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We're All Gonna Die! – Maddie Nixon's climate show 'smashes Brisbane's buildings'

We’re All Gonna Die! embraces a monstrous metaphor, with the help of Dead Puppet Society and La Boite.

A man in a black suit surrounded by five other people in different costumes.
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Sydney Fringe Festival: bigger and bolder than ever in 2025

This year's Sydney Fringe Festival is embracing more local and international talent than ever and a decentralised model of place.

A young boy is crouching to the side. Behind him is a ladder in a production of Yong.
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Yong review: new play takes us from China to the goldfields of Australia

Jenevieve Chang's Yong mixes fact and fiction to explore a boy's journey to the Ballarat Goldrush of 1857.

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Kimberly Akimbo review: a Broadway musical hit now making its Australian premiere

The Australian premiere of a Tony Award-winning musical, first staged in Adelaide and now in Melbourne.

A classroom scene in Trophy Boys, with three students. One is standing on a table.
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Trophy Boys review: boys will be boys on tour

Runaway hit play Trophy Boys returns to excoriate a world of privilege and male collusion.

Three women dressed in beige colours in the production of Othello.
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Othello review: a modern, accessible approach to a great Shakespearean tragedy

The new production of Othello at Sydney’s Flight Path Theatre is fresh, original and expertly staged.

A woman in black is standing in mist. Around her a small lights that look like stars in the production of The Audition.
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The Audition review: a new musical gets a promising start in Tasmania

There were only four performances of The Audition in Hobart, but this musical was a hit.

A side view of a man in a suit and tie in a production of The Gospel According to Paul.
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Gospel According to Paul review: Biggins does Keating at State Theatre Centre of WA

Jonathan Biggins’ The Gospel According to Paul is a masterclass in biographical theatre.

A group of men in white shirts and black ties stand in formation. The right arms are raised with a bible.
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Book of Mormon review: the Broadway hit returns to Sydney

The Book of Mormon is as offensive as ever but the music's still good and the production is sharp.

Two men in Shakespearean costume. One has his sword up against the other's throat. Henry 6.
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Henry 6 – Part 3 review: a pared back Sydney Shakespeare Company production

See one or all three of Sydney Shakepeare Company's Henry 6 trilogy.

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