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Venus and Adonis: this “play within a plague” about Shakespeare is wildly romantic, erotic and colorful

Posted by Kirk Dodd | 5th Nov 2023 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Gender

Shakespeare wrote his famous narrative poem Venus and Adonis in a lockdown era when, in 1593, the...

“My Sister Jill:” Patricia Cornelius’ New Play is a Blistering Post-War Social and Cultural Commentary

Posted by Sarah Austin | 25th Oct 2023 | Adaptation, Australia, Review

Emerging from one of Australia’s most enduring and significant theatrical partnerships between...

A Journey of Discovery and Identity Formation: “The Dictionary of Lost Words” Makes Its Wonderful Stage Debut

Posted by Russell Fewster | 5th Oct 2023 | Adaptation, Australia, Review

The Dictionary of Lost Words follows Esme as she navigates the patriarchal world of Victorian...

Sydney Theatre Company’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”: Fresh, Funny and Completely Joyous

Posted by Huw Griffiths | 28th Sep 2023 | Acting, Adaptation, Australia, Review, Sydney, Theatre and Politics

It is easy to forget that when Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest was first written and...

New Aussie Musical “Bloom” Misses An Opportunity To Interrogate The Gaps In Aged Care – And In Our Social Fabric

Posted by Sarah Austin | 29th Aug 2023 | Australia, Melbourne, Review, Theatre and Age

Bloom, the new Australian musical produced by the Melbourne Theatre Company, is proudly billed by...

I Can’t Imagine Anybody Would Come Out Of “On The Beach” And Not Hold Their Loved Ones Just That Little Bit Closer

Posted by Huw Griffiths | 5th Aug 2023 | Australia, Review, Sydney, Theatre and Politics

Review: On The Beach, directed by Kip Williams. When Nevil Shute wrote his 1957 novel On the...

Rising Has Yet To Establish Its Voice – But This Year’s Festival Gave Us Significant And Thrilling Work By First Nations Artists

Posted by Sarah Austin | 25th Jun 2023 | Australia, Festivals, Melbourne, Review, Theatre and Decolonization

Rising has just completed its second run across Melbourne. The newest addition to the city’s...

Sydney Theater Company’s “Julia” Powerfully Imagines the Life and Emotions of the Woman Behind the “Misogyny Speech”

Posted by Camilla Nelson | 29th Apr 2023 | Australia, Review, Sydney, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics

Just over 10 years ago, then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard stood up in the House of Representatives...

“Sex Magick”: This Gender-Bending, Time-Traveling Play Invites You to Detangle Love and Sex

Posted by Aisha Malik | 20th Mar 2023 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Gender

Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl and follows her to India. Boy has a transformative...

More Than 2,000 People from Wittenoom Died of Asbestos-Related Diseases. A Powerful and Compelling Requiem Brings Their Story to the Stage

Posted by Kate Hunter | 17th Feb 2023 | Australia, Melbourne, Review, Theatre and Science

Deep in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia, the town of Wittenoom lies empty,...

New Australian Play “D*ck Pics in the Garden of Eden” is Bold, Funny – And Very, Very Lewd

Posted by Helen Trenos | 11th Jan 2023 | Australia, Design, Directing, Review, Theatre and Gender

Review: D*ck Pics in the Garden of Eden, written and directed by Jeffrey Jay Fowler, The Last...

“The Jungle And The Sea” Reminds Us War Is Profoundly Local, With The Intimate Negotiation Of Human Relationships

Posted by Niro Kandasamy | 9th Dec 2022 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Politics

Review: The Jungle and the Sea, directed by Eamon Flack and S. Shakthidharan, Belvoir. After the...

“RBG: Of Many, One” Is A Beautifully Crafted, Virtuosically Performed Play About Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Posted by Penelope Crossley | 7th Dec 2022 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Politics

Review: RBG: Of Many, One, directed by Priscilla Jackman, Sydney Theatre Company Writing a play...

We’ve Been Editing Shakespeare’s Plays for 400 Years— But Does a New Australian Production of “The Tempest” Idealize the Bard?

Posted by Gabrielle Edelstein | 25th Nov 2022 | Adaptation, Australia, Review, Sydney

Review: The Tempest, directed by Kip Williams, Sydney Theatre Company. The Tempest, first...

“When The World Turns” is a Profoundly Moving Theatrical Experience for Children with Complex Disabilities

Posted by Sarah Austin | 27th Oct 2022 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Disability, Theatre for Young Audiences

Review: When the World Turns, by Polyglot Theatre and Oily Cart When the World Turns is a...

With “My Self in That Moment” Chamber Made Gives Us a Dystopian View of Our Lost Soul in the Digital Age

Posted by Miriama Young | 20th Sep 2022 | Australia, Design, Musical Theatre, Review, Transmedia

Review: My Self in That Moment, directed by Tamara Saulwick for Chamber Made. In his visionary...

Belvoir’s “Tell Me I’m Here” Looks at the Impact of Mental Illness on the Whole Family. It is a Wrenching and Beautiful Work.

Posted by Michelle Arrow | 19th Sep 2022 | Adaptation, Australia, Review, Theatre and Disability

Review: Tell Me I’m Here, directed by Leticia Cáceres, Belvoir. Released in 1991, the memoir Tell...

A Production to Satisfy Sydney’s Darkest Imaginings: Sydney Theatre Company’s “Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”

Posted by Huw Griffiths | 13th Sep 2022 | Acting, Adaptation, Australia, Review

Review: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, directed by Kip Williams for Sydney Theatre Company...

In Finucane & Smith’s “Future. Joy. Club.” the Joy is Much More Than the Sum of Its Parts

Posted by Chris Thompson | 3rd Aug 2022 | Acting, Australia, Melbourne, Musical Theatre, Review

Review: Future. Joy. Club., Finucane & Smith The theatre of the occasion starts with a...

With “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” at The Sydney Theatre Company Gives Us a Brontë Adaptation for Our Moment

Posted by Vanessa Smith | 29th Jul 2022 | Adaptation, Australia, Review, Theatre and Gender

Review: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, directed by Jessica Arthur for the Sydney Theatre Company...

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Venus and Adonis: this “play within a plague” about Shakespeare is wildly romantic, erotic and colorful

“My Sister Jill:” Patricia Cornelius’ New Play is a Blistering Post-War Social and Cultural Commentary

A Journey of Discovery and Identity Formation: “The Dictionary of Lost Words” Makes Its Wonderful Stage Debut

Sydney Theatre Company’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”: Fresh, Funny and Completely Joyous

I Can’t Imagine Anybody Would Come Out Of “On The Beach” And Not Hold Their Loved Ones Just That Little Bit Closer

Rising Has Yet To Establish Its Voice – But This Year’s Festival Gave Us Significant And Thrilling Work By First Nations Artists

Sydney Theater Company’s “Julia” Powerfully Imagines the Life and Emotions of the Woman Behind the “Misogyny Speech”

“Sex Magick”: This Gender-Bending, Time-Traveling Play Invites You to Detangle Love and Sex

More Than 2,000 People from Wittenoom Died of Asbestos-Related Diseases. A Powerful and Compelling Requiem Brings Their Story to the Stage

New Australian Play “D*ck Pics in the Garden of Eden” is Bold, Funny – And Very, Very Lewd

“The Jungle And The Sea” Reminds Us War Is Profoundly Local, With The Intimate Negotiation Of Human Relationships

“RBG: Of Many, One” Is A Beautifully Crafted, Virtuosically Performed Play About Ruth Bader Ginsburg

We’ve Been Editing Shakespeare’s Plays for 400 Years— But Does a New Australian Production of “The Tempest” Idealize the Bard?

“When The World Turns” is a Profoundly Moving Theatrical Experience for Children with Complex Disabilities

Belvoir’s “Tell Me I’m Here” Looks at the Impact of Mental Illness on the Whole Family. It is a Wrenching and Beautiful Work.

A Production to Satisfy Sydney’s Darkest Imaginings: Sydney Theatre Company’s “Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”

In Finucane & Smith’s “Future. Joy. Club.” the Joy is Much More Than the Sum of Its Parts

With “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” at The Sydney Theatre Company Gives Us a Brontë Adaptation for Our Moment

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