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Shoehorning this show onto the tiny Hayes stage is a triumph of ingenuity.

This dazzling Mel Brooks revival is near perfect

Our critics take in the latest performances around town.

  • John Shand, Peter McCallum and Kate Prendergast

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Director Damien Ryan with actor Liam Gamble at their Surry Hills rehearsal space.

First-timer has a fresh take on Shakespeare’s ‘badass’ king

Liam Gamble brings a unique take on Richard III as part of Sport for Jove’s cycle of history plays.

  • John Shand
Australian theatre director Marion Potts and JK Kazzi. Marion is directing Henry 5 by William Shakespeare by Bell Shakespeare theatre company. On at the Sydney Opera House next month. Photographed at Bell Shakespeare, Walsh Bay. Monday 17th February 2025. Photo: James Brickwood. SMH ARTS 250217

After 400 years we still have much to learn from this play

The themes of Shakespeare’s Henry V area as relevant as ever in the uncertain modern world.

  • Matthew Westwood
Is this a dagger I see before me? Mel Ree in the title role of La Boite’s Macbeth.

‘I get to play a king’: Women of colour take on war and masculinity in Macbeth

The three witches seize the spotlight in La Boite’s reimagining of Shakespeare’s bloody “Scottish play”. 

  • Nick Dent
Glenn Elston at Bistrot D’Orsay.

Possums, crocodiles and the curse of Macbeth: The perils of outdoor theatre

As they say in show business, the show must go on – but when a company performs outside, that is sometimes easier said than done.

  • Cassidy Knowlton
Ewan Leslie (left) Brendan Cowell (centre) and Toby Schmitz (right) at Carriageworks where they will perform their show ‘Hamlet Camp’ they are currently writing. Eveleigh, NSW. December 4, 2024. Photo: Kate Geraghty

Obsessed: Three stars who are all haunted by theatre’s greatest role

Letting go of Hamlet is far from easy for Brendan Cowell, Ewen Leslie and Toby Schmitz.

  • John Shand
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HOTA Gallery in Surfers Paradise is getting Writers Revealed, a show of historical portraits of UK authors as well as manuscripts and ephemera.

Letters from Tolkien, Jane Austen’s writing desk: Gold Coast to get show of UK literary treasures

The world-first exhibition brings together artefacts from the British Library and portraits from the National Portrait Gallery in London.

  • Nick Dent
Artificial intelligence can help uni students write essays. But is that such a bad thing?

To AI or not to AI? How chatbots can help revive the university essay

Artificial intelligence could help in writing essays, but only if we take the time to reconsider their history and real purpose.

  • Huw Griffiths
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The lexicographer’s last stand

It’s true. You can look it up.

Camilla and Marc vest, shirt and shorts. Tony Bianco shoes. Stylist’s own socks.

Her parents are two of our most famous actors, but Charlotte’s career wasn’t a given

“I was such a shy child and acting was the last thing I thought I would do,” says the 27-year-old daughter of Judy Davis and Colin Friels.

  • Jane Rocca

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