Kate Mulvany brings the brilliant, bloody Machiavellian prince to life in a performance so totally inhabited and transforming you believe utterly in her Richard as a man.

The longrunning West End comedy hit has made a success out of a disaster.

This new adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel plays up the thrills and excitement of the classic horror story.

Fairfax Media has partnered with London's acclaimed Cheek by Jowl theatre company to bring you an exclusive livestream of the company's The Winter's Tale, directed by Declan Donnellan.

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Shane Warne's tell-all stage show Warney Uncut has been postponed until further notice.

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Shakespeare's tradie-thespians and rubber chickens shine in this imperishable backstage comedy.

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Kate Mulvany's powerfully dark, dangerous villain is the most memorable element of this production and makes it well worth seeing.

Jonathan Biggins finds blending serious issues with witty lines a tricky balancing act

Is this West End hit tapping the Zeitgeist or just tickling us with images of cruelty to actors?

Ruth Wilson gives a performance of riveting authority: jagged, rich and fiercely magnificent, this will stand comparison with the greatest Hedda Gablers.

This clan of five performers with is a travelling circus.

Only occasionally does this Sydney premiere of Terry Johnson's West End hit spark into life.

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Artisan Fabian Scaunich says the once broken and dirty floor of 200,000 pieces will be ready for the Comedy Festival launch on March 28.

Tony Turner has wanted to direct this Victorian comedy – by the leading playwright of his day – for nearly 40 years because of his interest in the rise of realism in theatre.

This new production of the Shakespearean tragedy was inspired by Bunuel's The Exterminating Angel and Truman Capote's Black and White Ball, among other sources.

In Passenger, the audience is carried along with two actors on the bus as witnesses to a conversation that starts out in a very quotidian manner, and gradually evolves into something far more meaningful.

Declan Greene delights in stoning the glass palaces of gay privilege in a breathless, flat-out farce.

Luke Joslin and Brooke Satchwell star as hapless thespians attempting to stage a murder mystery.

Declan Greene hopes his new play will make "the beating heart of Sydney's gay male privilege" pause for thought

An all-in, turkey-flinging brawl punctuates a familiar set-up that's carried off impeccably.