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Gender politics, small towns and hot potatoes
As dramas go, you can't get more down-to-earth than the sexual politics of a potato race.
- by Steve Meacham
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Review
A hilarious, excruciating look back at pre-teen competition
Dance Nation brings us a wild new voice in American theatre.
- by Cameron Woodhead
Review
MTC's production of Miller's A View From the Bridge as good as it gets
This stark tragedy of family violence and patriarchy forms a bridge all the way from Ancient Greece to #MeToo.
- by Cameron Woodhead
Russian Transport review: Through thick, thin and showers of sparks
Erika Sheffer's play depicts Russians behaving badly in Brooklyn.
- by John Shand
Grounded review: Emily Havea flies us to the heavens and to hell
George Brant's 2011 one-hander confronts war, love, death, gadgetry and empathy – all in 80 minutes!
- by John Shand
Every Brilliant Thing review: Kate Mulvany enlists audience
When a mother attempts suicide, her seven-year-old daughter makes a list of everything wonderful in life.
- by Joyce Morgan
Cirque du Soleil
'Anything is possible': Cirque du Soleil returns to Australia with new production
It was love at first sight when Nico Baixas saw his first Cirque du Soleil show in Barcelona in 2003.
- by Nick Galvin
Performing arts
Vote this Sunday in a different sort of election
Sydneysiders get to vote on Sunday as well as Saturday next weekend, for their favourite play not politician.
- by Helen Pitt
Literature prizes
'It's fabulous': Playwright Patricia Cornelius wins lucrative drama prize
Melbourne playwright recognised on the world stage with a prestigious honour for her brave and confrontational works.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Spamalot review: Monty Python's feudal frolic is not dead yet
Time was you couldn't go to a student party without some wit regurgitating slabs of Monty Python.
- by Joyce Morgan
Hugh Jackman
Hugh Jackman to star in Broadway revival of The Music Man
It's Jackman's first role in a Broadway musical since his debut more than 16 years ago in The Boy From Oz.
- by Ashley Lee