Minchin says his song about the cardinal, who is due to give evidence to a royal commission about child sex abuse that occurred within his parishes, is also about homeTim Minchin has written…
It has been entertaining Londoners with immersive screenings of cult classics for a decade, and now Australian and US audiences could be about to get a tasteGood news, Australia. Secret Cine…
Ladyboy performers talk about touring Australia in a big top extravaganza of diamentes, sequins and feathersThanyakarn "Micky" Rattanarak began thinking of herself as a girl when she was sev…
Artistic directors of major theatre companies pen open letter saying government funding cuts represent an 'unprecedented assault' on the artsThe artistic directors of Australia's major theat…
The American playwright says the rest of us may claim to want straight white men to take a back seat, but then we deem them duds when they do"Destroy the audience" is the motto powering one …
Two-time Helpmann award winner had a 25 year career with the acclaimed dance company Bangarra and composed music for television and filmDavid Page, the award-winning music director of Sydney…
Maza decries the Australian novel's stage adaptation for playing on a tired trope of 'the real Aboriginals died out' Indigenous Australian performer and director Rachael Maza has made a stro…
The Melbourne comedian who is definitely not a host on The Project on what unites extremist Muslims and Australian patriots Melbourne comedian Nazeem Hussain tells me he's wearing his one an…
Minchin says his song about the cardinal, who is due to give evidence to a royal commission about child sex abuse that occurred within his parishes, is also about homeTim Minchin has written…
Sydney Theatre Company, SydneyA restaging of Louis Nowra's sweeping period drama hums with historical detail and pulls apart its own definitions of what is primitive or civilisedHow do we me…
Carriageworks, Sydney festivalGeorg Büchner's 175-year-old story of working-class hardship and sexual rage takes on new resonance in contemporary discussions around family violenceWoyzeck, …
Actor, of South African heritage, to play adult Hermione in London West End production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child A new London stage reimagining of Harry Potter will feature Noma D…
Satirist whose show took Egypt by storm says the seeds of subversive humour he helped plant will be nurtured by a generation who has grown up online The Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef joke…
In 2004 an Indigenous man died in a police cell on Palm Island. Beautiful One Day tells his story and has been finally performed at the place that inspired it ' Brisbane festival: are glitte…
With homosexuality still outlawed in Singapore, an all-male production of The Importance of Being Earnest touches on taboos and becomes a paean for equalityMore Brisbane festival: are glitte…
Hundreds of artists and arts sector workers hold protests in capital cities and regional centres over Coalition decision to take money from Australia Council Continue reading...
Cut the Sky, a new dance work premiering at the Perth festival, draws on Indigenous Australian traditions to help audiences apply emotion, rather than cold logic, to climate change Continue …
This son of a Socceroos captain and brother to three seriously talented siblings has been flexing his funny muscles for years Continue reading...
Australian Dylan and Chinese Lian embody for each other the good, the bad and the ugly of their respective nations in Sue Smiths bold play Continue reading...
Angry mobs, persecuted minorities and a talentless boob desperate to retain power the perfect political allegory for modern Australia is on stage near you Mark Lawson: Why Wicked still cast…
Major theatres in Melbourne and Sydney have announced their 2015 season lineup and attracted criticism for an apparent lack of diversity and political engagement. Here is a look at some of …
The Triple J presenter and comedian on the weird nothingness success brings and the day Julia Stone asked him why are you brown? Continue reading...