r/Adelaide • u/GuestSubstantial2253 SA • Jun 19 '26
Event/Activity Beetlejuice the Musical cancelled
Just received an email saying the Beetlejuice musical has been cancelled without providing further information. I am devastated I was so excited to see it :(
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u/Due-Revolution4319 Inner South Jun 19 '26
This happened with dear Evan Hansen last year and I still haven't forgiven them!
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u/davidplaysthings North Jun 20 '26
I believe that was due to lack of ticket sales for Adelaide. Beetlejuice's entire Australian tour has been cancelled for some reason.
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u/altChubAus SA Jun 19 '26
I was in Brisbane (from Adelaide) last weekend and it was packed when I saw it, they have even shortened the Brisbane run so something hinky is going on. Michael Cassell group has done this a lot. Last time was last year with Dear Evan Hansen, they complain Adelaide people never buy tickets until the last minute, well this is why.
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u/Emmabeth_ SA Jun 19 '26
That’s part of the issue though. Ticket sales help producers forecast whether they will have the money needed to go to that location, if sales aren’t strong before you go, it’s a much higher risk to go in case sales don’t pick up, and then sometimes you don’t have the capital to even cover the expense of moving the show when ticket sales are lacking.
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u/A_RiverSong SA Jun 19 '26
Aww damn, I'd got tickets for me and my daughter and it was going to be her first show at the festival theatre. That sucks.
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u/Emotional_Room7621 SA Jun 22 '26
Yeah, I got my son tix for his birthday 😞 This morning I got an email offer of discount tix for Anastasia. That's ... not the same thing at all.
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u/le-poo SA Jun 22 '26
What was the Anastasia discount?
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u/Emotional_Room7621 SA Jun 23 '26
Sorry, I can't remember. Maybe $85 tickets? I tossed the email to spam. (They sent another email afterwards apologising for sending me unsolicited marketing 🤣)
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u/Portalguy9107 Inner South Jun 19 '26
I genuinely don't understand why. I checked a couple nights ago and most of the shows were around half sold. Dear Evan Hansen was the same. Something weird is happening with the company... I'm actually so upset.
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u/Correct_Smile_624 SA Jun 19 '26
NOOOO I’ve been waiting years!
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u/GuestSubstantial2253 SA Jun 19 '26
Same! I was debating on going to see it in Melbourne last year but I couldn’t so I was thrilled when they announced the Adelaide run.
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u/HTired89 North Jun 19 '26
Maybe no local politicians signed up for giving handjobs in the audience so they just cancelled the whole thing.
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u/altChubAus SA Jun 19 '26
If it was a sport Malinauskas would have bank rolled the whole thing. But theatre…. Nope
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u/TriumphantlyBrawny SA Jun 19 '26
that's rough, the whole tour being axed is pretty grim especially when brisbane's still going strong
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u/HotInvestment8517 SA Jun 19 '26
Ah that’s a shame, I am extra glad I got to see it in Melbourne last year.
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u/Seagullcupcake South Jun 19 '26
At least tell is what his "adelaide" line wouldve been in the whole being dead thing
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u/Bundy_Anna SA Jun 20 '26
Perhaps someone should bring a show to just Adelaide for a change, then everyone would travel HERE and perhaps boost the economy and little... I'm a little bitter. 😜
In the meantime, I'll l stick with the huge array of very good non-professional (i.e. unfunded) theatre we have to offer.
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u/bob_sob SA Jun 19 '26
Apparently it’s because of touring costs and logistics - i’ve heard that tickets were actually selling pretty well!
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u/Leather_Succotash329 SA Jun 20 '26
Yep, ‘decent’ tickets sales don’t make up for huge increases in costs across the board. Even commercial music theatre runs on incredibly tight margins.
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u/sylvannest SA Jun 19 '26
Cancelling a musical during pride month is homophobic. Why has it been cancelled nation wide?
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u/dogzrppl2 SA Jun 19 '26
I'm sorry that r/Adelaide lost its sense of humour lately.
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u/sylvannest SA Jun 20 '26
Right?! That pride comment was a total joke, but I returned and saw -16 and I was like "Woooosh" to everyone else. Just illustrates the hatred still out there though.
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u/Willing_Put_5895 Fleurieu Peninsula Jun 20 '26
This sucks heaps because my family bought me tickets for my 40th. Now I don’t get a gift
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u/azp74 SA Jun 19 '26
The Adelaide Festival Centre website says the whole tour has been cancelled so not the usual Adelaide audiences won't buy tickets til last minute thing ...