Cyrano de Bergerac, the original rocketman?
The real Cyrano de Bergerac led a remarkable life. But it would be his fictionalised self that became famous.
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Elissa Blake
Elissa Blake is an Arts Writer.
The Dame defends her Lady
Julie Andrews on the sexism in My Fair Lady, Donald Trump and cuts she finds 'mind-boggling'.
Clean sweep
Sarah Ruhl's witty play about dealing with mess is the latest coup at Newtown's long-running New Theatre.
How many female composers can you name?
'Most people can't name any female composers at all,' says musician Claire Edwardes.
Country matters raised in new British play
The British play The Village Bike jams a stick into the spokes of traditional gender expectations.
Why you need to see ... Vanessa Wagner's Cosy Nook
This showgirl will be DJing, dancing and "venting" during her Vivid dance party Cosy Nook.
Catch me if you can
Theatre companies are experimenting more and more with immersive, site-specific, game-based shows.
In the pink: Jeff Duff relives his youth
Jeff Duff presses pause on his David Bowie tributes to look back on his wild years in London.
More than food, cats and selfies: an Instagram project reveals the troubled soul of a nation
Japanese photographer Q. Sakamaki shares images of private everyday moments, some of them tragic.
Sydney's gay history worth singing about
When Alex Harding's boy-meets-boy musical romance Only Heaven Knows premiered at the Stables Theatre in Kings Cross in May 1988, Sydney's gay community was in the grip of the AIDS crisis. Now it is being revived in a new age of conservatism.
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