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David Williamson

David Williamson skewered greedy Sydney - and bought the Harbour view anyway

Williamson fled what he thought were the worst aspects of Melbourne for the greener grass and emerald harbour of Sydney - but two decades proved enough.

  • John Shand

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Jessie Bracewell with Ozzy Osbourne when she was his children’s nanny.

‘Genuine love’: The Osbournes’ Aussie nanny on life with the famous family

When Jessie Breakwell was backpacking in London she applied to a nanny agency – and ended up working for Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
Novelist Max Porter.

The ‘unpublishable’ book that conquered the world

Max Porter’s bestselling novel Grief is the Thing with Feathers will now take flight on a Sydney stage.

  • Nicole Elphick
The lavish Sydney Harbour production of The Phantom of the Opera will return next year.

Phantom of the Opera returns to Sydney Harbour amid Opera Australia woes

After a disastrous year financially, Opera Australia is returning to a critical and box-office triumph for next year’s Opera on the Harbour season.

  • Chris Hook
Sheridan Adams scored the role of a lifetime: Elphaba Thropp in Wicked. But after opening night in Perth, Western Australia, she disappeared. Now, she’s back on stage in South Korea, and telling her side of the story.

Sheridan Adams scored the gig of a lifetime. Then, she vanished

A role of such magnitude is not something one simply walks away from. Unless you have no choice.

  • Bronte Gossling
The US-born Irish dancing superstar burst on to the scene in the 1990s to make the traditional artform into a high-adrenaline spectacle.
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Michael Flatley in full flight at the height of his fame

The US-born Irish dancing superstar burst on to the scene in the 1990s to make the traditional artform into a high-adrenaline spectacle.

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She fell in love with Dolly Parton at 5. Now she’s the next best thing

Tricia Paoluccio’s uncanny imitation of her idol has been wowing audiences across the world.

  • John Bailey
Judy Davis and Elizabeth Alexander

This gift of a role is explosive, provocative and laugh-out-loud funny

Our reviewers give their verdicts on all the latest shows around town.

  • John Shand, Rod Yates, Peter McCallum and Harriet Cunningham
The actors leading STC’s box office fortunes: L-R Justine Clarke, Heather Mitchell and Sarah Snook.

Sydney Theatre Company still in the red despite record touring box office

The STC hit paydirt with shows starring Heather Mitchell, Justine Clarke and Sarah Snook, but still recorded a loss. It was a different story for the Melbourne Theatre Company.

  • Linda Morris
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The dawning of an elephantine era

It’s just lucky our readers are thick-skinned.

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