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Theatre review: The Puzzle, Dunstan Playhouse

State Theatre South Australia celebrates 50 years of the Dunstan Playhouse with a David Williamson world premiere.

Theatre Royal Sydney has had its old wooden stage replaced by a modern, modular design. Taken from the dress circle, the photo shows the replacement of the stage in process.
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Modern new staging installed at Theatre Royal Sydney

The new, modular stage has been built utilising sustainable materials, while the old wooden stage has been repurposed and donated.

Illustration of a cicada in a grey suit in an office.
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Theatre review: Cicada, Wharf 2 Theatre

Shaun Tan's picture book about capitalism and individualism is brought to life via enchanting puppetry.

Two grey haired women sit behind a long table with their hands clasped in front of them and a red backdrop behind. On the left Susie Dee has a messy bun, glasses and a light brown scarf. On the right Patricia Cornelius wears a black jumper.
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The 60-somethings ruling the roost this Melbourne Fringe

To borrow the words of the Bard (and Enobarbus), age cannot wither them, nor custom stale their infinite variety.

A scene from the STC season of 'Golden Blood'. Photo: Prudence Upton. Two Asian-Australian actors, a young woman and a young man, kneel on an orange-lot stage.
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Theatre review: Golden Blood, Wharf Theatre

Sydney Theatre Company presents Merlynn Tong's acclaimed Griffin Theatre production.

A young woman, Mabel Li, is lying on her belly on a couch. She is talking to a young man, Oli Pizzey Stratford, who is in a wheelchair, in a scene from MTC's 'Cost of Living'.
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Theatre review: Cost of Living, Southbank Theatre

Making its Melbourne debut, this production explores human connection and the lives of those living with disability.

two young ATYP actors, one male, one female, pictured facing each other onstage engaged in serious conversation.
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Cross-sector theatre partnership to dive deep into family violence

A theatre company with two successful cross-sector partnerships already to its name continues its work with community organisations to cast…

Hazem Shammas will play the titular role in Bell Shakespeare's 2025 production of 'Coriolanus'. A man with dark, curly hair and wearing a brown suit holds his right hand to his mouth. A butterfly is perched on his fingertips.
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From rarely seen tragedy to popular history play: Bell Shakespeare launches 2025 season

Rarely staged in Australia, Shakespeare’s ‘Coriolanus’ is one of three major productions presented by Bell Shakespeare in the company’s 35th…

Two people are seated with sheafs of paper between them on a table in 'Two Strangers Walk Into a Bar'.
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Theatre review: Two Strangers Walk into a Bar..., Sydney Fringe Festival

An immersive experience awaits in this participatory production, which invites questions about human connection. 

In a blue-lit stage, two young men, Nelson Clay and Corey Saylor-Brunskill, are standing on a box-like structure.
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Theatre review: The Box, various Tasmanian venues

A complex story of trying to break out of the "box" of public housing and of identity prejudices.

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