Kendall Feaver’s densely layered, provocative and sobering new play demands discomfort and discussion.

Features this month include summer reads for music lovers, the Limelight Artists of the Year for 2021, the transformation Simone Young will bring to the SSO, and Henry Handel Richardson's love of music and her treasure trove of songs.

Little Red’s musical formula for feel-good fun hits the right note for these testing times.

From May, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will hit the stage in Melbourne in a newly reimagined, condensed play. Muggles who want to see the original two-play version need to get a wriggle on.

After two long and agonising years, it's time to play the music and light the lights in Melbourne tonight.

The Little Red Company managed to thrive during COVID and has now landed multiyear funding. Poised to revive two of its popular shows, it has a new production planned for its tenth anniversary in 2022.

A moving, colourful production of Michael Gow’s Australian summer classic.

Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts proposes post-COVID roadmap while reports reveal enormous impact of the pandemic.

Dean Bryant directs yet another sensational production for the Hayes Theatre Co with a brilliantly staged, moving version of Sondheim's musical.

The 2022 Adelaide Festival program from Joint Artistic Directors Neil Armfield and Rachel Healy features 71 events including nine world premieres and six Australian premieres.

This month’s news round-up includes the return of the arts, Opera Australia’s latest outdoor spectacle, Queensland Ballet’s new home on the Gold Coast, the triumph of Moulin Rouge! The Musical at the Tony Awards, and the winners at the 2021 Art Music Awards.

The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.