Dorian Gray a portrait of success
More than 100,000 people last year saw STC’s The Picture of Dorian Gray with the show soon to open in London featuring Sarah Snook.
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Restrained, artificial – End of the world wasn’t meant to be like this
Under Kip Williams’s direction, the characters in On The Beach seldom reach out of this near-empty vastness to touch the heart.
The rise of the male ballet dancer
Not so long ago, after school choices for boys were mostly limited to cricket or football. But negative perceptions surrounding young boys dancing may be beginning to fade.
Ballroom blitz with a twist to burn the floor
The 25th anniversary tour of ballroom spectacular Burn the Floor will include First Nations artists for the first time.
‘Voice vote? That’s messed up’
Back in Australia for a new play, actor Ruby Rose discusses the Indigenous voice to parliament, her tattoos and ditching the ‘foot-soldier mentality’.
Vocal acrobatics light up dark comic fantasy
A poet’s heart is torn between love and art in The Tales of Hoffmann, staged in Sydney with an exciting mix of comedy, tragedy and superb performances.
‘The thought of going back there made me burst into tears’
Actor and comedian Kitty Flanagan reveals the time she lied (and cried) to an employer to get out of a job offer.
Building puts ACT on cultural map
The upgrade and expansion of Canberra’s cultural hub offers huge potential.
No crying Woolf on cancelled play
Spain’s nationalist Vox party has called time on Virginia Woolf’s gender-switching classic Orlando, prompting accusations of homophobia and transphobia.
Barrie Kosky: Australia still doesn’t get it when it comes to the arts
The expat theatre and opera director keeps pushing the boundaries at 56.
‘Sins? Oh, I have plenty’: Dark Mofo’s leader … exposed
For the final act of Leigh Carmichael’s Dark Mofo festival swan song, he strips down with Review’s Tim Douglas for the nude solstice swim to discuss art, controversy and a singular legacy.
Nudity and shock value: Dark Mofo’s decade of darkness
‘Wild’ was an undersell for the headline show at the Hobart festival – an absorbing and surprisingly joyful work featuring an all-female, all-nude cast of performers. | REVIEW
Tale of two Sybyllas a novel idea
A dance adaptation of a beloved Miles Franklin novel falls short of brilliant, while Frances Rings delivers a thrilling new work for Bangarra.
‘I was repeating a pattern … I’ve cut toxic people from my life’
Scottish acting legend Alan Cumming on changes in his personal life, confronting strangers, giving up smoking and getting older.
From Mystery Road to the Queen of Soul
Television star Jada Alberts on living life out of their comfort zone – accompanied by five singers and an eight-piece band.
Sydney Theatre Company goes to London with smash hit
Kip Williams is a born theatre animal with big ideas and a taste for Gothic horror. Now the artistic director of STC is taking those grand ideas global.
Prize shock and awe put dancers’ souls on fire
‘The grind and the work that I have put in every single day for the last 15 years of my life is really being seen,’ says 21-year-old dancer.
Hits keep coming in soul-raising Tina tribute
Ruva Ngwenya as Tina Turner gives a scorching, passionate performance that would thrill the queen of rock herself.
‘We need to see the humanity in each other’
Australian drag performer Shane Jenek, aka Courtney Act, on LGBTIQA+ representation, finding a settled life back in Sydney, and being a ‘soy boy’.
Confessional: Melanie Bracewell
The co-host of The Cheap Seats on Channel 10 botched the paper run back home and can’t live without antihistamines.
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