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RISING launches full festival program for June 2025
Melbourneās winter festival RISING is āproudly challenging and uncompromisingly inclusive,ā according to its co-Artistic Directors.
Here You Come Again, the Dolly Parton musical, is dancing down to Australia
Bring your dancing shoes for a celebration of Dolly's biggest hits in a musical promising southern charm and a dazzling…
When the 'War of the Worlds' lands in three places at once...
The logistics of staging one festival production in three different locations concurrently is challenging enough. But what happens when you…
Theatre review: Criminal Outsider, various venues, Adelaide Fringe
Never underestimate the power of a woman.
Theatre review: Honour, Red Stitch Actorsā Theatre
An excellent production of a 30-year-old play, but it does feel a bit dated.
Theatre review: A Nightime Travesty, Malthouse Theatre, Asia TOPA 2025
A ferociously funny, controlled yet chaotic Blak vaudevillian comedy that pulls no punches and decapitates its prisoners.
Theatre review: Never Have I Ever, Fairfax Studio
Both witty and wily, Deborah Frances-White's play makes for a very entertaining night in the theatre.
Asia TOPA 2025: revitalising the spirit of the Asia-Pacific in Melbourne
Back after a break, Asia TOPA offers a place 'where ideas are born and traditions reimagined'.
Theatre review: Truth, Merlyn Theatre, Malthouse
Patricia Cornelius' latest play tells the story of the WikiLeaks founder who 'wanted to change the world'.
So you want my arts job: Librettist
If you possess humility, audacity, originality and passion, becoming a librettist may suit you, says playwright, director, dramaturg and librettist…