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A young woman with a crown and a cream blouse starring in 'The Queen's Nanny'.
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Theatre review: The Queen's Nanny, Ensemble Theatre

This play about the British royal family brings nothing new to the table, but will appeal to those who enjoy…

Dressed in yellow and green robes with ornate headwear, two Asian-Australian artists, Joe Paradise Lui (left) and Merlynn Tong (right), pose against a red background. Promotional image for the 2025 MTC production 'Legends (of the Golden Arches)'. MTC 2025 season.
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MTC launches 2025 season with revivals, remounts and new Australian work

Brave programming and resonant stories are central to Anne-Louise Sarks’ third MTC season as Artistic Director.

Eyse Phelan wearing a cap, vest and shirt is reading out from a piece of paper. As You Like It by TheatreiNQ
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Theatre review: As You Like It, Queen's Gardens, Townsville

Sparkling performances and a strong ensemble mark this Shakespeare production.

'Hamlet's Jacob Colins-Levy, a young man with brown hair and a black singlet carrying a skull.
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Theatre review: Hamlet, fortyfivedownstairs

A few directorial choices let down this otherwise fine contemporary interpretation of 'Hamlet'.

A black and white photo of a man in the show 'Renfield.'. His mouth is, however, bloody and red.
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Festival review: Renfield, Edinburgh Festival Fringe

A solo show that took full advantage of Edinburgh's Gothic ambience.

A publicity image for Belvoir's 2025 adaptation of Virginia Woolf's Orlando. A dark-haired woman in a purple jacket, a red-haired woman in a period dress, and a dark-haired young man in a ruffled shirt and frock coat look towards the camera. Golden glitter showers down around them.
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Grief, hilarity, classics and culture are celebrated in Belvoir’s 2025 season

Artistic Director Eamon Flack has launched a season of nine plays for Belvoir’s 2025 subscription season.

A group of dancers, all in black, the women in stockings and the men in trousers, all holding top hats in the air, in the production of 'A Chorus Line.'
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Musical Review: A Chorus Line, National Theatre

A new remount of a classic musical that still holds up well.

Jessica Clarke, with her fair hair blown awry and wearing a brown jacket in production of 'Iphigenia in Splott.'
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Theatre Review: Iphigenia in Splott, Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre

A solo performance about deprivation and the socially marginalised.

A teenage boy with dark hair and an oversized sweater is hanging onto a railing. You're the Man by Paul Mitchell at La Mama Courthouse.
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Theatre Review: You’re The Man, La Mama Courthouse

Domestic and intergenerational violence are played out in this production.

A older woman wrapped up in a black shawl is standing on the right hand side of the frame. There is a beam of white light on the left. Mother with Noni Hazlehurst.
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Theatre review: Mother, Arts Centre Melbourne

A powerhouse performance from Noni Hazlehurst, but the depiction of mothers experiencing addiction may leave a bad taste in your…

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