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More than just lights - here’s our pick of Vivid Ideas

More than just lights - here’s our pick of Vivid Ideas

From meeting strangers to spying on strangers, there is plenty of variety in the Vivid Ideas program.

  • by Nick Galvin

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Broadway comes to Parramatta: New $188 million theatre for western Sydney

Broadway comes to Parramatta: New $188 million theatre for western Sydney

After years of planning, a new theatre has been announced for Parramatta and it’s comparable to Sydney and Melbourne’s best.

  • by Linda Morris
The star of this shocking play about rape wishes you hadn’t been warned

The star of this shocking play about rape wishes you hadn’t been warned

Carolina Bianchi will be drugged and probed while on stage in her Rising performance. But that’s not what she’s annoyed about.

  • by Stephanie Bunbury
Forget RuPaul’s Drag Race. Local drag is here to slay

Forget RuPaul’s Drag Race. Local drag is here to slay

Eclipse, a Rising Festival drag performance, will have you counting down to the apocalypse while reconsidering the meaning of drag itself.

  • by Nell Geraets
Play School continues to affect everything I do: Noni Hazlehurst

Play School continues to affect everything I do: Noni Hazlehurst

The prolific actor has done everything from theatre, film to lifestyle presenting. But the beloved children’s show was one of the toughest.

  • by John Bailey
Threatened youth theatre company’s tale of two tribes

Threatened youth theatre company’s tale of two tribes

An idea born out of lockdown has become the latest production of St Martins Youth Arts Centre. It’s about saving the world, but can it save the centre?

  • by Stephen A Russell
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They changed attitudes around the world. Now Back to Back tackles the 9 to 5

They changed attitudes around the world. Now Back to Back tackles the 9 to 5

Next month in Venice, the 37-year-old theatre troupe will pick up its latest international gong. But first comes a new play about workplace dynamics.

  • by John Bailey
Julia Gillard made history with 15 minutes of fury. Now it’s Justine Clarke’s turn

Julia Gillard made history with 15 minutes of fury. Now it’s Justine Clarke’s turn

The former prime minister’s famous misogyny speech was a stunning piece of political theatre – and it’s now an acclaimed stage show.

  • by Louise Rugendyke
Schoolboys ranked this smart young woman. Her response is thrilling

Schoolboys ranked this smart young woman. Her response is thrilling

As a student, Emmanuelle Mattana faced the kind of schoolboy misogyny that made headlines last week. Her play, Trophy Boys, might just make a difference.

  • by Cameron Woodhead
‘We’re just really mad’: What keeps the parents of murder victim Matthew going

‘We’re just really mad’: What keeps the parents of murder victim Matthew going

Keeping their son’s memory alive with and beyond The Laramie Project has become a life’s work for Dennis and Judy Shepard.

  • by Cassie Tongue
This Aussie’s invention has probably saved your life – now it’s a musical

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