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.

A new staging of Orwell's groundbreaking novel 1984 offers a chilling vision of the present – from 70 years ago.

A Queensland trial of the HIV prevention drug PrEP may sound like odd fodder for a cabaret and burlesque show about queer sex, but not for Regan Lynch.

Anna O'Byrne​ sings with enchanting beauty, and eventually crisp diction, as Eliza Doolittle, while Robyn Nevin​ is simply sublime as Henry Higgins' mother.

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The updated Awakening jettisons most of the adult characters, and focuses on the kids, performed by an ensemble of three women.

Cast of thousands reduced to three to transform all the raging stereotypes and dark history into outrageous camp.

First Seen presents new theatre works in development and lets audiences give feedback.

Nakkiah Lui's new comedy leaves its audience fit to burst.

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Matthew Lutton's production of Michael Gow's 1986 play 'Away' manages to be both fresh and timeless on every level.

The National Acting School conducts classes that are supportive and useful.

Plus, stage and film legend James Earl Jones is to receive a lifetime achievement Tony Award

Award-winning playwright and former Labor speechwriter's passing prompts widespread tributes.