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Disability-led comedy exacts revenge on special school

Disability-led comedy exacts revenge on special school

Playwright Kath Duncan, who likes to say she escaped from "special school", hopes her play Specials! will add to the debate about segregated education.

Acrobatic hopefuls flip into circus degree restart

Acrobatic hopefuls flip into circus degree restart

Acrobatic hopefuls flip into circus degree restart

Acrobatic hopefuls flip into circus degree restart

Aspiring aerialists are being tested on their backflips and handstands as Australia's only degree in circus starts taking new students again.

Wilde dance a groundbreaking ballet of queer love

Wilde dance a groundbreaking ballet of queer love

Wilde dance a groundbreaking ballet of queer love

Wilde dance a groundbreaking ballet of queer love

With its world premiere of Christopher Wheeldon's Oscar, the Australian Ballet has put queer love into classical dance.

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Rebecca to feature in Melbourne Theatre Company line-up

Rebecca to feature in Melbourne Theatre Company line-up

An adaptation of Rebecca will feature in the Melbourne Theatre Company's 2025 program, of which eight productions are premieres of Australian works.

Sparks fly as monster epic Beowulf makes a fiery return

Sparks fly as monster epic Beowulf makes a fiery return

Actor and Beowulf scholar Felix Nobis returns to his celebrated solo performance of the epic tale Beowulf, staged for the first time in a blacksmith's workshop.

Opera artistic director quits, nine months into the job

Opera artistic director quits, nine months into the job

Opera Australia artistic director Jo Davies has quit, effective immediately, midway through her inaugural season with the national company.

Moving opera Innocence to headline Adelaide Festival

Moving opera Innocence to headline Adelaide Festival

The contemporary opera Innocence, directed by Australian Simon Stone, will headline the 2025 Adelaide Festival.

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Streetcar is a modern take but keeps to original script

Streetcar is a modern take but keeps to original script

Streetcar is a modern take but keeps to original script

Streetcar is a modern take but keeps to original script

The actors involved in MTC's A Streetcar Named Desire know they have enormous shoes to fill and have risen to the challenge while being sensitive to the theme.

Milestone play a personal win for actor with disability

Milestone play a personal win for actor with disability

Milestone play a personal win for actor with disability

Milestone play a personal win for actor with disability

A prize-winning play brings performers with disability to centre stage in Australian theatre and it's been a long time coming, actor Kate Hood says.

Who's afraid of a 1000-seat theatre? Not Virginia Woolf

Who's afraid of a 1000-seat theatre? Not Virginia Woolf

Who's afraid of a 1000-seat theatre? Not Virginia Woolf

Who's afraid of a 1000-seat theatre? Not Virginia Woolf

Melbourne's Red Stitch Theatre is taking Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? from an 80-seat venue to the 1000-seat Comedy Theatre.

The Highway of Lost Hearts carves a path to the city

The Highway of Lost Hearts carves a path to the city

The Highway of Lost Hearts carves a path to the city

The Highway of Lost Hearts carves a path to the city

Moments of magic realism are woven through Australian play Highway of Lost Hearts, the story of a grieving woman on a solo journey across the outback.

Greek tragedy is child's play for eight-year-old actor

Greek tragedy is child's play for eight-year-old actor

Greek tragedy is child's play for eight-year-old actor

Greek tragedy is child's play for eight-year-old actor

Starring in Medea, Edward Hill acknowledges that juggling two theatre roles with year ten maths isn't exactly normal for an eight-year-old.

Ready for my close up: Sunset Boulevard makes a return

Ready for my close up: Sunset Boulevard makes a return

Ready for my close up: Sunset Boulevard makes a return

Ready for my close up: Sunset Boulevard makes a return

Renowned singer Sarah Brightman makes her return to the theatre with Sunset Boulevard, the first Australian production of the musical in almost 30 years.

Play challenges perceptions of growing up mentally ill

Play challenges perceptions of growing up mentally ill

Play challenges perceptions of growing up mentally ill

Play challenges perceptions of growing up mentally ill

A coming-of-age play exploring the struggles of a mother-daughter relationship navigating mental illness aims to encourage audiences to question their beliefs.

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Surprise! Celia Pacquola returns to stand-up

Comedian Celia Pacquola returns to stand-up comedy with her first show in five years, I'm As Surprised As You Are.

Poet takes on racism and the legacy of Captain Cook

New Zealand poet Tusiata Avia takes on racism in her latest work, as her acclaimed stage show Wild Dogs Under My Skirt comes to Australia.

What about F1 with spiders? Comedy festival is back

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival kicks off with more than 650 shows across three and a bit weeks - and the comedians really, really need attention.

New play kicks goals with tale of AFL and Australia

The Melbourne Theatre Company's world premiere production of 37, named for Adam Goodes' jersey number, tells the story of a struggling local football team.

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French author steps up to fight at Adelaide Festival

Best-selling writer Édouard Louis, who says his art begins with social violence, stars in a stage adaptation of his novel about his father.

Heather Mitchell delights in return as RBG in hit play

The Sydney Theatre Company's RBG: Of Many, One was a sellout in 2022. It's returning with a second run followed by a national tour.

Back to school spells new tests for refugee students

As the school year starts, students with experiences of war and displacement are all too familiar with turning a new page.

Hopes new elite dance series will kick off comeback

A documentary following the elite dance students at Sydney's Brent Street school shows just how tough it is to become a professional dancer.

Musician in exile visits Aust with a murder mystery

Musician King Raam is visiting Australia to perform concerts and a multimedia theatre piece which explores the murder of an Iranian dissident and pop icon.

Rock theatre honours legend of Australia's Warumpi Band

The tale of the Warumpi Band, which took Aboriginal rock music to the world, is woven through a rock concert experience at Sydney Festival.

Choir of Man has classic songs, and an onstage bar

The producer of Choir of Man, a show where members of the audience might be asked to have a pint onstage, says times are getting tougher for theatre shows.

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