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Is this Australia’s most popular and heartbreaking love story?
Tender, funny and incredibly sad, Holding the Man was a hit from the moment it premiered in 2006. It now returns with a new cast in a new era.
- by Louise Rugendyke
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How a victim of gaslighting sees through the fog and fights back
Queensland Theatre’s production Gaslight revives a classic psychological thriller whose themes are frighteningly relevant to today.
- by Nick Dent
The award-winning play that tells a nation’s story through a family tale is coming to Melbourne
Inspired by his great-grandfather’s letters, S. Shakthidharan’s play Counting and Cracking is a Sri Lankan story but could be that of many other nations.
- by Elizabeth Flux
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‘Gobsmacked’: Beauty and the Beast gets standing ovations before it’s even half over
From dancing cutlery to miraculous transformations, Disney’s hi-tech layer-cake delivers on the magic.
- by Nick Dent
Simply the best: The must-see shows in Melbourne this year
The tennis is over, Taylor’s tickets have been snapped up and you’ve already visited the Triennial. Here’s what you should see next.
- by cameron woodhead, Bridget Davies, Sonia Nair and Andrew Fuhrmann
‘Take it by the horns’: Playwright Dylan Van Den Berg scoops $100,000 prize
In addition to winning two separate categories at this year’s AWGIES, the Palawa playwright has taken out the prestigious David Williamson prize.
- by Nick Galvin
This one-person stage show is an unflinching look at ’70s schoolyard racism in Australia
Zahra Newman wowed audiences as Billie Holiday, now she’s taking on the stage adaptation of Maxine Beneba Clarke’s best-selling memoir The Hate Race.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Humbled and thrilled: Local theatre company takes out prestigious global award
The groundbreaking Geelong-based group Back to Back Theatre are the 2024 recipients of the Venice Biennale Golden Lion Award for lifetime achievement in theatre.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Dictionary of Lost Words offers a daunting role, this actor isn’t fazed
Brenna Harding’s first role was as herself in a segment on Play School with her two mums, which resulted in backlash from conservative quarters, including then-PM John Howard criticising the program.
- by John Bailey
‘Amazing’: Sarah Snook gets standing ovation in London’s West End
If Succession elevated her to a household name, this performance will likely catapult Australian actor Sarah Snook into global theatre stardom.
- by Rob Harris
How writing a new take on a Spanish farce helped this author to grieve
Playwright and journalist Van Badham started to write A Fool in Love, an adaptation of a 17th century Lope de Vega play, while she was caring for her dying mother.
- by Hannah Story