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Beyond theatres, puppets can affect people in everyday spaces, just as The Herds does.
Perhaps he intended to denigrate Shakespeare as a jack-of-all-trades player-turned-playwright who should have stuck to acting.
The play features a masterly performance by John Lithgow in the role of Dahl.
The legendary composer behind hits like Bye Bye Birdie, Applause and Annie has died at 96.
This fresh take by the Sydney Theatre Company combines existential dread with dark humour – and resonates for the current age.
In this interview, Cheryl Thompson, author of ‘Canada and the Blackface Atlantic: Performing Slavery, Conflict and Freedom, 1812-1897’ reveals some of the surprising truths of her research.
Because the US government has rarely offered full-throated support for the arts, there’s a long tradition of innovation, adaptation and collective action among American artists.
Like an ageing rock band contracted for one last farewell tour, in Cymbeline, Shakespeare’s back playing the hits.
This new production from Sport for Jove presents eight of Shakepeare’s history plays in order. It is stupendously absorbing and exquisitely realised.
The Glass Menagerie catapulted Tennessee Williams to fame. A new revival by Sydney’s Ensemble Theatre revitalises it for modern audiences.
Two concurrent London productions of Oedipus might seem like overkill, but they actually worked to demonstrate the versatility of the tragic form.
With a cast drawn from Bristol’s deep talent pool, the connections on stage feel secure, energetic, and richly nuanced.
The Removalists was first performed in 1971. This new production by the Melbourne Theatre Company celebrates the enduring appeal of the play.
Through the vehicle of a family drama, Melbourne Theatre Company’s play emphasises the value of embodied knowledge – and how this can never be replaced by AI.
The theatre offered queer Victorian men a space to express their identities, at a time when homosexuality was criminalised.
Filmed as war raged across Europe, Children of Paradise is a masterpiece: a nostalgic love letter to Paris, the theatre and the spirit of resistance.
The intimate Bread and Roses Theatre creates an immersive experience.
This new play by Emily Steel at the State Theatre Company South Australia exposes the crawling, ruthless, yet undeniably comic underside of politics.
Despite the shock of the crowd and actors, protest at the theatre has a long history.
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Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University
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Researcher, The Australian Centre, The University of Melbourne
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Research Affiliate, Monash University
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Lecturer in English, Australian National University
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Full Professor/CRC in Socially Engaged Theatre; Director, C-SET, University of Regina
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Associate Professor of English Literature, University of Sydney
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Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Lecturer, Performing Arts, Adelaide University
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Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance Studies, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, English and Theatre Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Curtin University
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Professor of Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama, The University of Melbourne
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