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‘The people own that’: Eddie Perfect says State Theatre should not be renamed
In a social media post the acclaimed performer asked “why the Ian Potter Foundation feels the need to put his name on a theatre that belongs to all of us”.
- by Will Cox
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Genevieve got her dream job in her dream organisation. Six weeks later, her funding was cut
The Metro Arts boss says the show must go on despite a devastating funding cut to Brisbane’s 43-year-old cultural not-for-profit.
- by Jocelyn Garcia and Nick Dent
‘Let’s give it a crack’: Dylan Alcott shows he’ll try anything once
The champion athlete is set to play The Narrator in The Rocky Horror Show alongside Jason Donovan.
- by Nick Galvin
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State Theatre to be renamed for Ian Potter after record $15 million donation
As the curtains close on the State Theatre’s final production for at least three years, the Arts Centre has announced that it will return with a new name.
- by Will Cox
Be amazed by what a plumber from Tassie has done to Cirque du Soleil
Three performers now present their acts in a deluge of 10,000 litres of water, but first they had to learn to walk on it.
- by Nadia Bailey
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Melbourne Theatre Company chair departs by granting generous donation
In a time of uncertainty for the arts, the MTC’s outgoing chair is leaving a parting gift to help shore up the future of theatre.
- by Elizabeth Flux
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Big Yikes! review: The teen anxiety crisis that inspired a comedy
The fact that a rosy future is no longer a young person’s birthright simmers in the background of this coming-of-age play.
- by Nick Dent
‘The stuff of dreams’: Brisbane’s Circa celebrates 20 years of leaps and bounds
Two decades on from a fateful rebrand, the world-famous circus is staging an acclaimed show at QPAC starring three acrobats and one violinist.
- by Nick Dent
Iconic Melbourne theatre La Mama to pause operations due to funding cuts
The not-for-profit theatre says it cannot afford to continue making work.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
From zombies to Gough Whitlam, no topic is off limits for the new musical theatre
Laura Murphy, the composer behind The Lovers, The Dismissal and the upcoming Zombie! The Musical, is part of a wave of young women shaking up the Aussie scene.
- by Hannah Story
Expect hissing: this play will animate an audience
As the manipulative husband and his fragile victim, Toby Schmitz and Geraldine Hakewill provoke strong responses.
- by Kerrie O'Brien