Theatre
How festivals are coming out of COVID
After 2020’s postponements, festivals are back with a renewed focus on the local, exciting audiences across the nation.
Theatre Review: A Room of One’s Own, Belvoir
Belvoir’s production of Virginia Woolf’s classic polemic on women in literature is a sophisticated and stimulating exploration of the role…
Theatre Review: The Pitts, Athenaeum Theatre
The energy pumped out from the stage by these two performers was frenetic enough to power Broadway if channelled properly.
Theatre Review: The Wedding Singer, Athenaeum Theatre
This production is pure joy and will have you grinning from ear to ear.
Staging COVID-safe arts events outdoors
Sarah Neal, Executive Producer and Co-CEO at Malthouse Theatre, and Glyn Roberts, Artistic Director of the Castlemaine State Festival, share…
Inspiration during isolation: The long-term benefits of artist residencies
From playful figures to bathtub performances, artists are using the intense residencies of their past to create unexpected new works…
Lure of community brings MTC’s next Artistic Director back to Melbourne
Anne-Louise Sarks came of age artistically in Melbourne, and is excited about championing the city's artists and playwrights in her…
Theatre Review: Fun Home, Sydney Theatre Company
Based on Alison Bechdel's graphic novel, this musical is a visually inventive and emotionally rich night at the theatre.
Theatre review: Berlin, MTC
Joanna Murray-Smith’s latest play is a high-brow blockbuster that asks provocative questions about what it means to love a culture…
Harmonisation, complexity and change: exploring the National Performing Arts Touring Scan
Previous reports into the national touring ecology released in 2005 and 2011 effectively came to naught, so what makes the…