Culture
Theatre
Who are we? Where did we come from? Settle in for a night like no other
Archeologist and broadcaster Alice Roberts admits that explaining life on Earth in one evening is “a bit ambitious”.
- by Kylie Northover
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The unexpected pleasure of making impossible stage directions work
Set designer Bob Cousins says problem-solving is a big part of his work.
- by John Shand
Technology brings a music icon back to life. The heart does the rest
I wept during this extraordinary immersive encounter with Ryuichi Sakamoto.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Five episodes of Round the Twist they would never get away with today
A musical version of a kids’ TV classic has opened in Brisbane, but there are some scenes that could never have made it to the stage.
- by Nick Dent
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Performing arts
Heart rises from subversive underground in new production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch
With the original writer’s blessing this version of the cult favourite – which has an all-queer creative team – has been tweaked for the modern age.
- by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
‘The next Fleabag’: How Something Terrible became just the opposite
Australian-born playwright Marcelo Dos Santos knew he was on a winner when the woman behind Fleabag and Baby Reindeer got on board.
- by Richard Jinman
The love triangle that inspired some of our best-known artworks
Nikki Shiels stars in a new play that unpacks the significance of the infamous Heide Circle.
- by Cassie Tongue
Murder, magic and a riot of colour: Sydney Festival 2025 unveiled
A flagship event will see the story of an infamous 1954 murder staged in the Sydney courthouse in which it was heard.
- by Nick Galvin
An Australian literary classic gets a mixtape makeover
My Brilliant Career the musical finds a bit of Billie Eilish in Miles Franklin’s heroine.
- by Michael Dwyer
‘A win-win’: Iconic Sydney theatre makes a comeback
A host of big names got their start at the Footbridge Theatre. Now it has reopened its doors to the next generation of performers.
- by Nick Galvin
Christie Whelan Browne on smashing her own personal beauty myth
In her upcoming cabaret show Life in Plastic, the musical theatre triple threat reveals intimate details of her life.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
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