Exuberance will be a priority in the new season program.

Talented first time director at the helm for Red Stitch's dystopian Australia in The Way Out.

Alan Bennett's play about schoolboys being tutored for university exams deals with many issues.

There's plenty to see and do in Canberra this week.

Patricia Cornelius and Susie Dee have been making unapologetic theatre together for three decades – but they're not here to entertain.

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."

Mikey Weinkove uses pizza-making and other forms of audience participation to get people talking.

Humour has always been a way for Rosie Waterland to find her way of the dark places, writes Karen Hardy

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The show is about intimacy and that warmth remains despite the apparent loneliness of many characters.

The Guru of Chai is a charming tale of Indian culture and the resilience of its people

Writer Douglas McGrath spent hours interviewing rock'n'roll royalty to create a musical about Carole King's life. As the show comes to Australia, he reflects on the real-life romances and relationships behind the hit songs.

There's plenty to see and do in Canberra over the next week.

Artistic director Sam Strong launched the company's 2018 season, featuring eight shows and a host of local talent.

Sardonic humour flashes like lightning in the dark in this haunting final play.

Sydney psychiatrist Dr Kathryn Lovric helps guide actors toward a nuanced depiction of severe depression.

Shows about falling in love and lust for inanimate objects will roll out at Carriageworks.

Taylor Mac's brilliantly written domestic comedy-drama gifts Helen Thomson with one of the best roles of an already stellar career.

This tongue-in-cheek account of love's trajectory is imaginative and entertaining.

Ranters Theatre based a play on real-life conversations between strangers.

Poet Joshua Bell's verse was the basis for CYT's new immersive work of theatre.

Australian singer Paulini Curuenavuli is facing charges of bribery and is due to appear in a Sydney court midway through her run in the musical The Bodyguard.

There's plenty to see and do in Canberra this week.