1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (308+ words) Local arts organisation Shopfront Arts Co-Op are excited to present Q is for" Quack, a new puppetry short-film created by Marlow Lackner and mentored by Solomon Thomas and Matt Whittet. The premiere screening runs from June 18-21 at Shopfront Arts Co-op…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (542+ words) This tribute to the entertainment industry's pocket rockets " from Piaf to Prince " stands mighty tall. I have lost count of the number of excellent Fringe or Cabaret Festival shows I have reviewed involving Libby O'Donovan. Two things always stand out....

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (723+ words) Yve Blake's reimagining of Macbeth won't be to everyone's taste, but the smart, deliciously funny satire should work a treat for young adult audiences. Macbeth reimaged as the story of a 13-year-old TV star named Mackenzie with a ruthless stage…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago  (391+ words) Set entirely within a locker room, this world premiere work is an impressive feat of independent theatre making. Madelaine Nunn's W opens this week at the Old Fitz, (her second sports play to debut this year after Shoelace Chaser at…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (135+ words) is beloved for its wit, satire, and gleeful skewering of Victorian respectability. But beneath the dazzling dialogue lies something more radical: a world built on performance " of identity, class, and desire. The play follows two young men, Jack and Algernon,…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (319+ words) We are incredibly proud to present this 100th anniversary concert of the saraton theatre, a monumental milestone that calls for an equally monumental program. To celebrate, we are turning the spotlight on the unforgettable music of stage & screen over the last…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (639+ words) The Importance of Being Earnest was subtitled "a trivial comedy for serious people" by its writer Oscar Fingal O"Flahertie Wills Wilde. It was to be his last major work; it was on the opening night of its London premiere…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (261+ words) Stella the elephant has one big dream: to become an astronaut. The only problem is that Space Command says elephants can't go to space. Every time Stella applies, she's told "no" for a different reason, but she won't give up....

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (386+ words) A period setting reminds us how modern, and how merciless, Chekhov can be. Working from Laurence Senelick's 2010 translation, this staging of Chekhov's masterpiece is something of a rarity: a Three Sisters set firmly in its pre-Revolutionary place and period, and…...

2+ mon, 4+ hour ago  (275+ words) Obsessed with The'Drover's Wife as a child, Leah Purcell has adapted it as a play, novel and film. Then composer George'Palmer asked if she would collaborate on an opera. Sheridan Harbridge is reclaiming female history on'Australian stages through her work…...