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Erik Thomson as Scrooge. He is wearing a pink coat and is standing in a door frame. The ensemble are in black behind him.
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Musical review: A Christmas Carol, Comedy Theatre

Back again for its third iteration, this version comes with a new Scrooge and is as engaging as the previous…

A production of 'Edging.' Sammaneh Pourshafighi in acqua blue tracksuit is in forefront. Eden Falk is in the background. There is an image of the contents of someone's luggage on the screen behind them and part of an airport security equipment with a piece of luggage on it.
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Performance review: Edging, Arts House

A show highlighting the perverse reality of Australia’s border security processes.

An Aboriginal man in a silver costume has a moon like headdress and carries a lit sphere on a pole. Emu in the Sun, Blak in the Room.
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Theatre review: Blak in the Room, Southbank Theatre

Three short plays offer 'the gift of hearing our stories' from First Nations playwrights and creatives.

A wedding scene, with rows of chairs and heavy linenware.
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Performance review: Zaffé, Arts House

A joyous wedding party in the face of real life.

Four performers are barely visible as they overlaid by a scramble of letters.
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Theatre review: The Comprehensive A-Z of Missing Persons Australia, The Liberty Theatre

A multimedia exploration into the plight of the missing.

An Aboriginal woman in a printed blouse is laughing.
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Theatre review: Watersong, Clubhouse Theatre, Townsville

A stunning production by Townsville-based First Nations actors and playwright mines generational family drama.

Two figures, Ahunim Abebe, Mark Saturno are crouched on the left hand bottom corner of the stage. In the background are 3 silhouette figures with pale light behind them.
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Theatre review: Jack Maggs, Adelaide Festival Centre

Based on the novel by Peter Carey, this production is a fine new work in the Australian theatrical canon.

A bar scene in the production of 'Sweat'.
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Theatre review: Sweat, Wharf 1 Theatre

A play about hardscrabble small-town Americans by a Pulitzer-winning playwright is grimly prescient.

A woman in black, with sunglasses, Pamela Rabe, is standing in a doorframe of a production of 'August. Osage County.'
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Theatre review: August: Osage County, Belvoir Street Theatre

Belvoir Street tackles one of the century’s great American plays in its final offering for 2024.

The 11 member cast of 'Peter and the Starcatcher' all in bright colourful costumes.
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Performance review: Peter and the Starcatcher, Arts Centre Melbourne

The prequel to 'Peter Pan' is fun for all the family.

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