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Performance in museums can be one way that an interest in history, and in turn wider societal issues, is cultivated from a young age.
Master clown and French theatre guru Philippe Gaulier has died at 82. His influence will live on in generations of artists from New Zealand.
The new subscription model shows how local theaters can work together to build audiences instead of treating each other as competition.
This dynamic production of Synge’s 1907 play refuses to treat it as a museum piece.
The experimental Belgian theatre director believes Miller’s works lend themselves well to the emotional savagery of Greek tragedy.
Hamnet turns Anne Hathaway from a shrew to a sorceress.
One of the most critically acclaimed playwrights of our age, Tom Stoppard, has died at 88. He assumed his audience was as well read and inquisitive as he was.
The new show from Black Swan State Theatre Company is a highly original blend of humour, grief and Aussie Christmas spirit.
Unfortunately, despite an impressive cast and some outstanding performances, this King Lear is as exciting as boiled cabbage.
The play is a dizzying amalgamation of influences, mercurial talents and creativity that sits among the defining achievements of its generation.
The latest trial of the Theatre Green Book Australia proves sustainability doesn’t have to be a constraint; it could be a new normal.
Cory Taylor’s 2016 book Dying: A Memoir spoke of her cancer diagnosis and impending death. Now it’s on stage with the Melbourne Theatre Company.
Everything you need to know for your cultural fix this week.
First published in 1928, Virgina Woolf’s Orlando throws gender politics into the air. A new adaptation fails to define a problem for Orlando to push back against.
Merlynn Tong’s new play feels like it’s not sure if it’s a meditation on loss, or a musical comedy about reinvention.
While the writing and main star Noni Hazlehurst shine, the play is let down by poor design choices.
A new adaptation of Max Porter’s novella brings the story of devastation and tentative renewal to the stage at Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney.
The play is a revival and a commemoration.
Many ancient tellings of the Jesus story offer a distinctively female perspective.
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