Performing Arts
Can regional performers build careers without moving to the big city?
Scary Strangers Comedy Festival is a first for the Blue Mountains. But its founders are already thinking about the bigger…
A global contemporary dance festival is about to land in Australia, and it's a big deal
Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels makes its Southern Hemisphere debut in January. Here's what you need to know.
A Room With a View makes a mischievous splash at Belvoir
Grace Chapple’s adaptation of EM Forster’s 1908 novel plays up the comedy – and the nudity – in an entertaining,…
West End hit The Curious Case of Benjamin Button to premiere in Australia
The award-winning musical will debut at the Sydney Opera House in 2027, before touring Melbourne and Brisbane.
Hadestown proves live theatre can sell out the cinema – meet the Australian director behind the lens
As Hadestown heads to Australian cinemas, director Brett Sullivan reveals how he captured the magic of the Broadway cast.
Sydney Fringe Reviewer Lab: more of the best fringe acts of 2026
The emerging writers in the Sydney Fringe Reviewer Lab round up more festival highlights.
Adelaide can’t live on festivals alone – and that’s why State Theatre Company SA is stepping up
Artistic Director Petra Kalive is making Adelaide's leading theatre company weirder, fresher and more Australian.
Suzie Miller on writing for the page and stage: ‘All I ever want to do is start conversations’
Suzie Miller is appearing around the country, talking about her phenomenal career as a playwright and her latest novel Inter…
Have theatre audiences forgotten how to behave? Modern theatre etiquette explained
Amid a wave of complaints from stage actors about plummeting theatre audience behaviour, ushers and experts share their ground rules…
Developing an operatic take on Helen Garner’s The Spare Room
Composer Jane Hammond and librettist Therèsa Borg discuss what 40 years of friendship brought to the project.