# A Pretty Success

**Featured** — On Your Markus  
**Published:** 6 July 2026  
**Author:** Markus Hamence  
**Source:** https://onyourmarkus.au/a-pretty-success/

Pretty Woman the Musical Wraps Highly Successful Adelaide Season with More Blockbuster Musicals to Come in 2026 From standing ovations to five-star reviews, Adelaide audiences couldn’t get enough of Pretty Woman the Musical earning it a place in Adelaide Festival Centre’s top 20 selling shows of all time. The world-class musical theatre offerings continue at Adelaide Festival…

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**Pretty Woman the Musical Wraps Highly Successful Adelaide Season with More Blockbuster Musicals to Come in 2026**

From standing ovations to five-star reviews, Adelaide audiences couldn’t get enough of *Pretty Woman the Musical* earning it a place in Adelaide Festival Centre’s top 20 selling shows of all time. The world-class musical theatre offerings continue at Adelaide Festival Centre with *Heathers the Musical*, *ANASTASIA The Broadway Musical*, and *The Book of Mormon* still to come this year.

![Two performers sit on a bench during a stage production, with vintage advertisements visible in the background.](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/repaired/1af3e615-f16c-47df-84f3-d196a3b304ba/Pretty-Woman-The-Musical-Australia-Photography-by-Daniel-Boud-2-2025.webp)

Adelaide Festival Centre CEO **Kate Gould: **“*Adelaide audiences continue to show up in droves for live performance at Adelaide Festival Centre and Her Majesty’s Theatre. We congratulate Pretty Woman the Musical on an exceptional season and look forward to hosting more fantastic musicals in the coming months.”*

Next up, is the wickedly funny and deliciously dark *[Heathers the Musical](https://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/whats-on/heathers-the-musical)* at Her Majesty’s Theatre from July 16. Direct from London and New York, *Heathers the Musical* is a cult classic set to a killer soundtrack, based on the iconic movie starring **Winona Ryder** and **Christian Slater**.

![Three performers in bright coloured suits—green, red, and yellow—strike confident poses against blue stage lighting.](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/originals/44217/9845eb51bb1f736f7a89a8e35198382e.jpg)

*Heathers the Musical*

From August 2 at Festival Theatre, patrons can look forward to the dazzling adventure filled romance *[ANASTASIA The Broadway Musical](https://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/whats-on/anastasia-the-broadway-musical)*, inspired by the beloved film. By a Tony Award-winning creative team, *ANASTASIA* stars **Georgina Hopson**, **Robert Tripolino**, **Joshua Robson**, **Rodney Dobson**, **Rhonda Burchmore**and **Nancye Hayes** AM. 

In December, the Tony, Olivier, and Grammy award-winning production *[The Book of Mormon](https://thebookofmormonmusical.com.au/)* returns to Festival Theatre. Called “the best musical of this century” by *The New York Times*, *The Book of Mormon* has set house records at 27 theatres across the US, and broken box office records for the highest single day of sales in London’s West End history. The Australian premiere season in 2015 broke the record for the highest selling on-sale period of any production in Melbourne’s Princess Theatre’s 159-year history and also won the Helpmann Award for Best Musical.

![Performer in a red ball gown stands before a glowing St Petersburg skyline in promotional artwork for Anastasia musical.](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/originals/44215/730695497_1459460489549349_7423394610355517574_n.jpg)

![Ensemble cast in period costumes performs choreographed scene on stage with painted sky backdrop and wooden set architecture.](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/repaired/e938c13d-8401-4c1e-8388-b53c43ceba7b/The-Book-of-Mormon_Capitol-Theatre_credit_Daniel-Boud_430_afc_adelaide_season.webp)

*The Book of Mormon*

Tickets to *Heathers the Musical* and *ANASTASIA The Broadway Musical* are on sale now at [adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au](https://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/). Join *The Book of Mormon* Adelaide waitlist [here](https://thebookofmormonmusical.com.au/tickets/adelaide/).

![Young man in white shirt and black tie holding a blue book with gold halo effect against radiating gold background.](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/originals/44218/439487307_752331937036013_3299001451750339831_n.jpg)