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What is Aboriginal Gothic? Ask The Chosen Vessel playwright Dylan Van Den Berg
Palawa playwright Dylan Van Den Berg and Kalkadoon director Abbie-lee Lewis discuss the emerging theatrical genre, Aboriginal Gothic.

How the independent sector rallied after The Butterfly Club’s shock closure
Indie companies and venues discuss the implications of The Butterfly Club’s closure, and sound a warning for the future of…

We're All Gonna Die! – Maddie Nixon's climate show 'smashes Brisbane's buildings'
We’re All Gonna Die! embraces a monstrous metaphor, with the help of Dead Puppet Society and La Boite.

The rise of DIY audio dramas: is podcast fiction the new fringe theatre?
With podcasting on the rise, Australian theatre-makers are turning to audio drama as an accessible, creative and increasingly professional storytelling…

New song cycle commemorates 25th anniversary of the Childers Backpackers Hostel fire
‘The Palace’, a collaboration between the community of Childers, Queensland music ensemble Topology and writer/director Rod Ainsworth, has its world…

5 Australian plays that feel like Netflix's Adolescence
One of the most talked about shows of the year, Netflix's 'Adolescence' feels closer to theatre than TV, with themes…

La Boite Encores brings the 100-year-old company’s past to vivid life
Brisbane’s La Boite Theatre has announced the titles of 10 plays selected for its 10-week Encores play reading series.

RISING launches full festival program for June 2025
Melbourne’s winter festival RISING is “proudly challenging and uncompromisingly inclusive,” according to its co-Artistic Directors.

If all the world’s a stage, why can’t the stage be a Shakespearean table top?
Forced Entertainment’s Tim Etchells describes the inspiration for and the development of the company’s ‘Complete Works: Table Top Shakespeare’.

Panti Bliss on fighting fascism, changing culture and the art of drag
Rory O’Neill, aka Irish drag star Panti Bliss, discusses career longevity and how standing up to the far right inspired…