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Heart rises from subversive underground in new production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch
With the original writer’s blessing this version of the cult favourite – which has an all-queer creative team – has been tweaked for the modern age.
- by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
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‘The next Fleabag’: How Something Terrible became just the opposite
Australian-born playwright Marcelo Dos Santos knew he was on a winner when the woman behind Fleabag and Baby Reindeer got on board.
- by Richard Jinman
The love triangle that inspired some of our best-known artworks
Nikki Shiels stars in a new play that unpacks the significance of the infamous Heide Circle.
- by Cassie Tongue
Murder, magic and a riot of colour: Sydney Festival 2025 unveiled
A flagship event will see the story of an infamous 1954 murder staged in the Sydney courthouse in which it was heard.
- by Nick Galvin
An Australian literary classic gets a mixtape makeover
My Brilliant Career the musical finds a bit of Billie Eilish in Miles Franklin’s heroine.
- by Michael Dwyer
‘A win-win’: Iconic Sydney theatre makes a comeback
A host of big names got their start at the Footbridge Theatre. Now it has reopened its doors to the next generation of performers.
- by Nick Galvin
Christie Whelan Browne on smashing her own personal beauty myth
In her upcoming cabaret show Life in Plastic, the musical theatre triple threat reveals intimate details of her life.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
The most moving story about the Queen you’ve never heard but must see
Not only did Marion Crawford devote 17 years to the two princesses, but she sacrificed the possibility of having children of her own.
- by Peter FitzSimons
‘So hungry for something beyond four walls’: The musical bringing joy to prisons
Ilbijerri Theatre’s Big Name, No Blankets wowed audiences at the big festivals in Sydney and Melbourne. Now it’s winning over the toughest crowd of all.
- by Karl Quinn
Eddie Perfect returns to Melbourne for his most terrifying role yet
“There’s not a huge number of places to hide if it doesn’t work. I can’t blame the music and the lyrics. I wrote them.”
- by Meg Watson
Jessi almost died on the operating table. The result? ‘Comedy gold’
A life-threatening emergency inspired a Brisbane-raised performer’s outrageous one-person show in the MELT festival.
- by Nick Dent