The playwright, whose Wonnangatta premiered last year starring Hugo Weaving and Wayne Blair, is this year’s recipient of Sydney Theatre Company’s $25,000 Fellowship, while Ra Chapman has won the Patrick White Playwrights Award.
Deborah Cheetham and David McAllister will both receive a 2020 JC Williamson Award today, while Jill Smith and Ann Tonks share the Sue Nattrass Award.
Hamed Sadeghi and Steven Oliver discuss their performances in the latest UnWrapped program, which includes First Nations cabaret, contemporary dance, Iranian-influenced jazz, Irish-Danish folk and innovative digital performance.
Fun Home is a beautiful, innovative musical that moves you to laughter and tears. This production, co-produced by Sydney and Melbourne Theatre Companies, does it justice and then some.
A worthy retelling of Camille Claudel's story, which at last portrays her as a very real and normal woman.
Anne-Louise Sarks will take over from Brett Sheehy to become the company’s seventh Artistic Director.
Joanna Murray-Smith’s much-performed Honour gets a thoughtful revival and a little makeover.
In a recent speech the Arts Minister noted the value of the arts sector to the Australian identity, economy and people, but failed to acknowledge the steady decline in available arts funding relative to population growth over the last decade, writes Leya Reid.
Belvoir programs an eclectic festival, the company's first repertory season featuring plays by Caryl Churchill and Alana Valentine, and a new panto by Virginia Gay to end the year in ridiculous, joyous fashion.
This semi-staged production does nothing to improve the musical’s chequered reputation.
When supplies of black paint from the US dried up during COVID, STC and Robertson's Paints created a superior local version that's highly durable, more eco-friendly and half the price.
Joanna Murray-Smith poses some difficult questions in her new play Berlin, commissioned by Melbourne Theatre Company.
Didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton is one of the eight recipients, winning the Don Banks Music Award in recognition of his exceptional and sustained contribution to music in Australia.
