Theatre

Classic Australian play The Removalists has been restaged half a century after it was written, and it reveals a shocking relevance to today. 

Owners of the Roxy Theatre in Parramatta have threatened legal action against Sydney Metro for blocking the development of the near-century old building. 

In the media and the arts, representation of people with disability has progressed, but, as actor Hannah Diviney explains, there's still a long way to go. She meets some of the actors pushing representation forward.

The winners of this year's Victorian Premier's Literary Awards have been announced, with the list dominated by independent presses and First Nations writers.

Melbourne's flagship winter arts festival returns this June with two weeks of live music, performance, theatre and dance.

The town of Leeton in the NSW Riverina has welcomed the reopening of one of its treasured buildings, the Roxy Theatre, following a renovation that was delayed when a driver crashed into the building.

Why aren't there more musicals about netball? It's the question you didn't know you wanted answered. Step behind the scenes of an energetic, hot-pink netball musical with a Shakespearean twist.

Step inside the theatre of the infectiously energetic Tina Turner musical, as it ends a two-year run in Australia.

Samuel Beckett's plays challenged the norm in the mid-20th century, so it's fitting that a director who champions new writers should open the Adelaide Festival with his major work, Krapp's Last Tape.

As rights for trans people around the world come under threat, a new production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch comes to the stage.

One of the stand-out shows at this year's Adelaide Festival is a devastating performance of love for family and for country. In it, audiences hear from a renowned Rwandan playwright who refused to let anger ruin him.

Over a weekend at Perth Festival — the first from new artistic director Anna Reece — we're given a glimpse behind the scenes, inspiring empathy and defiant hope.

Melbourne Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece says he was wrong to consider selling the City of Melbourne's share of the iconic theatre, which is one of Victoria's premier live theatre venues. 

Smaller theatres across South Australia are struggling to sell-out their shows as more people grapple with cost of living pressures.

It's the busiest time of year for local theatres as Australia's largest arts festival begins. But when the Adelaide Fringe is over, filling seats isn't as easy for the independent arts industry. 

The latest reinterpretation of a story with mythic status in Australia is brought to the stage for the Sydney Theatre Company by award-winning director Ian Michael.

In 2018, Reality Winner was given the longest sentence imposed on an American whistleblower for leaking to the media. Now her story is on the Australian stage.

From a musical about conversion therapy to the Australian debut of an East London grime star, Sydney Festival 2025 was full of music, performance and a little bit of magic.

Known for roles on Underbelly films and across Australian theatre, Eadie starred alongside Nicole Kidman in the 1987 series Vietnam. 

It took more than a decade for British Brazilian Australian playwright Marcelo Dos Santos to have his big break with Feeling Afraid as If Something Terrible Is Going to Happen.