Despite the energy of the cast and the inventive staging, this sung-through musical doesn’t entirely hit the heart.

Doomed to be judged on criteria such as strategic value and return on investment, performing arts training in Australia is in crisis, argues Chris Hay.

Nineteen world premieres and more than 1000 performances in a Brisbane Festival bill spotlighting local talents with national profiles.

A new stage production featuring music by Max Lambert brings fresh perspectives to Colleen McCullough's story of a May-September romance.

A looming prom night puts a ticking clock under Jacob Parker's Dumb Kids, an energetic, thoughtful study of youthful anxiety and diversity.

Equally at home in TV comedy and theatrical tragedy, Judi Farr gave many memorable performances over five decades.

An appealing back-to-basics approach for this Romeo and Juliet has Shakespeare’s words do the heavy lifting.

This ingenious, double-plotted musical, with a stunning jazz score and hilarious book, is brought to vivid life at the Hayes.

As Wicked did for The Wizard of Oz, this new Australian musical gives the Cinderella fairytale a modern makeover.

A cross-country journey of revenge continues the cycle of family violence in this darkly comic American play.

The everyday and extreme challenges we face, mixed with Sugar and some spice, create a life-affirming slice of contemporary theatre.

Disney's sumptuous, magical staging of "a tale as old as time" is a delight from start to finish.