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Theatre
‘What if my writing is terrible?’: The six-week sprint to opening night
What does it take to turn Shakespeare’s Macbeth into a glitter-soaked tale of child stardom set in 2006?
- by Yve Blake
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How playing a Greek drag queen changed everything for this actor
Family, religion, a yearning for freedom and a standout film debut have shaped the life of this celebrated performer.
- by Dee Jefferson
John Lithgow makes history, Death of a Salesman wins big and Pink flies high at the Tonys
Hosted by the pop star Pink, this year’s Tonys was a spectacular affair – but there was no luck for Rose Byrne.
- by Kathryn Lurie
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‘A story of boomers’: Shaun Micallef to star in classic Russian play
The man who brought us the much-loved (and missed) Mad As Hell is back – in his first theatrical role in a decade.
- by Karl Quinn
He played Dodi Al-Fayed in The Crown. Now Khalid Abdalla is on stage in Melbourne
There were calls to cancel the Anglo-Egyptian actor’s show Nowhere after Bondi. Now he’s brought it to Rising festival.
- by Karl Quinn
‘You know who you are’: Rosamund Pike lashes theatre patron for texting during play
The Olivier award-winning star gave the audience a dressing down following a West End performance of Suzie Miller’s play Inter Alia.
- by Kayla Olaya
If he could time travel? Tristan Hughes would go to Alexander the Great’s deathbed
The historian and podcaster on snakes, ancient history and how one Dire Straits song might have contributed to the end of a relationship.
- by Kylie Northover
This theatre production is wild, but most people won’t be able to see it
Rising festival show Monsteen is filled with witches, vampires and werewolves. But it’s the audience that is the most intriguing.
- by Nell Geraets
Wild, bright-eyed and fiery: Musical unleashes the real Miles Franklin
The woman who wrote My Brilliant Career was as “paradoxical as a platypus”.
- by John Bailey
Clones, OnlyFans and the real you: The new play leaning into the unexpected
In The Supposed To Be, an executive embodying the conventions of the model migrant channels her fantasy life as a Sri Lankan Tamil actor and OnlyFans star.
- by Vyshnavee Wijekumar
‘Like I’m back in China’: Cheng Lei accuses arts festival of censorship
Imprisoned for three years in China, Australian Cheng Lei says she now feels like she’s being silenced again.
- by Kerrie O'Brien