McMaster will take over the position from Robert Love, who did extraordinary work as Director of Riverside Theatres, Parramatta for two decades.
July 27, 2021
While the classic musical still shines, the seething undercurrent of passion, frustration and aggression is generally lacking in this production, despite some powerful moments.
July 26, 2021
Features include the return of the opera Voss, the stage adaptation of Boy Swallows Universe, avoiding one-hit wonders in new Australian music, and a profile of Global Creatures' Carmen Pavlovic as Moulin Rouge! The Musical opens in Melbourne.
July 26, 2021
Bringing Trent Dalton’s best-selling novel to life in the theatre.
July 26, 2021
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
July 26, 2021
On the opening night of York, different elements were jostling for place. But perhaps that is the point. Australian theatre is unsettled and unsettling.
July 23, 2021
Rosie Dennis discusses this year's Bleach* Festival, which she believes will show there is so much more to the Gold Coast than childhood memories of Surfers Paradise.
July 22, 2021
Artists from Victoria’s arts community have created a social media campaign called Performance of a Lifetime, overseen by the MSO, encouraging the public to play their part and get vaccinated.
July 19, 2021
The Australian Festival of Chamber Music, the OA Sydney winter season, and the Bangalow Music Festival are among the numerous cancellations as COVID restrictions remain in place in NSW and Victoria.
July 19, 2021
A contemporary reimagining of Thornton Wilder’s 1927 Pulitzer winning work of fiction.
July 14, 2021
The stimulus package will provide much-needed support for performing arts organisations who have lost income as a result of Sydney's current COVID lockdown.
July 14, 2021
Artistic Director Louise Bezzina hopes people will be able to come together "in a really bright, shimmery way, with a sense of celebration" at this year's Brisbane Festival.
July 14, 2021