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Alison Bell and Fayssal Bazzi in Much Ado About Nothing. Photo: Gregory Lorenzutti / MTC.
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Much Ado About Nothing review: belly laughs and barbs from the Bard

Shakespeare’s mid-career comedy is given a gleeful airing in the MTC’s first new staging of the work in 30 years.

Jessica Stanley and Rajendra Moodley in Titus Andronicus at Theatre Works. Photo: Steven Mitchell Wright.
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Titus Andronicus review: a deep cut of the Bard's bloodiest revenge play

Taking on the Titus Andronicus is no easy feat, though this impressively scaled Theatre Works production takes a good stab…

A scene from WAAPA's new Australian musical by Eddie Perfect, 'Tivoli Lovely'. An elderly, grey-haired woman in a grey cardigan sits on a sofa in a nursing home as her showgirl memories of life on the Tivoli Circuit come to colourful life behind her.
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Tivoli Lovely review: Eddie Perfect’s new WAAPA musical is outstanding

Developed through WAAPA’s Premier Visiting Artist Fund, Perfect's 'Tivoli Lovely' pays tribute to Australia’s theatrical past.

Victoria's Minister for Creative Industries the Hon. Colin Brooks MP speaks at the launch of La Mama Theatre's 2026 program on 27 October.
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La Mama 2026 and beyond: reflect, reconnect, relaunch

La Mama reopens after a year of reflection and reconnection, doubling down on ‘complete artistic freedom’ and committing to staging…

fringe festival audiences: a brightly lit outdoor scene crowded with people queuing to enter a performing arts show in a circus tent.
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Which Australian Fringe festival is achieving the greatest growth?

All four of our major fringe festivals continue to draw strong crowds, but one looks likely to be on the…

The 2025 cast of the Australian production of 'Hair'. A large, illuminated zodiac star-wheel dominates a blue-lit stage; the golden symbols of the zodiac shine brightly. Members of the cast are gathered beneath the zodiac wheel, some crouching, others with arms raised or outstretched as if gripped by religious fervour.
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Hair review: musical’s emotional heart lost in underwhelming production

The tribal love-rock musical opens in Melbourne with an underwhelming production that's more parody than passionate remount.

Genevieve Morris as Cory Taylor in the 2025 MTC production, 'Dying: A Memoir'. An older woman with short, greying hair poses dramatically on stage, as if shocked and automatically defending herself, perhaps by a sudden thunderclap.
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Dying: A Memoir review: a generous gift

Benjamin Law’s adaptation of his friend Cory Taylor’s dying wish flies high

Whitefella Yella Tree. Photo: STC / Prudence Upton.
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Whitefella Yella Tree review: first contact and first love collide

The award-winning Whitefella Yella Tree returns to tell a heart wrenching and vital coming-of-age story.

Malacañang Made Us. Image: Queensland Theatre Company.
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Malacañang Made Us review: cancel culture meets martial law

Malacañang Made Us, presented by Queensland Theatre Company, shows how one act of resistance can ripple across generations.

Genevieve Hegney and Catherine Moore in Fly Girl. Photo: Prudence Upton.
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Fly Girl review: girl power reaches soaring new heights

The little-known story of Deborah Lawrie, Australia’s first female commercial airline pilot, is presented with equal parts comedy and drama…

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