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Parramatta’s west side story and Sydney’s need for more theatres
The announcement that Parramatta’s Riverside Theatres complex is to get a $188 million revamp may be Sydney’s biggest cultural reimagining since the Opera House.
- The Herald's View
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A rising black musician lost his elite orchestra job. He won’t go quietly
Josh Jones wasn’t expecting to lose his dream job. He has shared the performance reviews and messages that shed light on a typically confidential process.
- by Geoff Edgers
Stellar performances (almost) make up for soulless venue: Tosca
Opera Australia staging of Puccini’s opera at Margaret Court Arena mostly paid off, plus New Zealand jazz pianist Jonathan Crayford hits Melbourne.
- by Bridget Davies and Jessica Nicholas
Romeo and Juliet - like you’ve never seen it before
“I never thought that we would have this kind of response,” choreographer Benjamin Millepied says.
- by Hannah Story
Serpentine glass facade to delay new QPAC theatre by another year
The installation of the intricate glass facade at the theatre will take about a year, developer Lendlease has revealed, kicking the already delayed delivery further down the road.
- by Cameron Atfield and Matt Dennien
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
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
Making ‘clouds’ onstage and other strange challenges solved by this design supremo
Designer Elizabeth Gadsby loves to push boundaries in her work.
- by Chantal Nguyen
An amusing take on the perils of living in a share house - in your 30s
Share-housing in your thirties is so in right now, Jude Perl has created a musical about it.
- by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Barney Zwartz, Cameron Woodhead, Jessica Nicholas, Tony Way and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
Have you heard the one about the scientist who does stand-up?
Scientists are increasingly crossing over into comedy.
- by Daniel Herborn
Opera Australia posts $4.9m loss, as shift to musicals draws audiences
Rising costs and a twice-cancelled production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle have all added up for the nation’s biggest arts company.
- by Nick Galvin