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The Olivier Awards 2026: The winners

Actors Rosamund Pike and Jack Holden, Australian opera star Danielle de Neise and a beloved bear from Peru among those honoured in British theatre's top awards.

April 14, 2026
Theatre
Live Review

Review: English (Outhouse Theatre Co & Seymour Centre)

This Pulitzer Prize-winning play considers linguistic imperialism in an excellent and powerfully timely production.

April 13, 2026
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
Live Review

Review: The Last Ship (Queensland Performing Arts Centre)

Heartfelt, moving and nostalgic, Sting's musical is classy entertainment that pulses with dance and music.

April 13, 2026
Pop and Rock, Theatre
Live Review

Review: Michael Paynter: Great Australian Songbook Live 2026

90 minutes spent at the summit of Australian songwriting with one of the country's finest voices – and an equally brilliant surprise guest.

April 12, 2026
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
Live Review

Review: Heathers the Musical (Bill Kenwright, Paul Taylor Mills, GMG Productions & Stoddart Entertainment)

The musical theatre adaptation of a 1980s cult cinema classic returns for another murderous round of high-school misfits versus mean girls and jocks.

April 12, 2026
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Belvoir)

Pamela Rabe commands Belvoir’s uneven eco-mystery, where big ideas accumulate without dramatic payoff.

April 10, 2026
News, Theatre
news

S Shakthidharan wins Windham-Campbell Prize for Drama

Shakthidharan has been honoured for his ambitious, multigenerational plays including Counting and Cracking and The Jungle and the Sea.

April 10, 2026
Theatre
Live Review

Review: The River (Sydney Theatre Company)

Jez Butterworth’s play steers for profundity. Whether it gets there is left to you to determine.

April 8, 2026
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Till the Stars Come Down (Secret House & bAKEHOUSE Theatre)

A vivid picture of a working-class wedding does double duty as an unflinching portrait of post-Brexit Britain.

April 6, 2026
News, Theatre
news

Vale John Clark, the visionary who put NIDA on the global stage

Throughout his long leadership of the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Clark demonstrated a rare ability to align artistic ambition with institutional strategy.

April 2, 2026
Theatre
Live Review

Review: The Prom (Teatro & On Your Feet)

This sparkling production is the perfect introduction to a new musical theatre venue in Sydney.

March 29, 2026
Opera, Theatre
Live Review

Review: The Phantom of the Opera (Opera Australia’s Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour)

Honouring its 40-year legacy with a phantastic new Phantom at the helm, this spectacular outdoor staging of Lloyd Webber’s megamusical is unmissable.

March 28, 2026
Theatre
Live Review

Review: My Brilliant Career (Sydney Theatre Company)

A brilliant adaptation turns Miles Franklin's classic into a world-class musical without compromising its feminist essence or Australian identity.

March 27, 2026

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