Victorian Opera’s interpretation of the classic opera The Sleeping Beauty – written originally in the wake of the Spanish Flu pandemic – has fresh power in the age of Covid, says Gully Thompson
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Coming out of last year’s pandemic, two clowning shows – The Anniversary and Jofus and the Whale – show very different aspects of the art, says Robert Reid
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The evocation of the child within animates the charm of La Mama’s Jofus and the Whale, writes youth critic Gully Thompson
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Produced, written and performed by people of colour, Sex, Drugs & Pork Rolls signals a new wave of Australian storytelling, says Ruby Hamad
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January 26 is always a hard day for First Nations peoples, says Carissa Lee. And as the ‘Cheesegate’ scandal at Queensland Theatre reveals, our theatre spaces are still unsafe
January 26 is always a hard day for First Nations peoples, says Carissa Lee. And as the ‘Cheesegate’ scandal at Queensland Theatre reveals, our theatre spaces are still unsafe
by Carissa Lee
‘Left with Netflix, I realise that art may indeed be as crucial as food and shelter’: Jana Perković on watching European performance through the pandemic
Robert Reid continues his exploration of the hidden corners of Australian playwriting with a story of colonial Tasmania, Catherine Shepherd’s 1938 play Daybreak
by Robert Reid
Robert Reid continues his exploration of the hidden corners of Australian playwriting with a story of colonial Tasmania, Catherine Shepherd’s 1938 play Daybreak
by Robert Reid