Tiny Hayes Theatre has long punched above its weight, but in recent times it has excelled itself with a string of musicals heading from its postage-stamp-sized stage in Potts Point to major venues around the country.

Two Hayes productions, Rent and Calamity Jane, open at the Sydney Opera House this year, while In The Heights is currently playing at the Gold Coast’s Home of the Arts (HOTA). Meanwhile, Vidya Makan’s The Lucky Country will open at the Brisbane Powerhouse next month.

“There’s something about the Hayes,” says co-artistic director Richard Carroll. “It generates a little bit of magic, and it’s such a joy to see … good quality shows can go as far as they want to when audiences want to see them.”

Carroll’s artistic partner at Hayes, Victoria Falconer, says the intimate n

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