From Symphony under the Stars to a roller derby, Sydney Festival’s 2026 program blends celebration and renewal to build “a playground of imagination”.

Clare Watson is to helm Adelaide's Windmill Theatre Company after five years with Perth's Black Swan State Theatre Company.

Director Clare Watson delivers a stylish, beautiful and assured production that will please lovers of Tennessee Williams.

With The Glass Menagerie opening in Perth next week, actor Mandy McElhinney and director Clare Watson talk about Tennessee Williams' legacy and revisiting the oft-maligned role of Amanda Wingfield.

A round-up of our recent news reports.

The latest arts appointments and departures.

Renowned director Kate Champion will take over as Artistic Director, with Ian Booth stepping in as Chief Executive Officer.

The winners include Australian Digital Concert Hall, Erin Milne, All the Queens Men, Speak Percussion and Clare Watson.

Clare Watson’s final season as Artistic Director of Black Swan is built around kin, connection and family, with a strong local flavour across its seven productions.

On the opening night of York, different elements were jostling for place. But perhaps that is the point. Australian theatre is unsettled and unsettling.

A slightly uneven but innovative take on Chekhov's famous play.

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.