Sydney Theatre Company
Australia on stage: the best theatre, musicals, dance and opera of 2024
Guardian Australia critics pick out the best live stage experiences of the year
Cassie Tongue, Alison Croggon, Tim Byrne, Jason Blake, Michael Sun, Walter Marsh, Dee Jefferson, Jane Howard, Steve Dow, Rosamund Brennan, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen and Steph Harmon
26, Dec, 2024 @2:00 PM
Philip Quast: ‘I don’t have anything left to say in theatre, it’s not my turn any more’
The three-time Olivier award winner, and ‘voice of Playschool’, on why musicals have been a curse and love, and why it’s now time to leave
Elissa Blake
09, Aug, 2024 @3:00 PM
Dracula review – a clever and playful victory lap for Kip Williams’ gothic cine-theatre trilogy
Zahra Newman is remarkable in the director’s last production with the company
Cassie Tongue
07, Jul, 2024 @6:42 AM
The President review – Hugo Weaving satire verges on an endurance test
Sydney Theatre Company
Weaving delivers a funny, commanding performance but this rarely performed 1975 Thomas Bernhard play feels neither relevant nor prescient
Weaving delivers a funny, commanding performance but this rarely performed 1975 Thomas Bernhard play feels neither relevant nor prescient
Steve Dow
18, Apr, 2024 @3:17 AM
Hugo Weaving: ‘This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done’
Thirty years after Priscilla, Queen of the Desert thrust him on to the international stage, the actor discusses tiring of Hollywood villains and his most challenging role yet
Elissa Blake
12, Apr, 2024 @3:00 PM
No Pay? No Way! review – this 50-year-old cost-of-living satire is perfect for today’s Australia
Drama theatre, Sydney Opera House
Set in the aftermath of a riot in a supermarket over skyrocketing prices, Marieke Hardy’s adaptation of Dario Fo is marvellously funny
Set in the aftermath of a riot in a supermarket over skyrocketing prices, Marieke Hardy’s adaptation of Dario Fo is marvellously funny
Elissa Blake
11, Apr, 2024 @2:56 AM
Into the Shimmering World review – Colin Friels and Kerry Armstrong star in a future Australian classic
Wharf 1, Sydney Theatre Company
The third part in Angus Cerini’s Australian gothic trilogy deftly explores Australian male insecurity, postcolonial soul-searching and global heating
The third part in Angus Cerini’s Australian gothic trilogy deftly explores Australian male insecurity, postcolonial soul-searching and global heating
Steve Dow
07, Apr, 2024 @12:51 AM
The Picture of Dorian Gray’s Kip Williams steps down as Sydney Theatre Company artistic director
Williams, who directed the play, leaving company to prepare for its potential Broadway season following acclaimed West End run starring Sarah Snook
Sian Cain
05, Apr, 2024 @6:06 AM
Second Sydney Theatre Company board member resigns in wake of actors’ pro-Palestinian protest
Third apology issued for cancellation of Wednesday’s performance of The Seagull as foundation member Alex Schuman’s departure is confirmed
Kelly Burke
30, Nov, 2023 @8:31 AM
Performance cancelled after Sydney Theatre Company apology for pro-Palestinian protest on stage
STC says actors’ demonstration ‘hurt many in our community’ while longtime board member resigns
Kelly Burke
29, Nov, 2023 @10:14 PM
Three things with Brooke Satchwell: ‘I don’t go anywhere without a head torch’
In our weekly series about objects, the actor tell us about her blended bear family - and her rubber band habit
As told to Katie Cunningham
26, Nov, 2023 @2:00 PM
The Seagull review – Sigrid Thornton and Toby Schmitz star in contemporary take on Chekhov
Andrew Upton’s adaptation transplants the play’s ensemble to Australia in the early 2000s, where they discover the cost of art and thwarted dreams
Dee Jefferson
26, Nov, 2023 @1:05 AM
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