Eight years after becoming a huge cult hit in the West End,the musical The Grinning Man is heading Down Under.
Irish actor Olwen Fouéré and Australia’s Hugo Weaving command the stage in Sydney Theatre Company’s first time co-production with Dublin’s Gate Theatre.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a pioneer for women in law. Sarah Krasnostein followed in her wake and says Mitchell channels a ‘strange’ connection with the Supreme Court Justice.
This Brisbane show is filthy one instance,elegiac and poetic the next – Chariots of Fire meets the frat house.
New chair Ann Johnson said the company did not support individual statements being made at curtain calls as it flagged a smaller season for 2025.
The acclaimed actor has just finished performing his latest play in Ireland,where he says conversations about Gaza and Israel are much more “sane” than in Australia.
The list of contenders to replace Sydney Theatre Company’s Kip Williams includes some of the most high profile directorial names in Australia.
From Dorian Gray to The Harp in the South,Williams’ appointment as artistic director was a gamble that paid off for the STC board.
The creative force behind West End hit,The Picture of Dorian Gray,is to step down at the end of the year from his full-time role at the flagship company he has led for eight years.
Sydney’s longest operating community theatre,The Genesian will leave its CBD HQ for a new home over the Anzac Bridge.
Shake and Stir’s adaptation of Dahl’s fruitful adventure is an ideal holiday distraction.