Penn & Teller back for magic milestone
To mark their 50th anniversary as a performance team, the famed American magicians will return in the new year for a run of shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
Stage
‘We’re here to be understood, not necessarily liked’
Lin Manuel-Miranda’s hit musical Hamilton has been praised for its ‘colour-blind casting’. The cast of the upcoming Sydney production say it is a pathway to powerful roles.
Mentor Bella ready to square the ledger
For actress Bella Heathcote, winning the Heath Ledger Scholarship was ‘a godsend,’ now she’s ready to return the favour.
No set? No worries. Venice coup for Back to Back theatre
Geelong’s Back to Back theatre has received the Venice Biennale Golden Lion for lifetime achievement, making it the third Australian participant in the ‘art Olympics’ this year to take out a top honour.
Actually speaking your mind? Now there’s an idea
In a climate where cancellation is paramount and protesters have become primary ticket purchasers, Festival of Dangerous Ideas director Danielle Harvey says ‘one of the hardest things to do is to be curious these days’.
Australian Ballet chief stands down
The Australian Ballet’s executive director Lissa Twomey will leave the national company after just 18 months in the role.
Bangarra reaches across ditch, and for stars, on new work Horizon
Bangarra’s dancers are a formidable group, and they shine here, even against the backdrop of some questionable creative decisions.
Australian Ballet chasing Billy Elliots of the bush
Blundstones are soon to be traded in for silk slippers as a new initiative spearheaded by the Australian Ballet aims to spread the love for the classical art in bush towns across the country.
Theatregoers rip up their subscriptions
Patrons have cancelled subscriptions and demanded answers from Sydney’s Belvoir St Theatre after cast and crew published a ‘grossly one-sided’ pro-Palestine statement.
That which we call love is just as sweet
Love is love. If you want three words to sum up Romeo and Juliet Suite, they’re the ones.
Sunset dimmed in new production
This particular musical needs a director with a keen eye for character, balance and dramatic nuance. But this production overwhelms us with melody and underplays the meaning of the lyrics.
Threats, abuse, as Conway targeted by pro-Palestine protest
Footage has emerged from a Hobart theatre as pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted a performance by the Jewish singer songwriter Deborah Conway | WATCH
Tosca takes over centre court
Opera Australia’s spectacular season-opening production of Puccini’s classic is being staged on a famous tennis arena.
Rowling trans rift with Potter actors turns into a stage drama
Its plot is so explosive the biggest Edinburgh Fringe promoters turned it down, but a show dramatising the rift between JK Rowling and the stars of the Harry Potter film series is to go ahead.
Theatre for snowflakes: the creep of trigger warnings
Trigger warnings are being slapped on everything from dead moths to shirtless men, amid fears audience members could take offence. Eminent theatre figures have had enough.
Australian Ballet slams body-shaming critic
Artististic director David Hallberg has called for body image comments to be eradicated after a media review criticised dancers for appearing ‘unusually thin’.
Broadway musical depicting anti-Semitism opens in Sydney
A musical ‘cautionary tale’ of the impacts of prejudice and racism, the multiple-Tony winning Parade, has opened for a limited run in Sydney near a pro-Palestine encampment.
‘I’d walk down the street and people would say, Jacinda!’
Comedian Melanie Bracewell on her new stand-up show, her famous cricketing family – and going viral with her Jacinda Ardern impressions.
‘This is about money. I want enough so I don’t need to fly commercial’
John Cleese explains why he is reviving Fawlty Towers, how he still disagrees with Eric Idle and how woke has a good and a bad side.
Jerry Seinfeld thinks ‘the extreme left’ is killing comedy
The comedian has blamed the dearth of television comedy on political correctness and ‘people worrying so much about offending other people’.
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