Stage Articles

Don't just dream, let's shout Come Out!

South Australia's arts festival for young people is about to begin. But why is Adelaide keeping so quiet about it?

Julie Andrews to tour Australia

The legendary performer will appear on stage with an old pal from the Sound of Music.

June issue of Limelight: Your essential guide to British music

The June issue focuses on the glorious musical tradition that is British music.

Arts proven to combat Alzheimers

New British study proves the benefits of the Arts in treating patients with debilitating mental disease.

Chess sweeps the board in Melbourne

The Production Company’s home-grown hit steals the limelight from OA’s South Pacific.

Blanchett and Upton announce $20 ticket deal

Sydney Theatre Company’s year-round cheap ticket scheme could revolutionise access for thousands.

Brisbane Festival: Dancing the light fantastic

Director Noel Staunton talks about Verdi, hip hop, and getting Queenslanders to stay up until 2 am.

Live review: Hedda Gabler (State Theatre Company, SA)

Alison Bell is the star in an updated Hedda that nearly makes you forget it's been updated.

What would Kurt Weill have made of Dame Edna?

Or why the music of heady, seedy Weimar Germany is one of my enduring passions.

Professional Romeo seeks locals for clubbing

Natalie Weir talks dance and why Expressions Dance Company needs 20 likely lads and lasses wherever it goes.

Live review: A Clockwork Orange

More show than substance as all-male cast bring Burgess to the stage. (Seymour Centre, Sydney, April 23)

Live review: Henry IV (Bell Shakespeare)

Bell Shakespeare's canny updated adaptation compresses six hours of history plays neatly into three.

Fergus Linehan appointed director of Edinburgh Festival

Current head of Vivid and former director of the Sydney Festival is to take over in 2015.

May issue of Limelight: Stravinsky's Rite of Spring turns 100

The new issue reveals how Stravinsky’s controversial yet hugely influential masterpiece changed the world.

Live review: David Hansen recital (Hobart Baroque)

With the Orchestra of the Antipodes/Erin Helyard
Theatre Royal, April 13

Live Review: L'Isola Disabitata (Covent Garden, Hobart Baroque)

A short-but-sweet triumph in Tasmania marks an auspicious beginning for Hobart Baroque.

Billy Elliot: Audience asked to vote on anti-Thatcher song

Theatre debates whether to include controversial song on night following former Prime Minister’s death.

Live review: The Kreutzer Sonata (Adelaide Festival)

Tolstoy would have approved of this intimate production's novel approach.

One Man, Two Guvnors: The latest “Craze” to hit Australia

On the eve of its Sydney opening, Limelight catches up with the show’s award winning composer, Grant Olding.

Melbourne Festival 2013 "PUSH"ing boundaries

Kneehigh's Brief Encounter and Sylvie Guillem in PUSH will headline at this year's Festival.
 
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