November 2025
Loss-making Ticketek gave its owners a $310m interest-free loan
The Brad Banducci-led ticketing, touring and data giant has posted steep losses in the past two years after giving a loan to its Singapore-based parent.
September 2025
This Back To The Future writer refuses to revisit his past
While 1985’s beloved popcorn hit has found a new life on stage, writer Bob Gale says it will never be rebooted on screen.
August 2025
Narcissist, conman: Tom Ripley is more relevant than ever
Playwright Joanna Murray-Smith got inside Patricia Highsmith’s head and had a global hit. Now she’s back with an adaptation of the author’s most famous novel.
Breaking: The Musical is a festival hit. Just don’t mention Raygun
The Australian breaker tried to shut down a show about her. Now, it’s attracting dancing crowds at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
July 2025
Why Succession’s Brian Cox would never play Donald Trump
“You look for characters who have some redeeming qualities,” says the actor who played Logan Roy. Presumably this includes economist Adam Smith, who he is portraying in a new stage play.
June 2025
A small pool of investors is banking on ‘Cats’ being a hit. Again
Veteran producer John Frost is reviving the original “mega-musical” with a regular group of backers who put in at least $50,000.
August 2024
Why this CEO abandoned his rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle
Anthem chief executive Vas Katos is behind many of the country’s biggest shows and events, but family now comes first.
March 2024
West Side Story makes a splash on Sydney Harbour
The new production proves Leonard Bernstein’s doubts over his legendary musical were misplaced.
From TISM to Ben Elton, seven shows you must see in March
Your downtime won’t be a letdown with our guide to some of the best shows happening around the nation this month.
January 2024
The Taylor Swift effect brings $140m windfall to Sydney and Melbourne
It’s the music event that has attracted the attention of the US Federal Reserve. Now Swift’s sold-out Eras Tour is poised to trump Australia’s summer of cricket.
March 2021
On the red carpet at Hamilton’s Sydney premiere
The great and the good turn out to see the musical that has taken the world by storm but which has been shuttered by the pandemic for the past 13 months.
July 2020
Inside the Australian Ballet atelier, where haute couture meets dance
While many ballet companies outsource their costuming, here it's kept in-house, with Musette Molyneaux holding court as head of the workshop.
March 2020
Covering the rent: how performers are coping with crisis
Australian artists are being forced to take an inventive approach to earning money in this new self-isolating world.
January 2020
The stage show that's a lament for the planet and a spark of hope
A new production opening in Australia showcases a breathtaking choral tradition rarely recorded or seen outside the villages of east Indonesia.
May 2019
Broadway is booming
For an industry that was thought to be dying in the 1970s, Broadway is attracting big audiences.