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TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson joins farmers at a rally in London against the government’s changes to inheritance tax.

Gearhead, farmer, tax protester: Jeremy Clarkson takes to London streets

Farming’s least likely champion opposes a new tax the Labour government says will help restore public services.

  • Rob Harris

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Trainer Gai Waterhouse moves to Melbourne for Spring Carnival.

Gai Waterhouse wants to give Andrew Lloyd Webber another hit

This year’s spring race carnival has brought together the musical theatre impresario and famed horse trainer.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Jane Hume, third from left, and other female Coalition MPs and senators arrive at the Midwinter ball.

Jane Hume is reunited with her Lycra buddy

Canberra is a small town, as the Coalition senator found when she relived a viral moment at the Midwinter Ball.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Brightman as Norma Desmond in <i>Sunset Boulevard</i>.

‘I felt I could understand this role’: Sarah Brightman on playing Norma Desmond

The world’s best-selling soprano makes her return to the stage for the first time in 34 years in Sunset Boulevard.

  • Lenny Ann Low
<i>Again, With Feelings</i> by Catherine Bohart is on at The Westin until April 21.

Did you hear the one about the girl on the bus with a dead squirrel? Sydney Comedy Fest kick off

Our critics give you their verdict on the best shows around town from the Sydney Comedy Festival, singer James Taylor and the latest Hayes Theatre production directed by Blazey Best.

  • Cassie Tongue, James Jennings and Daniel Herborn
Sarah Brightman will star in Sunset Boulevard, premiering in Mebourne, May 2024.

Soprano who inspired Christine in the Phantom returns to the stage

After more than 30 years away from musical theatre, Sarah Brightman makes her return in a new production of Sunset Boulevard.

  • Elizabeth Flux
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Euan Fistrovic Doidge as Joseph in the Melbourne production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.

The man who put a new spin on Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

The director’s breakthrough came while seeing his children in a school production of the show – and he decided to bring that energy to the professional stage.

  • Catherine Lambert
Sydney Catholic Schools’ performance of School of Rock

Same-sex couple prompts backlash to Catholic schools’ musical

Sydney Catholic Schools billed its production of School of Rock as taking school musicals to a whole new level. Instead, it has had a flood of complaints.

  • Jordan Baker
Phantom of the Opera will be performed at the Sydney Opera House for the first time.

The ‘musical of all musicals’ finally premieres at the Sydney Opera House

On Friday, the Phantom will skulk beneath the stage lights of the Opera House for the first time.

  • Angus Dalton
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At least one-third of Opera Australia employees believe it has bullying problem

An internal survey of staff at Opera Australia found a third of employees believe bullying and harassment is an issue at the company.

  • Andrew Taylor and Nathanael Cooper

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