Leading Ladies presented by John Foreman's Aussie Pops Orchestra tickets

Caroline O’Connor, Silvie Paladino and Casey Donovan star in Leading Ladies!

Australia’s favourite stars of the stage come together for the very first time to perform songs from the shows that made them famous , like Les Misérables, Funny Girl & Chicago, as well as ones they always dreamt of singing.

As individual artists, each of these musical theatre luminaries has a storied career and an unmissable stage presence; and when they come together, these three powerhouse women present an unrivalled music theatre tour-de-force.

John Foreman brings these three brilliant artists together for a dazzling concert of Broadway hits and showbiz stories.

Casey Donovan is one of Australia’s most versatile Entertainers. After a meteoric rise to fame at the age of 16, Casey became the youngest ever winner of Australian Idol in 2004. A proud Gumbaynggirr and Dungatti woman, first nations artist, over the last eighteen years, Donovan has made her mark not only as a musician, but also in the areas of stage, screen, presenting and writing. Casey is a multi-Award winner & nominee, including an ARIA No #1 Award and Triple Platinum for ‘Listen With Your Heart’ from the Double Platinum Album ‘For You’ and Deadly Awards for Best Album, Best Single and Most Promising New Talent.

Caroline O'Connor is a multi-award-winning entertainer and performer who has worked across three continents during her illustrious musical theatre career. Broadway credits include the musical Chicago; she also created roles in Anastasia and A Christmas Story the Musical. Australian productions include Chicago, West Side Story, Piaf, Man of La Mancha, End of The Rainbow, Funny Girl, Gypsy, Anything Goes, Candide, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, The Boy from Oz and 9 to 5 the Musical. West End credits include Mack and Mabel, The Rink and Cabaret, Romance Romance, Me and My Girl and Street Scene. West End credits include Mack and Mabel, The Rink, Cabaret, Romance Romance, Me and My Girl and Street Scene. Film credits include De Lovely and Nini Legs-in-the-Air in Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge. Caroline was awarded an AM (Order of Australia) in 2020 for her extraordinary service to Theatre.

Silvie Paladino is one of Australia’s most versatile and talented entertainers performing throughout Australia, Asia and London’s West End.Her first theatrical role was Eponine in the Australasian tour of Les Misérables. She was then invited to perform the same role on the West End in London. In 1997, she returned to London, again for Les Misérables, and performed the role of Fantine for a successful two-year season.

Other performances in lead roles include: Grizabella in Cats, Ellen in Miss Saigon, Donna in the smash hit Mamma Mia!, and Florence in CHESS (Green Room and Helpmann Award nominations). In 2022 she made her Melbourne Theatre Company debut as Helen Bechdel in Fun Home and she most recently played Marie, The Fairy Godmother, in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella for Opera Australia.

Silvie is well known to Australian audiences through her performances at special events and her regular television appearances on CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT.