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Summer festival season heats up as programs launch nationwide
Adelaide, Perth and Sydney Festivals launched their 2024 programs this week, with Mona Foma waiting eagerly in the wings.
Theatre review: Frankenstein, Playhouse Theatre, QPAC
Shake & Stir Theatre Co's adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic tale mixes traditional and modern theatre together to create a…
Performance review: Hour of the Wolf, Malthouse
This choose-your-own adventure (again) is the Malthouse's latest immersive production.
Theatre review: The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race, Bille Brown Theatre
Mashing through the glass ceiling, one potato race at a time.Â
Performance review: The Blood Vote, Gasworks Arts Park
Fusing opera and circus, The Blood Vote by composer Jenny Game and librettist Caitlin Vincent sees Australian suffragist Vida Goldstein…
Theatre review: Wolves are Coming for You, Emerging Artist Sharehouse, Sydney Fringe
An adult fable from an exciting new theatre company about a town under threat.
Groundhog Day musical in a Melbourne exclusive
Another big musical is heading to Melbourne in 2024.
Theatre review: My Sister Jill, Southbank Theatre
The star pairing of writer Patricia Cornelius and director Susie Dee transforms this book to stage adaptation into something poignant…
What’s in store for season 2024 in the performing arts (part three)
Continuing our round-up of season launches from companies around the country, including a three-part theatrical epic and an ambitious restaging…
Slim pickings: the state of fatness on Australian stages
A new play in the Melbourne Fringe Festival aims to make the world a little bit fatter and little bit…