Introducing the September 2024 issue of Limelight
This month’s Limelight cover star is Gothic literature’s first and most influential monster – but not in the guise you’ve come to expect.
This month’s Limelight cover star is Gothic literature’s first and most influential monster – but not in the guise you’ve come to expect.
This Pulitzer-winning comedy about adults studying English in Iran explores identity, self-expression, alienation and belonging through language.
Bill & Ted stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter to feature in a new Broadway production of Waiting for Godot.
Joanna Murray-Smith’s adaption feels faithful to Chekhov’s original portrait of a fractious household stuck in a rut.
A highly polished theatrical production in which all the elements and their alchemists are in sync.
Selected from over 200 entries Jordan Shea takes the prestigious prize with “a tender dramedy that pits love against obligation”.
This Melbourne production of US composer Jake Heggie's two-act opera touches with its pain, humanity and emotional complexity.
Jules Orcullo has been awarded the 2024 Griffin Award for a play inspired by family, the Fab Four and "cycles of generosity, gratitude and grief".
Ray Lawler revolutionised the Australian theatre with Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, but his influence extended far beyond his own writing.
Lin-Manuel Miranda's joyous, heartfelt musical is back at the Sydney Opera House, but the sound needs attention.
Transplanting the Bard's star-crossed lovers to modern-day Cardiff, Gary Owen's play shifts the focus from love and loss to issues of class.
An intimate performance space opens in the State Theatre Rehearsal Room while Arts Centre renovations continue.
Martyna Majok's Pulitzer Prize-winning play is a compelling story about the human need for love, care and dignity.