As journalism student Liam Damons prepares to make his professional theatre debut in MJ: The Musical, it’s apparent the production created ‘with the estate of Michael Jackson’ focuses on the glitz and glam component of the artist’s story.
The festival’s board has that Matthew Lutton, the long-time artistic director and co-CEO of Melbourne’s Malthouse Theatre, will oversee the Adelaide event from 2026 until 2028.
Simon Stone’s work has been absent from Australian stages for years. Innocence is a reminder of his gift for exploring the thornier reaches of human experience.
With its carnival vibe, Australia’s largest arts festival transforms the South Australian capital.
John Neumeier’s powerhouse ballet paints a portrait of Nijinsky that is deeply compassionate while not retreating from the man’s torments.
What happens when you put virtuoso dancers and choreographers in a dance lab with a Bluey engineer, feminist horror filmmaker and contemporary visual artists?
The nation’s oldest arts festival returns with a program that pushes the boundaries even as it honours Perth’s history.
The show boasts a suite of charismatic stars but Rokobaro is something else, scorching with off-the-charts sex appeal, wild physical abandon and powerhouse singing.
Marty McFly and Doc Brown return for an all new Back to the Future musical in Sydney.
In its entirety the ancient Sanskrit poem is longer than the Iliad and the Odyssey put together so poses quite a challenge for anyone wanting to adapt it. Did they pull it off?
Perth Festival’s new artistic director Anna Reece is ready to challenge expectations of what such an event is meant to be.
Actress Tracy Mann opens up about chemo, a double mastectomy, remarrying later in life and the one TV role that made her squirm.
Opera Australia CEO Fiona Allan is to leave the company – the latest in a string of high-profile departures that have rocked the national opera company and broader arts scene.
As the long-time host of Bake Off, and the creator of a hit social media meme, comedian Mel Buttle has built a career out of finding funny in the everyday – including her descent into middle age.
Brisbane Festival artistic director Louise Bezzina has been nominated for The Australian’s Australian of the Year for her two decades committed to Queensland’s live performance industry.
The producer behind Hamilton, Titanique and The Picture of Dorian Gray has emerged even more ambitious from a landmark year of Australian theatre.
Singing while being sawn in half? What’s not to love about that?
Sydney Festival marquee show Dark Noon inverts the usual westerns script, as a black South African cast depict three centuries of US history in 100 frenetic minutes: ‘This is what it looks like when you write someone else’s history. Can you see how ridiculous it is?’
Rating the best stage performances of the year is impossible, but here are a selection worthy of special attention.
We’re fourth in the world for creative thinking, but a cultural strategy could take us to the top.
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