Australia

Review: Summer of the Seventeenth Doll at Heath Ledger Theatre
Hope, love, mortality, delusion, class identity and gender equity are all explored within the single setting of a 1950s inner…

Lessons from Frankie on the future of craft and making
Frankie editor-in-chief Jo Walker talks trends in craft and what the future of making looks like in Australia.

Auditions now open for the Journey Program at Actors Centre Australia
Learn from leaders in the industry at Actors Centre Australia, where the Advanced Diploma of Performing Arts is now open…

Review: Shirley Valentine at Ensemble Theatre
Willy Russell’s play, Shirley Valentine, was written just over 30 years ago. Now, in this marvelous production the play feels…

Broadway in a year of reckoning
What is the responsibility of theatre-makers towards live shows that either were created or are set in the past –…

Creative sector representatives join panel to revitalise Sydney's nightlife
Improving Sydney's nightlife after the NSW Government's lockout laws is on the agenda, with a new panel formed to help…

Vale T. E. Lewis
The Aboriginal actor, who starred in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith and The Shadow King, has died in Katherine aged…

Yvette Coppersmith's self-portrait wins the 2018 Archibald Prize
Of the 57 finalists, 41 are of sitters from the art world, either self-portraits, portraits of other artists, or portraits…

Review: Bliss at Malthouse Theatre
Adapted for the stage by Tom Wright and directed by Matthew Lutton Bliss is a show which makes you question…

Review: The Sugar House at Belvoir St Theatre
Alana Valentine's tale of Sydney's class struggle on stage at Belvoir St Theatre.