Welcoming ideas as well as finalised scripts, the revamped Award aims to amplify unheard voices, encourage inclusivity and give rise to works that speak to a diverse audience.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Addams Family and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying among the shows to get a Hayes makeover.

Next year's 13 titles include three world premieres, two Pulitzer Prize winners and Miranda Otto's first STC appearance in 14 years.

A stripped back take on Shakespeare’s tragedy boldly chooses not to play the racism card – with mixed results.

While it’s good to leave a theatre all warm and optimistic, Orlando's non-engagement with opposing sentiment feels like calculated avoidance.

A hilarious and heart-wrenching new musical comedy about mothers, daughters, ghosts and karaoke.

Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's bluegrass musical is a heart-on-sleeve winner with everyone on stage a quadruple threat.

A moving story of resilience and resistance, Back to Bilo is a call to action in every sense.

Newcastle's iconic Ocean Baths is the subject and the stage for a new play that can truly call itself 'immersive'.

In a well-cast production of jaw-dropping design and theatricality, playwright Tom Wright returns to Troy to explore timeless themes of war.

From synaesthesia to superstar pianists, bold theatre to groundbreaking dance – October’s Limelight is packed with must-hear, must-see artistry.

Belvoir Downstairs to be the home away from home for Griffin's year of "up close and personal" theatre experiences.