In this issue we look at Alan John's iconic opera The Eighth Wonder, ABC journalist Sally Sara's debut play, Roland Peelman's Vienna-themed Canberra International Music Festival and Vasily Petrenko's COVID-beard.

How Sally Sara’s debut play Stop Girl, now playing at Belvoir St Theatre, became a lifeline after decades in war zones.

Graced by a uniformly excellent cast, Kate Champion’s assured directorship, bounteous humour, and an evocative, finely toned production, Kendall Feaver's adaptation of My Brilliant Career is, in a word, brilliant.

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

Kodie Bedford’s raucously funny debut play gives us a big-hearted story that sings true.

Find out what's on stage and streaming online in November from Limelight editors Jo Litson, Angus McPherson and Clive Paget.

As Sydney venues begin to open their doors, Steve Dow investigates the various COVID safety protocols in place.

Find out what's on stage – and streaming online – in October from Limelight editors Jo Litson, Angus McPherson and Clive Paget.

Catch up on what's been in the Limelight with the top arts stories to recently make headlines.

While live performance is returning, travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic mean virtually no international artists will tour here. Will we seize the chance to create a greater space for Indigenous, female and ethnically diverse voices to speak to us about Australia today?

Anita Hegh does a brilliant job of conveying Virginia Woolf's supple mind in Belvoir's first post-COVID, socially distanced production.

The company returns to the stage, adhering to strict COVID-Safe guidelines, with Anita Hegh in A Room of One’s Own.