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West Side Story, which opened in Melbourne in 2019 before embarking on a national and international tour with seasons in New Zealand, Germany, Sydney, Canberra and Adelaide.

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Our History

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Over the last decade, GWB has been at the forefront of the development of the commercial musical market in mainland China as well as touring significantly to other major Asian markets such as South Korea and Taiwan. In China, GWB opened new markets with tours of Disney’s High School Musical touring to seven cities in China and Ghost The Musical which toured to 14 different cities in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

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In 2011, GWB was approached by Shanghai Culture Square Theatre to conceive and produce the theatre’s opening production. A unique producing collaboration between GWB and Culture Square resulted in the development and presentation of Ultimate Broadway, a production which has gone on to have subsequent seasons in 2012 and 2015 featuring leading principal performers from the US and UK along with local Chinese performers.

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In Korea, GWB produced an arena production of Jesus Christ Superstar, which played to over 5,000 people per night in Seoul before transferring to Busan, as well as the Korean premiere of the Tony Award-winning Avenue Q, which played at the Charlotte Theatre in Seoul.

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GWB has toured extensively to other markets in Asia with Disney’s High School Musical also playing seasons in Hong Kong and Taiwan and Ghost The Musical playing Macau, Taiwan and Singapore.

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In Australia, GWB co-produced the Australian premiere and national tour of Ghost The Musical, the hugely successful West End production of 1984 as well as The Rocky Horror Show. GWB also produced the sell-out concert of Broadway and film star Kristin Chenoweth at the Sydney Opera House.

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In the UK, GWB has produced Britney Spears The Cabaret at The Other Palace and has co-produced a revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Woman In White. GWB also produced the Lincoln Centre Theatre Production of The King and I at the London Palladium, The Woman in White and Equus at London’s Trafalgar Studios.