Culture
Theatre
The evolution of a Fringe goddess
She is the queen of Melbourne’s festival of the provocative, but Moira Finucane’s boundary-pushing performances have a generosity at their heart. It all comes from a life-changing encounter.
- by Cassidy Knowlton
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Half sport, half art: Why juggling is more than a party trick
Bleeding hands and 20,000 hours of training is only part of what it takes to revolutionise the art of professional juggling.
- by Nell Geraets
It starts with a lie, but this musical will teach you to be a better human
As Beau Woodbridge prepares to take the stage for Dear Evan Hansen, the actor and show’s director talk about the musical’s dark subject.
- by Lenny Ann Low
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Performing arts
Sarah Snook’s Dorian Gray was a West End triumph. Now it’s heading to Broadway
Having wowed audiences in London, the Succession star is set to take on New York in the brilliantly reimagined Oscar Wilde tale.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Strange, familiar, free: Your guide to choosing the perfect Fringe show
Soap operas and secret locations: here’s a taste of what’s to come at Melbourne Fringe.
- by Elizabeth Flux
‘No internet, no intruders, no clothes’: Nude Baby Boomers lead Griffin Theatre’s new season
A play about naturism is the quirkiest of six plays on offer next year from Sydney’s theatre of first chances.
- by Linda Morris
‘Does the show always need to go on?’ Qld Theatre chief addresses POTUS cancellation
Criena Gehrke opens up about the controversial cancellation, as well as the goody bag of favourites planned for the 2025 season.
- by Nick Dent
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Sydney Festival
New Sydney Festival director wants us on the edge of our seats
Canadian-born Kris Nelson’s first festival will be in 2026, the 50th anniversary of the event.
- by Nick Galvin
Why so serious? The cellist on a mission to make classical music a laugh
Karen Hall had her career as a professional cellist turned upside down by two clowns.
- by John Shand
Meet the first-ever cohort of women to graduate from uni - in Melbourne
Women’s brains were considered smaller than men’s, until a small group of trailblazing students resolved to blow that idea out of existence.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
The banned play making a rare return to the Australian stage
Bell Shakespeare will mark 35 years with a performance of a political epic that inspired The Hunger Games.
- by Linda Morris