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This Aussie’s invention has probably saved your life – now it’s a musical
A plane crash in Mackay changed air safety forever. Now it’s chronicled in a musical.
- by Nick Dent
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Epic tale of destruction and family ties: Our latest show to take on the world
Just weeks after The Picture of Dorian Gray made a West End splash, this local stage hit is heading to the US.
- by Linda Morris
★★★½
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Before Blair Witch, prior to Paranormal, The Woman in Black chilled theatregoers
Theatre’s most successful ghost story enjoys a life after death in this national tour starring John Waters and Daniel MacPherson.
- by Nick Dent
Suzie Miller on why UK police are required to watch her Broadway show
The award-winning playwright is not only changing lives, she’s changing the law.
- by Cassidy Knowlton
The role that Audra McDonald, Broadway’s GOAT, would kill to play
The superstar holds six Tony awards, two Grammys and an Emmy. If only there were an award for tap dancing while seven months pregnant.
- by Cassidy Knowlton
The Greatest Showman star to join cast of hit musical & Juliet
From learning to meditate with Ariana Grande to her connection with Hugh Jackman, theatre powerhouse Keala Settle is bringing her star-studded experience to & Juliet.
- by Thomas Mitchell
A smile so hideous it inspired the Joker: The Grinning Man comes to Melbourne
Eight years after becoming a huge cult hit in the West End, the musical The Grinning Man is heading Down Under.
- by Will Cox
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
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
★★★★
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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