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Why the straight, white male is an 'endangered species'
Launching her 2018 season, Lee Lewis says Griffin Theatre is in the business of taking risks. "It's a different way of thinking."
Launching her 2018 season, Lee Lewis says Griffin Theatre is in the business of taking risks. "It's a different way of thinking."
Australia's most awarded playwright never to be commissioned for a state theatre mainstage finally has her night.
Choreographer Melanie Lane's Nightdance has been partially inspired by Berlin's club scene.
The re-imagining of a Henry Lawson short story has won three prizes.
A playwright's churn-and-burn approach to comedy wears thin in this story of cosmetics queens to refuse to make up.
"There is no reason why you can't have as many women on stage as men in these worlds," says Bell Shakespeare's Peter Evans. "We want gender parity to be the new normal, not the exception."
Virtual reality film VIA Alice follows the journey of two talented dancers through the Australian outback.
The Australian Ballet's Symphony in C starts begins with one dancer in an extravagant red dress and ends with lines of dancers, resplendent in white tutus.
What a welcome surprise. A group I had never heard of, dancers and choreographers whose names were unfamiliar – and they turned out to be smart, well produced and very entertaining.
With stellar performances and an infectious score by '80s superstar Cyndi Lauper, Kinky Boots is not to be missed.
Singer Paulini Cureunavuli says she has leaned on the cast and crew of The Bodyguard for support amid allegations of bribery.
One of Australia's most successful and enduring stars will take on the role of Eva Peron in Evita at the Sydney Opera House in September next year.
 Peter McCallum casts his eye over the best of the week's classical music offerings.
Four star opera singers, a pianist and a truck stuffed full of theatre magic are touring regional Queensland in Opera Queensland’s latest show.
Wagnerites will rejoice at the inclusion of Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, but we miss out on Barrie Kosky's new weird opera, The Nose.
An Australian comedian has been named joint winner of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, a first for the city's Fringe festival in its 70-year history.
A comedian who quipped about Britain's new pound coin at the Edinburgh arts festival has won Best Joke of the Fringe 2017.
Performers give their all in a festival that can change their lives.
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