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One Night Only by Jackson Castiglione and Rawcus. Darebin Arts Speakeasy. Protagonist: Charlie Mayne and Josh Lynzaat. Image: Darren Gill.
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One Night Only review: form-melting theatre that scoops us up

One Night Only, a new collaboration from Rawcus, presented by Darebin Arts Speakeasy, soars and swoops through time and place.

A scene from WAAPA's new Australian musical by Eddie Perfect, 'Tivoli Lovely'. An elderly, grey-haired woman in a grey cardigan sits on a sofa in a nursing home as her showgirl memories of life on the Tivoli Circuit come to colourful life behind her.
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Tivoli Lovely review: Eddie Perfect’s new WAAPA musical is outstanding

Developed through WAAPA’s Premier Visiting Artist Fund, Perfect's 'Tivoli Lovely' pays tribute to Australia’s theatrical past.

Victoria's Minister for Creative Industries the Hon. Colin Brooks MP speaks at the launch of La Mama Theatre's 2026 program on 27 October.
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La Mama 2026 and beyond: reflect, reconnect, relaunch

La Mama reopens after a year of reflection and reconnection, doubling down on ‘complete artistic freedom’ and committing to staging…

Genevieve Morris as Cory Taylor in the 2025 MTC production, 'Dying: A Memoir'. An older woman with short, greying hair poses dramatically on stage, as if shocked and automatically defending herself, perhaps by a sudden thunderclap.
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Dying: A Memoir review: a generous gift

Benjamin Law’s adaptation of his friend Cory Taylor’s dying wish flies high

Company members of 'Gatz' by the American Repertory Theatre; the production can be seen at Adelaide Festival 2026. The photo shows six performers seated and standing around an office table as playing cards rain down around them.
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Adelaide Festival 2026: Matthew Lutton reveals his inaugural program

Lutton discusses the creative shift required in programming a festival instead of a theatre company, and why he has not…

Karlis Zaid in The Lucky Country. Photo: Jodie Hutchinson.
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The Lucky Country review: 'absolutely, vitally funny'

A genre-hopping musical comedy, The Lucky Country tackles the question of national identity with real heart and humour.

A scene from Canberra Youth Theatre's 2024 production of 'Work, But This Time Like You Mean It'. Two young men sit on a steeply raked stage, comforting one another; both wear black trousers, black shoes and red and white striped collared shirts. Behind them, three people in identical uniforms but wearing surreal chick head masks, sit at the top of the raked stage.
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Canberra Youth Theatre tour explores fast food industry’s ‘disastrous consequences’

The Sydney tour of ‘Work, But This Time Like You Mean It’ has been supported by a $100,000 gift from…

Kala Gare in the MTC's 'My Brilliant Career', 2024. My Brilliant Career the musical is touring in 2026. The photo shows Gare, a fair-skinned woman with blonde hair and weaing a long sleeved white shirt and a dark blue skirt, reading a an unfolded letter and smiling. She is sitting on a pile of straw, denoting the story's rural setting.
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My Brilliant Career the musical will tour ACT and NSW in 2026

My Brilliant Career the musical plays Canberra, Sydney and Wollongong after its previously announced encore season at the Southbank Theatre…

The Lark. Image: Arts Centre Melbourne and Hey Dowling.
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The Lark review: Noni Hazlehurst calls last drinks at Arts Centre Melbourne

Noni Hazlehurst explores memories and a lifetime of paths not taken in Daniel Keene’s latest play, The Lark.

A scene from 'The Past is a Wild Party' by Noelle Janaczewska, one of the 7-ON playwrights. The photo depicts a female-presenting actor with blonde hair and wearing a long-sleeved blue shirt and red trousers. Her arms are outstretched, her head tilted back and her mouth open as if she is exclaiming ecstatically. She holds a closed book with a red cover, perhaps a play script, in her left hand.
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The 7-ON playwrights: how to sustain a collective for 20 years

Members of playwrights collective 7-ON discuss their new anthology, and how they’ve operated successfully for two decades to date.

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