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Sharing Stories

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.

April 20, 2026
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Live Review

Review: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Belvoir)

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

April 10, 2026
News, Theatre
news

S Shakthidharan wins Windham-Campbell Prize for Drama

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

April 10, 2026
Theatre
Live Review

Review: The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin (Griffin Theatre Company)

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

March 2, 2026
Theatre
Live Review

Review: A Mirror (Belvoir)

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

February 26, 2026
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
Live Review

Review: Amplified: The Exquisite Rock and Rage of Chrissy Amphlett (Belvoir)

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

February 2, 2026
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news

Sydney Theatre Awards: The winners

Belvoir's Grief and Hayes Theatre Co's Phar Lap pick up multiple awards at this year's critic and industry peer-voted STAs.

January 20, 2026
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Multi-platform media personality Bianca Hunt to create a new work for the Belvoir stage.

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Proof (were it needed) that the promise of nudity always boosts traffic.

January 2, 2026
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
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2025 Sydney Theatre Awards nominations announced

Nominations span 56 productions, reflecting the breadth of work across mainstage, independent and musical theatre.

December 22, 2025
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Season Preview 2026: Theatre

What do our theatre companies have on offer in the year ahead?

December 19, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: As You Like It (Melbourne Shakespeare Company)

With fabulous costumes and catchy pop bangers, this open-air twist on the Bard’s pastoral romantic comedy blossoms with charm.

December 12, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: The True History of the Life and Death of King Lear & His Three Daughters (Belvoir)

An absorbing, strongly performed and supple work of storytelling – but you'll need to give it your full attention.

November 21, 2025

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