In the most audacious grand finale in Australian Musical Theatre Festival history, the Princess Theatre stage becomes a place of self-transformation in Nine. Featuring the story of a highly celebrated film director in the midst of a mid-life crisis, women from his past and present – including his mother, his wife, his mistress, and his leading lady – visit him one-by-one to haunt, instruct, scold, seduce and encourage him until he finally learns to grow up. Book by Arthur Kopit Music and Lyrics by Maury Veston Adapted from the Italian by Mario Fratti Based on Fellini's 8 1/2