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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.
- Karl Quinn
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This Aussie teenager quit school and joined a circus. Now, he’s living his dream
Mitch Wynter left secondary school at 15. Since then, his career has gone from strength to strength.
- Michael Lallo
I have no work-life balance, and I’m leaking collagen out of my eyeholes: Sheridan Harbridge
The acclaimed actor on the “trauma phase” of her busy career, how Prima Facie helped to fortify change, and growing up “povvo”.
- Cameron Woodhead
Is this 24-year-old worried about playing a screen legend? Not so much
When Donné Ngabo auditioned to play Hollywood star Sidney Poitier, director Bert LaBonté knew he’d found his star.
- Paul Kalina
‘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.
- Cassidy Knowlton
‘She’s a hero of mine’: The advice Kitty Flanagan gave Anne Edmonds for her new ABC comedy
The comedy powerhouses play opposites in Bad Company, which satirises the OTT world of theatre.
- Louise Rugendyke
Chrissy Amphlett’s ‘third act’: New songs emerge as stage show returns
New songs and the reprise of a one-woman stage show realise the last creative risks of a rock legend.
- Michael Dwyer
Playwright Dennis McIntosh reflects on the 1970 West Gate Bridge collapse
Dennis McIntosh's new play West Gate, explores the 1970 West Gate disaster. He shares his memories of the event, and what inspired him to write about it.
‘You felt it’: How the West Gate collapse haunted a boy from Newport
Dennis McIntosh was 11 when Australia’s worst industrial accident killed 35 men. More than 50 years later, his play honours the families left behind.
- Paul Kalina
A killer wife and a seedy tryst: Has opera ever been this edgy?
Irish composer Emma O’Halloran was already breaking new ground when her gritty operas earned her a Grammy nomination.
- John Bailey