Australian theatre
Scenes from the Climate Era review – the world’s biggest story, told in 50 plays over 80 minutes
David Finnigan’s latest work is kaleidoscopic, using darkly comedic short plays to tell a much grander tale of tragedy, hope and catastrophe
Cassie Tongue
02, Jun, 2023 @3:17 AM
‘I don’t care, I know I look good’: Dan Daw on kink, disability and ‘powerful crip joy’
The Australian dancer set out to create his ideal sub-dom experience on stage. Could it help audiences express their desires in the world outside of sex?
Steve Dow
30, May, 2023 @3:00 PM
Jacky review – incredibly uncomfortable, thoughtful theatre
Fairfax Studio, Melbourne Theatre Company
By Arrernte playwright Declan Furber Gillick, Jacky follows two Indigenous brothers who clash over the expectations of white people around them
By Arrernte playwright Declan Furber Gillick, Jacky follows two Indigenous brothers who clash over the expectations of white people around them
Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
29, May, 2023 @1:46 AM
Do Not Go Gentle review – a profound exploration of ageing and dementia
Patricia Cornelius’s play co-opts Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s ill-fated expedition to the south pole to follow a band of adventurers who are actually in an aged care home
Steve Dow
28, May, 2023 @1:30 AM
Tina: the Tina Turner musical review – Ruva Ngwenya is a revelation in a muddled show
Racism, family violence, addiction and attempted suicide is a lot for a sparkly jukebox musical – and this is a little clunky. But its star is transcendent
Cassie Tongue
19, May, 2023 @4:24 AM
Ruva Ngwenya on becoming Tina Turner: ‘It is truly a triple threat’s role’
The actor and singer spoke to the Guardian about embodying an icon – and the teenage ‘party trick’ that became a career
Elissa Blake
12, May, 2023 @3:00 PM
Happy Days review – Judith Lucy is wonderfully disturbing in Samuel Beckett’s masterpiece
Sumner Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company
The former stand-up is a natural fit for the role of Winnie, a tragic woman attempting to stave off hopelessness in the face of great horror
The former stand-up is a natural fit for the role of Winnie, a tragic woman attempting to stave off hopelessness in the face of great horror
Tim Byrne
06, May, 2023 @2:59 AM
‘I just don’t want to crack jokes’: Judith Lucy on stopping standup – and starting Samuel Beckett
After years of panic attacks, the beloved Australian comedian realised her job was making her unhappy. Now she’s back on stage – as an actor in Beckett’s tragicomedy Happy Days
Sian Cain
28, Apr, 2023 @3:00 PM
Suzie Miller on Prima Facie and her Olivier win: ‘London theatre circles see Australia as the daggy cousin’
The playwright’s one-woman legal drama has gone from Australia to the West End and now Broadway. She talks about juggling law and theatre, and longing for home
Elissa Blake
27, Apr, 2023 @3:00 PM
Barry Humphries, Australian comedian and creator of Dame Edna Everage, dies aged 89
Famed for personas that also included the vulgar Sir Les Patterson, Humphries became a household name in a seven-decade career
Sian Cain
22, Apr, 2023 @11:18 AM
Like Captain Planet with marsupials: First Dog on the Moon steps on stage
First Dog has to ‘suffer the agonies’ of adapting his book The Carbon Neutral Adventures of the Indefatigable Enviroteens into a play. He and the cast talk about making climate change fun
Sarah Aitken
17, Apr, 2023 @3:00 PM
The interactive theatre taking children on a journey across Australia’s Indigenous nations
Saltbush invites kids to hop across lily pads and gaze up at the night sky on a ‘magic carpet’. The minds behind it explain how it works
Elissa Blake
15, Apr, 2023 @12:00 AM
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