Theatre
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The drama lacks oomph but sheer exuberance carries this coming-of-age tale by Tom MacRae and Dan Gillespie Sells
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Despite a strong performance from a perfectly cast Matthew Broderick, this play about a play doesn’t cut as deep as it should
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From Hello Kitty to Pauline Hanson, the play tackles racial stereotypes, family and romance on the Sunshine Coast with sensitivity and humour
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Scottish writer James Robertson has translated selected scenes in this ravishingly lit and superbly designed production of Shakespeare’s play
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Two women meet in a psychiatric institution and realise they are the same person in a riveting, superbly realised production
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The star talks about her novels for neglected women, missing her ‘dear pal’ Victoria Wood – and how it was a miracle she survived the lorry attack in Nice
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The Rev John Caperon writes: Michael Billington recalls that he was “bowled over” by the performance of St Mark’s Gospel given in 1978
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In the 50s, Arthur Miller used 17th-century Salem to comment on the ‘red scare’. His drama is chillingly pertinent in the first weeks of Trump’s presidency
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Exaggerating the element of chance in Arthur Schnitzler’s play slows it down, removes vital sexual tension and makes it feel old-fashioned
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Dan Gillespie Sells has a lot to offer musical theatre, but this Billy Elliot-style story about a northern teen drag queen lacks drama
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The Homosexuals, or Faggots: new play satirises white privileged gay life – and rings true
Steve DowAn upcoming piece of queer theatre by Declan Greene reflects uncomfortable truths for those it skewers -
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This superbly performed production of Pearl Cleage’s drama gives a fierce sense of the conflict between belonging and the desire to escape
Imelda Staunton: ‘I’m intimidated by following in very big shoes… But I bloody well will’