Female employees of a tech company get stuck in an elevator in Eloise Snape’s timely play about AI, corporate culture and the patriarchy.
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The internationally acclaimed fusion of choreography and monologue, co-created by Hepi with Mish Grigor, is a witty exploration of beginnings.
From lights up to the production’s satisfying conclusion, Day (After Day) in the Life of the Useless is seriously funny and surprisingly moving.
Jorjia Gillis’ comedy on racism and sexism is premiering at Griffin Theatre Company. It has a sharp edge and a big heart.
Commentary, the new play now on at State Theatre Company South Australia, is an acerbic flaying of public and private personas.
There have been more than 30 professional Australian productions of Death of a Salesman in 70 years. Now, Anthony LaPaglia steps into Willy Loman’s shoes.
Critiques of method acting misunderstand what method acting is – and dismiss the women who practise it.
In Steve Rodgers’ new play, now at Malthouse, solid performances are undermined by expository writing.
This new Melbourne Theatre Company Production of Chekhov’s classic is adapted by Joanna Murray-Smith and directed by Anne-Louise Sarks.
Divine Playhouse, a queer arts venue in a deconsecrated church, was forced to close its doors in Sydney last week. It doesn’t have to be this way.
In Justin Peck’s Copland Dance Episodes, dancers of The Australian Ballet move through 22 episodes to music by legendary American composer Aaron Copland.
Lucy Guerin will step down as artistic director of Lucy Guerin Inc, one of the most important and best-resourced contemporary dance companies in the country.
Leah Purcell has told the story of The Drover’s Wife across play, novel, film and now opera. Each form has extended its political and emotional reach.
Theatre can model new possibilities, transform thinking and centre the rights and needs of children.
This clear-eyed adaptation makes the most of its literary roots while also piecing together a unique theatrical language.
Megan Wilding’s Game. Set. Match., now playing at Malthouse, is both a powerful reckoning with colonial violence and a love letter to self.
Across this year’s festival, a variety of shows demonstrated some Australian audiences are ready for uncomfortable comedy and complex personae.
Olga Tokarczuk’s 2009 novel Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead has now been adapted for the stage.
The arts depict extremes of emotional life, overtly and with clarity. This was in much evidence at the 2026 Perth Festival.
A new play from Melbourne Theatre Company tells the story of the collapse of the bridge during construction in 1970 – Australia’s worst industrial disaster.
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Senior Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in English and Writing, University of Sydney
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Lecturer, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor & Postgraduate Research Coordinator, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University
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Senior Lecturer in Art and Performance, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of English Literature, University of Sydney
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PhD Candidate in Dance and Dance History Tutor, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, Performing Arts, Adelaide University
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Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney
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Lecturer, Theatre and Performance Studies, UNSW
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Honorary Research Associate, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Sydney
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PhD Candidate in the History Program, La Trobe University; The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Lecturer, Creative Arts, Flinders University
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Research Officer, School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University
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Professor and Academic Director (Indigenous Research), La Trobe University