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‘We wanted it to feel real’: Bringing Frankenstein’s monster to life
The stage production of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is heading to Melbourne – so how do you make such a famous creature feel truly alive?
- by Elizabeth Flux
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Sydney Theatre Company unveils new artistic director, and you’ll know his voice
The STC has announced a successor for Kip Williams.
- by Linda Morris
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Hamilton’s return is spectacular – and exactly what we need right now
In today’s divided political climate, Hamilton’s brilliant story and incredible cast of fan-favourites and newcomers is precisely the antidote we need.
- by Chantal Nguyen
This surreal work asks: Can you become a French actor without speaking French?
“Language is unstable. It’s just a fiction.” In her new work, Apologia, writer and performer Nicola Gunn is taking on the barriers language puts between us.
- by Will Cox
Critics rave about this young playwright. Here’s your chance to see why
Benjamin Nichol’s nuanced characters have made him a rising star of Melbourne’s theatre scene. His work starts with a single paragraph.
- by John Bailey
‘It’s a crisis’: Dismay deepens over cancellation of Brisbane play
Queensland Theatre cited illness when it cancelled a play satirising Donald Trump, but the truth is proving more complicated.
- by Nick Dent
Arts community rocked by Queensland Theatre cancellation due to mystery illness
The entire three-week run of the White House farce has been pulled, but a spokesperson says sickness, not politics, was behind the decision.
- by Nick Dent
He used to steal food. A night at the theatre changed everything
Six years after Declan Furber Gillick decided to teach himself how to write plays, he took out one of Australia’s most prestigious theatre awards.
- by John Bailey
John Waters might be seeing ghosts but he still doesn’t believe in them
The veteran of stage and screen is starring in a fresh adaptation of the long-running play The Woman In Black.
- by John Shand
A plumber from Tassie has brought more magic 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
The one rule at this daring new show? Don’t bring a friend
The idea for Australian actor Tilda Cobham-Hervey Sydney Fringe show came to her when she locked down in Los Angeles.
- by Garry Maddox