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Pringles, karaoke and Wagon Wheels: Pride and Prejudice gets a modern, all-female reboot
Jane Austen’s classic is re-imagined as a musical, including disco hits and ’80s ballads, from the perspectives of the novel’s “forgotten” characters.
- by Sonia Harford
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She can make even the smallest role memorable. Sometimes that gets her into trouble
If there are no small parts, only small actors, then stage queen Caroline O’Connor has never had a small part in her life.
- by Cassidy Knowlton
‘I just fell in love with it’: Theatre’s ultimate nice guy lands his dream role – again
Rob Mills is a musical theatre person – that is to say, he believes wholeheartedly there are just some things that can only be expressed through the power of song.
- by Cassidy Knowlton
I auditioned for an award-winning theatre director. Here’s what I learnt
Auditioning for the highly anticipated Australian run of Fiddler on the Roof was one of the scariest things I’ve done. It was also one of the most eye-opening.
- by Nell Geraets
‘Family were in a desperate state’: Andrew Lloyd Webber reveals he is a recovering alcoholic
The composer of hit musicals Phantom of the Opera and Cats says a “downward spiral” 16 months ago forced him to finally take action.
- by Mark Ludlow