Sydney Opera HouseChoreographer’s queer, condensed version dissolves the boundaries of the stage and, in a brilliant passage of dancing, the walls of the Joan Sutherland theatre itself Ge…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18AMCast as George Washington, in his first major musical, Googoorewon Knox says ‘it’s important to see a First Nation fella doing such a big thing’ If Googoorewon (Goori) Knox had followe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMThe playwright’s one-woman legal drama has gone from Australia to the West End and now Broadway. She talks about juggling law and theatre, and longing for home Get our weekend culture and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMKip Williams has revolutionised the stage with his use of ‘cine-theatre’, in shows such as The Picture of Dorian Gray and Jekyll and Hyde. Ahead of his take on The Tempest, he talks abou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMAfter 44 years as Australia’s national circus, members voted to reject the reform proposed by its funding partners – reluctantly choosing to close shop instead Details of the shock decis…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:03PMIt is the hit musical inspired by a Canadian town’s goodwill during 9/11. Twenty years on, its real-life characters say they’re ‘like family’ now This September marks 20 years since …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PMThe first major Australian arts festival of 2021 will be a litmus test for those to come as it navigates shifting sands around the city’s recent Covid outbreak Sydney festival, the first m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMFor students of Sydney’s National Institute for Dramatic Art, it hasn’t exactly been the year they signed up for Final-year acting student Alex Stamell was deep into rehearsals for Will …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMGrahame Best sees more than 100 shows a year and rises to his feet to applaud every one. Now under lockdown, he’s suffering Grahame Best keeps a ghost light burning 24/7 in his Wollongong …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48PMOf all the theatrical forms, musical theatre is slowest to recognise it has a gender problem, says the multi-award-winning Broadway composer Jeanine Tesori ahead of the Australian premier…
SOURCE: The Sydney Morning Herald at 06:23AMDespite the gloomy statistics, female directors and playwrights are staking out new ground on stage.
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