The Removalists was first performed in 1971. This new production by the Melbourne Theatre Company celebrates the enduring appeal of the play.
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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.
This new production of Henry 5 shows director Marion Potts is a master of her art.
A plane has left Earth because Earth is dying. The journey is an escape for survival, but they are taking Earth-created social inequalities with them.
In an era of heated debate about transparency and fake news, Malthouse Theatre’s Truth is a vital and edgy work from Patricia Cornelius and Susie Dee.
Based on a myth first told in Greece over 2,500 years ago, Hadestown, now playing in Sydney, is a modern retelling of the story of lovers Orpheus and Eurydice.
This new play by Emily Steel at the State Theatre Company South Australia exposes the crawling, ruthless, yet undeniably comic underside of politics.
Black, Fat and F**gy is an entirely unique, memorable and vital performance work you should move to the top of your list of must-see Midsumma events.
Artists in this year’s Sydney Festival imagine exit strategies from a climate change doom loop – and dream of taking root in its post-apocalyptic rubble.
Although the festival focuses on Asia, it also offers opportunities to view Australia.
Here a few principles and techniques for drawing in your audience to strengthen your artistic expression.
The theatre was turned into a lecture hall in 2006 due to space constraints at the university. As it reopens its doors, decades’ worth of memories come flooding in.
From Opera Australia, Sydney Chamber Orchestra and Carriageworks, Gilgamesh, is a visceral retelling of a story from a forgotten age, exploring ideas of love, tyranny and what it means to be human.
David Williamson’s newest play at the State Theatre Company South Australia takes us on board a ‘lifestyle cruise’ – or, to be blunter, a swingers cruise.
Clown education is often long, rigorous and very physically demanding. Many clown courses are quite hard to get into.
More than 50 participants gathered in Melaka, Malaysia, for the Melaka Art & Performance Festival – an exploration of butoh, trance and postmodern dance.
Raygun has forced us to focus on many aspects of dance that are often ignored in Australia, including the role of dance in communities and the politics of dance.
Ray Lawler, who died this week at 103, wrote Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, one of the most influential plays in Australian theatre history.
For the first time in Olympic Games history, the ceremony took place outside a stadium arena.
Dracula has always lived somewhere between the written word, screen projections and our fantasy lives. His story is tailor-made for Kip Williams’ adaptation.
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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