Tragicomic classic has a nose for deep feelings
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Edmond Rostand's French classic comes to the Playhouse.
Edmond Rostand's French classic comes to the Playhouse.
From art exhibitions, to school holiday fun, there's something for everyone this week
Bangarra's tribute to a warrior and diplomat opens at the Opera House, on land that now bears his name.
Sydneysiders, beware.
The new adaptation of Orwell's dystopian classic is leaving audiences incredibly distressed.
A dispute between an art expert and a buyer is at this play's centre.
 Established in 2015, Pigeonhole Theatre is a theatre company dedicated to staging professional productions and providing opportunities for women to embody great roles on and off the stage.
Clara Cupcakes turns bitter break-ups into vaudeville variety show in an octupus onesie.
You could be forgiven for thinking it was the nominations announcement for the Tony Awards rather than Australia's live performance awards.
The antique heart of Edmond Rostand's sprawling adventure-drama beats hard in this acclaimed production by Sport for Jove.
Suzie Miller's new play is a tenderly gripping, frequently funny exploration of familial love, loyalty and patience.
The Playhouse stage is empty of all but a pile of chairs and a rough projection screen.
Toby Schmitz returns to swashbuckling on the Sydney stage.
His performance as host has been widely praised by the industry and viewers.
This play about an Indigenous experiment has modern resonance.
Julie Andrews on the sexism in My Fair Lady, Donald Trump and cuts she finds 'mind-boggling'.
Sarah Ruhl's witty play about dealing with mess is the latest coup at Newtown's long-running New Theatre.
400 words to come Sunday AM
Jonathan Biggins' whirlwind of a play stirs up plenty of thought.
A new wave of First Nations performers storming the barriers of discrimination and telling their story in new ways.
Shrine is Winton's third stab at drama is closer to a pretty decent short story than a novel.
What's on in the Canberra arts scene this week
They've got a cheek, this trio of defiant, whip-smart comediennes from three continents.
"As a playwright I make a pretty decent novelist," says Tim Winton. "I don't have any illusions about that."
Sue Jones' brilliant performance as a larger-than-life demon grandma Liraz Her is a masterful comic creation that lifts the show as she schemes and scoots around the stage.
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A graphic production by an up-and-coming American playwright has already seen one Australian faint during its most "intense" scene.
A troubling tale of two Australias that spans the perils of privilege and the despair of drug addiction.
Asian-Australian playwright Michele Lee believes the word "diverse" is becoming a problem. She wants to see artists of colour becoming the new normal.
This Australian production of a British adaptation of 1984 captures the novel's terrors.
There's plenty to do and see in Canberra over the next week.
Music theatre in Australia is in a pretty dire state if Monday night's Helpmann awards are anything to go by.
Not everyone can say Britney Spears changed their life. Perhaps not everyone would want her to have had that singular honour.
Compared to the Rabble's retelling of the Mary Shelley classic just a few years ago, this lacks purpose.
A show that throws down the gauntlet to the adults in the audience, confronting and exposing inhumanity through the tragicomic lens of naive art.
High camp meets high fashion as the world's most famous shoe designer brings a touch of haute couture to an iconic burlesque show.
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