The playwright who humanised hitmen decades before Pulp Fiction

The playwright who humanised hitmen decades before Pulp Fiction

Harold Pinter’s bleakly funny The Dumb Waiter shows us the banality in brutality. It features in a new Ensemble double header with his equally comic play The Lover.

  • byChris Hook

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All the best in free fun for May in Sydney

All the best in free fun for May in Sydney

There’s something for everyone with festivals,talks,live gigs,family fun and much more – and it’s free.

  • byNicole Elphick
Your guide to fab (and budget-friendly) events in Melbourne in May

Your guide to fab (and budget-friendly) events in Melbourne in May

From dance and singing to spectacular exhibitions,these free events promise loads of fun.

  • bySonia Nair
A missing woman,an ancient mystery. Finally,a new story emerges

A missing woman,an ancient mystery. Finally,a new story emerges

Andrea James was haunted by “The White Woman of Gippsland”. Her contemporary stage thriller shifts the perspective.

  • byJohn Bailey
Posh boys run riot in a night dissecting power and privilege

Posh boys run riot in a night dissecting power and privilege

Laura Wade’s 2010 play,Posh,is loosely based on the carry-ons of an all-male Oxford student club known for lavish dinners and appalling behaviour.

  • byJoyce Morgan
Why emptying your mind is about to become the hottest ticket in town

Why emptying your mind is about to become the hottest ticket in town

Melburnians are being asked to join South Korean artist Woopsyang in a celebration of stillness. Where do I sign up?

  • bySimmone Howell
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This dazzling Mel Brooks revival is near perfect
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This dazzling Mel Brooks revival is near perfect

Our critics take in the latest performances around town.

  • byJohn Shand,Peter McCallum andKate Prendergast
Saddle up,Brisbane:Calamity Jane gallops into town a Wild West winner
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Saddle up,Brisbane:Calamity Jane gallops into town a Wild West winner

After selling out in capitals around the country,this outrageously entertaining indie smash has finally arrived in Brisbane.

  • byNick Dent
The secret process that helps this trainer prepare dogs for stage and screen stardom

The secret process that helps this trainer prepare dogs for stage and screen stardom

Luke Hura had the job of getting two groodles ready to play the dog Sandy in the beloved musical Annie at the Capitol Theatre. Here’s how he did it.

  • byNick Galvin
First-timer has a fresh take on Shakespeare’s ‘badass’ king

First-timer has a fresh take on Shakespeare’s ‘badass’ king

Liam Gamble brings a unique take on Richard III as part of Sport for Jove’s cycle of history plays.

  • byJohn Shand
Western Sydney pleads for PM to rescue $270m theatre revamp

Western Sydney pleads for PM to rescue $270m theatre revamp

On budget eve,lobbying is under way for the government to cough up $50m so plans for a 1500-seat Broadway-style lyric theatre in Parramatta can get back on track.

  • byLinda Morris