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The shift to social isolation has been brutal. Ben Brooker wonders if embracing its strange absences might be a way through crisis

What is left when live performance is over? Emilie Collyer traces the lingering effects of sitting in the dark

Joel Bray’s Daddy is the latest in a series of formally audacious works that are revolutionising Australian performance. Bryan Andy unpacks its Blak and queer contexts

Independent theatre faces huge challenges, but artists are fighting back. Ben Brooker looks at RUMPUS, a co-operative venture in Adelaide about to enter its second year

These days, says comic Angelina Hurley, there’s no excuse not to understand Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. And what better way to get to know them than through humour?

Monique Grbec reports on Chamber Made’s Hi-Viz Practice Exchange, a day of connection for women and non-binary artists 

The devastating funding cuts of the mid-90s are being repeated, destroying the painstaking repairs of the past two decades. Robert Reid on this particular circle of arts hell

How do we make systemic change in an often resistant industry? Jessica Walton reflects on an empowering symposium on disability and the arts

From its initial season as a fringe play, Fleabag has grown to a global phenomenon. Kirsten Krauth talks to Sian Clifford about playing sisters with Phoebe Waller-Bridge