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Wednesday, February 4, 2026

‘We didn’t make it for a white audience’: how black theatre took centre stage in Australia by Dee Jefferson

In the last five years, African diaspora theatre has swept from the fringes on to the country’s main stages – fuelled by artists like Zindzi Okenyo Get our weekend culture and lifestyle …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PM
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Cynthia Erivo to play Dracula and 22 supporting roles in West End transfer of Australian show by Dee Jefferson

Wicked star to play Bram Stoker’s bloodsucking fiend in production from the creators of Olivier award-winning hit The Picture of Dorian Gray Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email The…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AM
Friday, March 7, 2025

How MJ the Musical sanitised Michael Jackson’s story: ‘Can we really sit in a theatre and pretend?’ by Dee Jefferson

MJ the Musical has already made millions for Jackson’s estate. But as the Broadway hit opens in Australia and the estate prepares to face two of Jackson’s alleged victims in court, fans …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:03AM
Monday, November 25, 2024

Wicked director tells audience members to ask cinemas to turn up the volume by Dee Jefferson

Jon M Chu encouraged fans to take their audio experience into their own hands, ahead of the film’s opening weekend Wicked director Jon M Chu is encouraging audience members to ask their ci…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12AM
Friday, November 15, 2024

August: Osage County review – Pamela Rabe leads stellar cast in an American tragicomedy by Dee Jefferson

Belvoir Theatre, Sydney, then Perth in 2025Tracy Letts’ family drama, which sees three generations gather after the disappearance of their patriarch, is beautifully performed Get our weeke…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AM
Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Julian Assange: new play about WikiLeaks founder’s life to debut in 2025 by Dee Jefferson

Truth, by Australian playwright Patricia Cornelius, will feature multiple actors playing Assange as it probes questions about whistleblowers The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is the subje…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PM
Friday, May 10, 2024

Benjamin Millepied on queering Romeo and Juliet: ‘In France they called me woke’ by Dee Jefferson

The Black Swan choreographer is bringing his unique take on Shakespeare to Sydney – involving cameras and dancers running outside the Opera House Perhaps no single person has done more to …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AM

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