A big warm hug of a show, full of deft theatrical touches and calculated mischief.

A collaboration between the ACO and Hand to Earth, a national tour for the musical Phar Lap and a new Back to Back Theatre work among the projects funded.

A round-up of our recent news reports.

A large fire has ripped through the theatre company's Marrickville premises.

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

Every aspect of this staging works to highlight the strengths of Steel Magnolias – to a point where we don’t care about its contrivances.

Obsessed with The Drover’s Wife as a child, Leah Purcell has adapted it as a play, novel and film. Then composer George Palmer asked if she would collaborate on an opera.

Pamela Rabe commands Belvoir’s uneven eco-mystery, where big ideas accumulate without dramatic payoff.

Shakthidharan has been honoured for his ambitious, multigenerational plays including Counting and Cracking and The Jungle and the Sea.

An insightful interrogation of what it means to live both privately and performatively, underpinned by a masterful performance.

British writer Sam Holcroft's satire reminds us that censorship seldom shows up wearing jackboots.

One star pays tribute to another in this unabashedly celebratory account of a life lived hard.