Culture
Theatre
Cents and sensibility: The new certainty playing out in theatres
He is the artistic director who knows how to bring the wow factor to theatre audiences, championing the new, confronting taboos. But, right now, there is a problem.
- by Cassidy Knowlton
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Sydney Theatre Company leans on TV star power in big season reveal
Logies Hall of Fame inductee, Rebecca Gibney, headlines a list of “national treasures” Kip Williams has recruited to lead the flagship company’s 2025 season.
- by Linda Morris
★★★½
Review
Black Mirror in a box: Brisbane Festival’s Volcano is an all-dancing space oddity
It wouldn’t be an arts festival if there was not at least one show that was challenging and a little bewildering.
- by Nick Dent
★★★★
Review
Brisbane Festival: Jean Paul Gaultier’s Fashion Freak Show is no Eurotrash
The autobiographical revue by fashion’s ultimate gender bender is a saucy crowd-pleaser bursting at the seams with talent and creativity.
- by Nick Dent
West End Electric ready to light up Brisbane’s theatre scene
A disused brick building on Boundary Street has been brought back to life as a 400-seat cabaret club just in time for Brisbane Festival.
- by Nick Dent
★★★
Review
Great acting. Shame about the play ...
Our reviewers cast a critical eye over the latest shows around town.
- by John Shand, Chantal Nguyen, Bernard Zuel, Peter McCallum and Frances Howe
This provocative show splits the audience into first class and economy
Mish Grigor’s deconstruction of My Fair Lady examines the myth of Australia’s classless society.
- by Lenny Ann Low
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Planning
Dinner and no show: Plan to halve Parramatta’s Roxy Theatre auditorium revealed
The Roxy’s owner plans to halve the building’s original auditorium seating capacity amps up pressure on Labor to preserve it as a landmark cultural venue.
- by Linda Morris
Spring has sprung early. Here’s how to make the most of it in Sydney
It’s warm(er)! The evenings are light(er)! Put on your sandals and embrace spring’s arrival with this essential arts guide.
- by Lenny Ann Low
Spring has sprung early, here’s how to make the most of it in Melbourne
Your culture guide for cost-conscious connoisseurs, with a few big-ticket items should you have the chance to splash out.
- by Cameron Woodhead
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Media & marketing
Controversial ex-ABC broadcasters set to debate identity politics
Antoinette Lattouf and Josh Szeps abruptly left the ABC within days of each other. Now they’re discussing one of the thorniest subjects in media.
- by Michael Lallo