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Theatre
The 20th century’s ‘best play’ is tragically relevant. LaPaglia’s salesman will convince you of that
Neil Armfield’s star-powered production of Death of a Salesman is creative while staying true to Arthur Miller’s vision.
- by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
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As referendum approaches, play gives Indigenous peoples at first contact a voice
A new production of Jane Harrison’s The Visitors by Sydney Theatre Company closes on referendum day, but the timing is coincidental.
- by Steve Dow
Angourie Rice is far from Hollywood in MTC play about a family at war
After 14 years in film and TV, the in-demand actor chose My Sister Jill for her mainstage theatre debut.
- by Lindy Percival
‘I have only my genius to declare’: The wit and wisdom of Oscar Wilde
As The Importance of Being Earnest opens at Sydney Theatre Company, we look back at the writer’s genius, with help from actor Helen Thomson.
- by John Shand
Anything goes in this theatre show - except staying in your seat
Love Lust Lost is an immersive theatrical experience set across a two-square-kilometre, multi-level labyrinth.
- by John Bailey
What happens to a marriage when one partner transitions?
Brisbane Festival show Unconditional takes an insiders’ look at a relationship where one partner has come out as trans.
- by Nick Dent
Why musicals are booming – and upping security
With a hype normally reserved for pop stars, Australian musical theatre is enjoying a surge in popularity, thanks to a new generation of adoring, TikTok-using super fans.
- by Linda Morris
The TikTok generation is leading a post-COVID revival in musical theatre
Younger audiences are spreading their love of musicals through social media.
Nutbush fans rejoice, Tina Turner musical goes national
Tina Turner’s rise from poverty to stardom is a made-for-stage story and world-renowned producer Paul Dainty is taking it around the country.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
‘The world is growing crazy’: The classic play showing current anxieties
The “Grace Slick and the Janis Joplin of the theatre world”, iOTA and Paul Capsis, reunite to take on Eugene Ionesco’s absurdist classic, The Chairs.
- by Steve Dow
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Heather Mitchell set to return as RBG in national tour of hit play
Suzie Miller’s play about late US Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg earned rave reviews when it premiered in Sydney in 2022 and will now go national.
- by Hannah Story