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Hugo Weaving is repellent yet compelling in STC’s The President
Irish actor Olwen Fouéré and Australia’s Hugo Weaving command the stage in Sydney Theatre Company’s first time co-production with Dublin’s Gate Theatre.
- by Harriet Cunningham
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The role of RBG was written for Heather Mitchell. It’s easy to understand why
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a pioneer for women in law. Sarah Krasnostein followed in her wake and says Mitchell channels a ‘strange’ connection with the Supreme Court Justice.
- by Sarah Krasnostein
★★★★
Review
Adam Goodes’ AFL exit inspires sporting comedy calling foul on racism
This Brisbane show is filthy one instance, elegiac and poetic the next – Chariots of Fire meets the frat house.
- by Nick Dent
‘We could have done better’: Sydney Theatre Company addresses Palestinian protest furore
New chair Ann Johnson said the company did not support individual statements being made at curtain calls as it flagged a smaller season for 2025.
- by Linda Morris
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
‘It’s appalling’: Hugo Weaving on the backlash to pro-Palestine protests in Australia
The acclaimed actor has just finished performing his latest play in Ireland, where he says conversations about Gaza and Israel are much more “sane” than in Australia.
- by Louise Rugendyke
Will Sydney poach one of Melbourne’s leading creatives to fill a key job?
The list of contenders to replace Sydney Theatre Company’s Kip Williams includes some of the most high profile directorial names in Australia.
- by Linda Morris
Analysis
Sydney Theatre Company
‘Gargantuan ambition’: A review of Kip Williams’ tenure at the STC
From Dorian Gray to The Harp in the South, Williams’ appointment as artistic director was a gamble that paid off for the STC board.
- by John Shand
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Sydney Theatre Company
Sydney Theatre Company’s artistic director to step down, eyeing Broadway move
The creative force behind West End hit, The Picture of Dorian Gray, is to step down at the end of the year from his full-time role at the flagship company he has led for eight years.
- by Linda Morris
Farewell to the Sydney theatre that gave Baz Luhrmann his start
Sydney’s longest operating community theatre, The Genesian will leave its CBD HQ for a new home over the Anzac Bridge.
- by Lenny Ann Low
★★★★
Review
James and the Giant Peach review: School-age critics agree, it’s peachy
Shake and Stir’s adaptation of Dahl’s fruitful adventure is an ideal holiday distraction.
- by Nick Dent
‘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