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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…
ArtsHub’s 2025 season guide to the performing arts
Our rolling guide to the 2025 season announcements you may have missed.
Canberra Youth Theatre takes drastic steps to ensure its survival
The long-running company will not stage any productions in 2025 and is also cutting back and consolidating its training programs…
What we can learn from the best Australian plays of the 21st century
ArtsHub's popular poll for the best Australian plays of the 21st century so far holds important lessons for the next…
