Trumping Caesar
Steve Dow talks to academics, historians and stage directors about Julius Caesar and his ongoing resonance within the arts.
Steve Dow talks to academics, historians and stage directors about Julius Caesar and his ongoing resonance within the arts.
Bell Shakespeare's Artistic Director Peter Evans walks us through his 2025 season, from Rome to Agincourt and Verona.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
Classical music has been a lifelong passion of the veteran actor. He reveals how a chance invitation shaped his taste in music forever.
A physical, fast-moving staging of Shakespeare's comedy but one that seems reluctant to allow laughter at the expense of its characters.
What do our theatre companies have on offer in the year ahead?
Bell Shakespeare's latest Tweflth Night is easy to immerse yourself in, though sticking with it proves more challenging than it should.
Australia's mainstage theatre companies are shunning Shakespeare in 2024. A much-needed break, or a mistake?
Casting Robert Menzies as King Lear will give audiences a fresh angle on this story of majesty and succession, says Bell Shakespeare's Peter Evans.
This is the news every mid-scale theatre producer in Sydney has been waiting to hear. But there's a catch.
An appealing back-to-basics approach for this Romeo and Juliet has Shakespeare’s words do the heavy lifting.
The stage and screen actor and union activist died after a long illness.
Australian theatre companies generally take negative reviews on the chin. But some criticism cuts too deep, it seems.