STAGES LIVE @ VIVID 'Swinging from the Chandelier' - Director/CEO Global Creatures and Executive Producer Moulin Rouge; Carmen Pavlovic

Carmen Pavlovic is the CEO of Global Creatures, an Australian live entertainment company which she founded with Gerry Ryan OAM. Global Creatures creates original works and produces internationally. Throughout the 1990's, Carmen's career spanned various theatre companies including Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Really Useful Company (Australia). In 2001 Carmen relocated to London and took up the role of Executive Producer at Clear Channel Entertainment. Later she became the Director of the International Production Department for Stage Entertainment, responsible for establishing new territories for the company (including Russia, Italy and France), licensing and programming of 25 theatres across Europe, and overseeing productions in the UK, Germany, Holland, France, Italy, Spain and Russia. For Stage Entertainment, Carmen was the International Executive Producer of the European premiere of Dirty Dancing in Germany and subsequently Holland, the Russian speaking productions of Cats and Mamma Mia! (the first open-ended musicals in Moscow), the German-speaking production of Wicked; the Spanish-speaking production of The Producers; the French-speaking productions of Sam Mendes' Cabaret at the prestigious Folies Bergere and The Lion King at the Mogodor Theatre in Paris. In 2008, Carmen returned to Australia and co-founded Global Creatures for which she has produced original works Walking with Dinosaurs - The Arena Spectacular, How To Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular, King Kong, Strictly Ballroom The Musical, Muriel's Wedding The Musical and Moulin Rouge! The Musical. 2019 represented a milestone year for Global Creatures with King Kong already running on Broadway, Moulin Rouge! The Musical making its Broadway debut and Muriel's Wedding the Musical launching to critical acclaim in Australia. Moulin Rouge! The Musical was honoured with 10 Tony Awards including Best Musical, and is now playing on Broadway, and the West End. A North American tour will commence in 2022 and further productions have been announced for Cologne, Germany (2022) and Tokyo, Japan (2023). Following the premiere Australian production in Melbourne, Moulin Rouge has recently commenced a Sydney season at The Capitol Theatre. Carmen Pavlovic joined STAGES for a 'Live' conversation recorded in front of an audience at the Powerhouse Museum, as part of the VIVID Sydney program. The STAGES podcast is available to access and subscribe from Whooshkaa, Spotify and Apple podcasts. Or from wherever you access your favourite podcasts. A conversation with creatives about craft and career. Recipient of Best New Podcast at 2019 Australian Podcast Awards. Follow socials on instagram (stagespodcast) and facebook (Stages). www.stagespodcast.com.au