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Suzie Miller. Photo: Michele Aboud.
Interviews

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…

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Features

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…

Victorian Opera's The Spare Room. Photo: Charlie Kinross.
Interviews

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.

Woodward Productions' Little Shop of Horrors (Brisbane 2026). Photo: Supplied.
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Little Shop of Horrors to tour Australia following sell-out Brisbane season

Woodward Productions is taking the cult musical on the road, with audiences hungry for more.

Eddie Perfect and Karis Oka star in The Tartuffe. Photo: Giulia McGauran.
Interviews

Eddie Perfect brings a new comedy to Malthouse as Dean Bryant unveils his first season

An appetite for new Australian stories meets a robot hairdresser, gothic horror, and karaoke in Malthouse Theatre’s 2027 season.

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Features

Stage manager is arguably the most stressful job in live performance – here’s why

Stage managers report high levels of anxiety, loneliness and burnout.

Koreaboo at Malthouse Theatre. Photo: Gianna Rizzo.
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Adoption dramedy Koreaboo is a bittersweet marvel

Now showing in Melbourne, this semi-autobiographical work, written by and starring Michelle Lim Davidson, draws on the difficult history of…

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Perth theatre production Lé Nør [the rain] is being adapted into a feature film

Lé Nør [the rain] will become a feature film with production company Light Sound Art Film.

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Industry News

What do Asian Australian artists want to see in place of OzAsia?

As the nation’s most prominent Asian arts festival takes its final bow, Asian Australian artists share their views on what…

Richard Carroll and Victoria Falconer are preparing to hand over the reins of Hayes Theatre Co. Photo: Harvey House Productions.
Interviews

Australia needs an Off-Broadway. The Hayes Theatre is the answer.

For Richard Carroll and Victoria Falconer, musical theatre isn't a commercial pursuit – it's a living, unruly art form.

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