Oscar Wilde
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Performing arts
Sarah Snook’s Dorian Gray was a West End triumph. Now it’s heading to Broadway
Having wowed audiences in London, the Succession star is set to take on New York in the brilliantly reimagined Oscar Wilde tale.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
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Spring has sprung early, here’s how to make the most of it in Melbourne
Your culture guide for cost-conscious connoisseurs, with a few big-ticket items should you have the chance to splash out.
- by Cameron Woodhead
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Entertainment
IRL review: Looking for love at a fan convention, dressed as a Disney Princess
La Boite’s cosplay romcom holds up a mirror to teen identity in the late digital age.
- by Nick Dent
‘I have only my genius to declare’: The wit and wisdom of Oscar Wilde
As The Importance of Being Earnest opens at Sydney Theatre Company, we look back at the writer’s genius, with help from actor Helen Thomson.
- by John Shand
Stephen Fry reveals the relationship advice that helped him ‘relax’
The actor, writer and TV host waxes philosophically on his years of celibacy, the need for laughter - and ideas making his brain hum.
- by Interview by David Marchese
Actors campaign to save jail where Oscar Wilde wrote famous ballad
Dame Judi Dench, Sir Kenneth Branagh and Stephen Fry throw their weight behind the battle to block sale of Reading Gaol to developers.
- by Gordon Rayner
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Emerald City
Dusty and disappointed: What went down at the ARIAs after-parties
A ceremony without a red carpet or an audience wasn’t the only thing coronavirus messed up for this year’s ARIA awards.
- by Nathanael Cooper
From the Archives, 1895: Oscar Wilde arrested in London
The glittering life of playwright Oscar Wilde came undone when his attempt to prosecute the Marquess of Queensberry for libel resulted in his own arrest for "gross indecency".
- by London correspondents
It's been a big week in art ... with Jim Pavlidis
Were he alive today, Oscar Wilde would relish skewering the confected outrage and rubbery high-mindedness that followed Alex Rance's 'staged' dive.
- by Jim Pavlidis
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