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Belvoir St Theatre's A Room With a View. Photo: Brett Boardman.
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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,…

The West End company of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Photo: Marc Brenner.
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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, Brisbane.

Suzie Miller. Photo: Michele Aboud.
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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…

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

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…

Troy Rogers in Drug Baby. Photo: Frankie the Creative.
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From drug baby to the stage: Troy Rogers' triumphant return to Frankston Arts Centre

Acting classes at Frankston Arts Centre were a bright light in Troy Rogers' troubled childhood. Now he returns, this time…

Strike action by Arts Centre Melbourne workers has paid off. Photo: Supplied / MEAA.
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Arts Centre Melbourne workers secure 13% pay rise after historic strike action

Workers secured a major pay and conditions settlement – could it set a new benchmark for arts wages?

Lord of the Flies at Theatre Works, Melbourne. Photo: Matthew Chen.
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All sound and fury, this Lord of the Flies stage play signals far too little

Currently showing in Melbourne, Director Steven Mitchell Wright’s cacophonous production of Lord of the Flies loses sight of the novel's…

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