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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.

Surprise! Celia Pacquola returns to stand-up

Surprise! Celia Pacquola returns to stand-up

Surprise! Celia Pacquola returns to stand-up

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

Poet takes on racism and the legacy of Captain Cook

Poet takes on racism and the legacy of Captain Cook

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.

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What about F1 with spiders? Comedy festival is back

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

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.

French author steps up to fight at Adelaide Festival

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

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.

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Back to school spells new tests for refugee students

Back to school spells new tests for refugee students

Back to school spells new tests for refugee students

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

Hopes new elite dance series will kick off comeback

Hopes new elite dance series will kick off comeback

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 in exile visits Aust with a murder mystery

Musician in exile visits Aust with a murder mystery

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

Rock theatre honours legend of Australia's Warumpi Band

Rock theatre honours legend of Australia's Warumpi Band

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

Choir of Man has classic songs, and an onstage bar

Choir of Man has classic songs, and an onstage bar

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.

Circus flips into Melbourne with elephants and acrobats

Circus flips into Melbourne with elephants and acrobats

Circus flips into Melbourne with elephants and acrobats

Circus flips into Melbourne with elephants and acrobats

A show celebrating the golden age of Circus brings extraordinary acrobatics and giant elephant puppets to Arts Centre Melbourne.

Hit Bluey stage show returns to heeler family hometown

Hit Bluey stage show returns to heeler family hometown

Hit Bluey stage show returns to heeler family hometown

Hit Bluey stage show returns to heeler family hometown

Bluey has taken Australian culture to the world, and the stage show has even played at Madison Square Garden. But how are the Aussie accents so good?

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Tiddas: Heiss takes novel from the page to centre stage

Indigenous author Anita Heiss' novel Tiddas, which celebrates the strength of sistahood, has been adapted for the stage and will feature at the Sydney Festival.

Minister calls out 'blacklisting' for airing Gaza views

People who express sympathy for civilians in Gaza should be able to make their feelings known without risking "professional retribution", a minister says.

Gaza responses cause division in arts community

The conflict in Gaza is causing division in the arts community, with a third resignation from the STC as Anna Schwartz Gallery parts ways with Mike Parr.

Roll up, roll up, the circus is back in town

Circus 1903, which features giant elephant puppets, is returning to Sydney after playing 400 cities around the world.

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Theatre company acts after Palestine protest backlash

The Sydney Theatre Company has apologised for the way it has responded to a protest by actors at an opening night performance.

Dark Mofo has a laugh with launch of comedy festival

The team behind Tasmanian midwinter arts event Dark Mofo is launching a comedy festival, despite cancelling Dark Mofo for 2024.

High-tech magic show leaves nothing up its sleeve

Audiences use their phones during the performance at an interactive magic show that encourages people to participate in a game-like experience.

Monstrously big production of Frankenstein premieres

A new adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein by Shake & Stir theatre company is premiering in Brisbane.

National search to unearth fresh teen acting talent

A national talent search is giving aspiring teen actors the chance to perform in front of a Hollywood casting director.

Pro wrestlers body slam Norse mythology in Fringe show

Tales of Viking legend will be performed by a cast of professional wrestlers in a muscular take on Norse mythology at Melbourne's Fringe Festival.

Trans theatre tour a first for mainstage production

Overflow is the first Australian mainstage production by an all trans and gender diverse cast and crew, and it's touring to Melbourne and Brisbane.

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