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David Campbell and Marina Prior star in Dream Lover - The Bobby Darin Musical.
David Campbell and Marina Prior star in Dream Lover - The Bobby Darin Musical.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge loves pain. Not physical pain, just the twisting, gut-punch emotional pain most people try desperately to avoid.
It's time to pack the tent and the esky and hit the road: music festival season is upon us.
David Campbell and Marina Prior star in Dream Lover - The Bobby Darin Musical.
Taking part in theatre is overwhelmingly positive for young people's mental health in both the long and short term, according to new research.
Theatre critics John Shand and Joyce Morgan look back on their year in the theatre
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The Australian Ballet's version of The Sleeping Beauty for children is seriously cut down – even missing one of the fairy godmothers – but that helps make it just 50 minutes of fast-moving entertainment for the young and not-so-young.
Women choreographers triumphed in the independent sector but our major companies need to reflect on whose creative voices they are promoting.
Melbourne's 2018 offerings include a range of styles and a slew of shows that have never been seen here before.
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Jimmy Carr really believes in the power of laughter. To the British comedian, mirth is one of the building blocks of human society itself.
When Irish drag star and "accidental activist" Rory O'Neill took to the stage of Dublin's Abbey Theatre in alter ego Panti Bliss's big blonde wig, silver high heels and figure-hugging purple dress, he had no idea his speech would explode worldwide.
The comedian, writer and long-distance swimmer has become a publishing phenomenon.
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