Read our features on religion, music and immortality, a Brazilian opera festival where everything is free, adapting literature for the theatre, as well as an extract from Alex Ross’s new book Wagnerism.

The company will present the inaugural Maali Festival, which was to have taken place in 2020, as well as Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, an adaptation of Animal Farm by Van Badham, and an audience-choice Shakespeare.

Productions include the return of Fangirls and A Room of One's own, three new Australian plays, and The Cherry Orchard.

New AD Alan Cumming presents a taster of his full line-up (to be announced next March), with his own new cabaret show closing the festival.

Jason Arrow has landed the title role of Alexander Hamilton, with local performers from diverse backgrounds playing the vast majority of roles.

Aviva Endean, Matt Laing and Dr Yitzhak Yedid will take up residencies at three historic houses in Perth, Angaston and Sydney.

Deborah Cheetham has composed a new carol for ABC Classic, which Australians are invited to record together. Russell Torrance talks to Limelight about the project and how he can't hear the music without crying.

The company brings back Hamlet, forced to close this year after a week and a half, John Bell reflects on a life with Shakespeare and Peter Evans directs A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Belvoir has announced the Yuin actor, writer and theatre-maker as its 2020 Balnaves Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Fellow.

OA is announcing its 2021 program in stages. This first season includes Ernani, Bluebeard's Castle, The Merry Widow and Tosca. Lyndon Terracini also addresses the company restructure and redundancies.

Rosie Dennis tells us about her first program for the Gold Coast festival, which she hopes will bring a sense of connection in a year that has kept people at a distance.

We speak to the Australian director who takes up his new position with the company this month.