Jim Steinman’s Bat Out of Hell arena rock musical is coming to Australia in 2023
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30.11.2022

Jim Steinman’s Bat Out of Hell arena rock musical is coming to Australia in 2023

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Jim Steinman’s Bat Out of Hell – The Musical, featuring Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf’s greatest hits, arrives in Australia in January 2023 playing Arena’s around the country.

Bat Out of Hell – The Musical wowed critics and public alike when it played seasons at Manchester Opera House, London Coliseum and London’s Dominion Theatre. The show, which is currently on an International tour, will play dates in Perth, Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

Bat Out of Hell – The Musical

  • Friday 27 January 2023 – Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
  • Monday 30 January 2023 – Brisbane Entertainment Centre
  • Thursday 2 February 2023 – Adelaide Entertainment Centre Arena
  • Saturday 4 February 2023 – RAC Arena, Perth
  • Wednesday 8 February 2023 – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne

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Bat Out of Hell – The Musical wowed critics and public alike when it played seasons at Manchester Opera House, London Coliseum and London’s Dominion Theatre. The musical also ran successfully in Canada, Germany and at New York’s City Centre. The current international tour began performances at Manchester Opera House on 11 September 2021 and has been playing to sold out houses and great critical acclaim ever since.

The three Bat Out Of Hell albums have sold a staggering 100 million copies globally. The first album, released in 1977, is one of the best-selling albums of all time internationally. For the stage musical, presented in arenas in Australia, Jim Steinman incorporated iconic songs from the Bat Out of Hell albums, including You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night), Bat Out of Hell, I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That) and Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad, as well as two previously unreleased songs, What Part of My Body Hurts the Most and Not Allowed to Love.

Bat Out of Hell – The Musical has book, music and lyrics by Jim Steinman, direction by Jay Scheib, with musical supervision and additional arrangements by Michael Reed, choreography adapted by Xena Gusthart, set and costume design by Jon Bausor, original costume designs by Meentje Nielsen, original wig designs by Linda McKnight, video design by Finn Ross, lighting design by Patrick Woodroffe, sound design by Gareth Owen, orchestrations by Steve Sidwell, original casting by David Grindrod CDG and International Tour casting by Anne Vosser.

This tour is dedicated to the memory of Jim Steinman, who sadly passed away on 19 April 2021, and Meat Loaf, who passed away on 20 January 2022.

Tickets are on sale now from Ticketek.