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Theatre
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Sydney live reviews
Hamilton’s return is spectacular – and exactly what we need right now
In today’s divided political climate, Hamilton’s brilliant story and incredible cast of fan-favourites and newcomers is precisely the antidote we need.
- by Chantal Nguyen
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This surreal work asks: Can you become a French actor without speaking French?
“Language is unstable. It’s just a fiction.” In her new work, Apologia, writer and performer Nicola Gunn is taking on the barriers language puts between us.
- by Will Cox
This playwright can say in 70 minutes what others need 500 pages for
Benjamin Nichol’s nuanced characters have made him a rising star of Melbourne’s theatre scene. His work starts with a single paragraph.
- by John Bailey
‘It’s a crisis’: Dismay deepens over cancellation of Brisbane play
Queensland Theatre cited illness when it cancelled a play satirising Donald Trump, but the truth is proving more complicated.
- by Nick Dent
Arts community rocked by Queensland Theatre cancellation due to mystery illness
The entire three-week run of the White House farce has been pulled, but a spokesperson says sickness, not politics, was behind the decision.
- by Nick Dent
He used to steal food. A night at the theatre changed everything
Six years after Declan Furber Gillick decided to teach himself how to write plays, he took out one of Australia’s most prestigious theatre awards.
- by John Bailey
John Waters might be seeing ghosts but he still doesn’t believe in them
The veteran of stage and screen is starring in a fresh adaptation of the long-running play The Woman In Black.
- by John Shand
A plumber from Tassie has brought more magic to Cirque du Soleil
Three performers now present their acts in a deluge of 10,000 litres of water, but first they had to learn to walk on it.
- by Nadia Bailey
The one rule at this daring new show? Don’t bring a friend
The idea for Australian actor Tilda Cobham-Hervey Sydney Fringe show came to her when she locked down in Los Angeles.
- by Garry Maddox
Australia didn’t want actresses like her. But then things changed
After five years in Los Angeles, Salme Geransar returned home thinking her career would be over. Now she’s on stage in a Pulitzer-winning play.
- by John Bailey
Sister Act to Julia to Gilgamesh: Your mid-year guide to Sydney shows
With epics, toe-tappers, classics and fresh imaginings of every size and flavour, Sydney’s stages are bursting with entertainment
- by Lenny Ann Low