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production of 'Macbeth', which opens the company's 2025 season. Three older women, playing witches, pose in front of a smoky and dramatically lit background.
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La Boite Theatre celebrates 100 years of Queensland stories in 2025

For its centenary season, La Boite Theatre has programmed four mainstage productions and a 10-part play-reading series celebrating past productions.

Two men, look across at each other on the set of 'Werewolf'. One in a suit, one in casual street gear. The steps the are standing are full of graffiti and rubbish.
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Theatre review: Werewolf, Arts Centre Melbourne

A clash of ideologies brings forth monstrous results.

So you want my arts job? Indie theatre director Cassandra Fumi smiles at the camera. She is fair-skinned and has wavy, shoulder-length blonde-brown hair and wears a black jumper
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So you want my arts job: Director, Independent Theatre

If you love collaborative storytelling that helps communities form around a common goal, directing indie theatre productions may be the…

A publicity image for 'Troy', one of seven productions in Malthouse Theatre's 2025 season. A multi-racial cast of seven, including men in skirts and women in tunics reminiscent of ancient Greece, link hands as they struggle across a dramatically lit and smoky battlefield.
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Malthouse Theatre eschews naturalism in its 2025 season

Addressing the cost of living and leaning into the theatrical, the Malthouse’s new season promises the epic and the intimate…

Two men and a trans woman sit at a table with a white table cloth in a production of 'Chasing Dick: A Love Story'.
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Theatre review: Chasing Dick: A Love Story, Theatre Works

Dax Carnay-Hanrahan’s new production is powered by three sensational performances.

A woman with short blonde curls wearing a strapless top is holding a can of VB beer. There are two kewpie dolls behind her on a white sheet background. This is the dust we're in by Hot Lunch.
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Theatre review: This is the dust we’re in, Meat Market Stables

A tribute to Ray Lawler's iconic play, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.

A promotional image for Black Swan’s 2025 production, ‘August: Osage County’. Five actors pose for the camera against a bacldrop formed by a bright red field and a blue sky. A tree-encircled family home is visible in the distance.
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Black Swan’s 2025 season designed to challenge and nourish audiences

Seven productions are featured in Black Swan State Theatre Company’s 2025 season, including new Australian works and a modern American…

The stage is dark except for a spotlight shining over Nicci Wilks in the production of 'BAD BOY".
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Theatre review: BAD BOY, fortyfivedownstairs

A one-person show exploring toxic masculinity and domestic abuse.

A publicity image for Griffin Theatre Company's 2025 production 'Naturism'. A naked woman stands with her back to the camera, her buttocks and natural curves on show. She holds a pair of sunglasses in one hand, and is surrounded by stylised 3D plants.
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Griffin Theatre Company’s 2025 season celebrates immediacy and finds common ground

In 2025, Griffin thematically bridges social and generational divides while also celebrating theatre’s ability to predict the future.

A promotional image for Queensland Theatre's 2025 production 'Malacañang Made Us'. A young Filipino person in ragged shorts, thongs and a mesh t-shirt reclines in an ornate gold and velvet throne.
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Queensland Theatre launches 2025 season with AD’s role still vacant

A triumvirate of Associate Artistic Directors have programmed the company’s 2025 season, which includes two world premieres of very local…

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