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Australian theatre

August 2026

  • Freya Bennett smiles with an inset photo of her with two men

    A job that changed me
    A job that changed me: Being a theatre usher cracked open my heart to beauty

  • Belvoir’s workshop crew: (L-R) Ashley de Prazer, Ren Kenward, Max Bradley, Michael Fisher, Jonas Trovato and Darran Whatley.

    Fire destroyed Belvoir theatre’s precious ‘library of things’. Now it is rising from the ashes

  • A plastic rotary phone sits on a wooden table in The Nightline, on at Malthouse theatre Melbourne.

    The Nightline review – listening to messages from anonymous callers is an odd, affecting experience

  • Break of Day at the Malthouse theatre, Melbourne Australia, August 2026

    Break of Day review – Kat Stewart is superb in this deeply moving portrait of Australia’s working class

  • Animal Farm review – Orwell goes outback in this subversive, rowdy stage adaptation

  • A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical review – finally, a jukebox musical that really works

  • Fiddler on the Roof review – a superlative cast welcomes you into a vibrant, revitalised musical classic

July 2026

  • 2026 production of Uncle Vanya at the Melbourne Theatre Company, Melbourne Australia. Catherine Van-Davies, Daniel Hensall Photo by Pia Johnson

    Uncle Vanya review – celebrity casting and cringey modernisation undercuts uneven Chekov

  • Publicity shot of the cast of 1997 Australian film The Castle

    It’s the vibe: Australian comedy classic The Castle set to become a stage play

  • Sydney Chamber Opera presents The Oresteia at Carriageworks

    The Oresteia review – this body-shaking, blood-soaked opera is exhilaratingly wild

  • Two people stand in front of stained-glass windows inside a former church

    It took months for an LGBTQ+ arts pop-up to resurrect an old church – but just three days to shut it down

  • Bennelong in London review – Indigenous warrior meets the actor playing him in this funny, clever play

  • Musical theatre is in crisis, and not just in Australia – but the success of this small gem offers hope

    Tim Byrne

  • What actually happens when your heart breaks? A hit play with classic breakup songs unpacks the ‘universal experience’

  • Doubt: A Parable review – Sam Reid and Pamela Rabe go head-to-head in electrifying drama

June 2026

  • Heather Mitchell at Sydney Theatre Company.

    10 Chaotic Questions
    Heather Mitchell: ‘I got the biggest reaction for playing Donald Trump – but I really enjoyed playing Bill Clinton’

  • An actor in Ganesh versus The Third Reich stands on the stage point to another who is kneeling

    Ganesh Versus the Third Reich review – stunning, provocative work claps back to a new world of fascism

  • Actor and director Virginia Gay

    10 Chaotic Questions
    Virginia Gay: ‘Shakespeare’s most overrated play? Hamlet. Too long’

  • Pamela Rabe in a dark green cardigan stands on a rooftop terrace with urban buildings behind her at dusk

    Walk with ...
    Pamela Rabe: ‘I find wandering up and down the aisles of Officeworks very calming’

May 2026

  • A man in a cream shirt and brown trousers sits on stage with wooden furniture in the background

    Retrograde review – newcomer Donné Ngabo is dazzling as Sidney Poitier in this taut drama

    Ryan Calais Cameron’s play dramatises a real meeting the film star had in the 1950s that became a moral reckoning
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