Limelight: Looking forward to 2050
We're celebrating our 250th issue this month. Rather than look back, we've asked leaders in the field to imagine what Australian theatremakers might be presenting when we publish Limelight #500.
August 12, 2025
Review: WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE! (La Boite Theatre & Dead Puppet Society)
This Brisbane-centric collaboration mashes personal and ecological grief with outrageous monster mayhem.
August 6, 2025
Monster mayhem! Millennial meltdown! Yes, WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!
What would we do if all the rubbish we hurled into the world came back to bite us? A new show at La Boite confronts our uncertain future.
July 10, 2025
100 Years Forging Human Connections
La Boite Artistic Director Courtney Stewart tells Jo Litson about the company’s centenary season.
June 23, 2025
Read the October 2024 issue of Limelight
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September 23, 2024
An Awfully Big Adventure
We talk to Brisbane's Dead Puppet Society about Peter and the Starcatcher, the Broadway smash hit about the boy who became Peter Pan.
September 23, 2024
The October 2024 issue of Limelight is now available
Elena Kats-Chernin and her new movie score; the origins story of Peter Pan, and a farewell to the show that's skewered Aussie politics for 25 years. October is a big issue.
September 23, 2024
Introducing the October 2024 issue of Limelight
Elena Kats-Chernin and her new movie score; the origins story of Peter Pan, and a farewell to the show that's skewered Aussie politics for 25 years. October is a big issue.
September 11, 2024
Holding Achilles: A reimagining of Homer’s Iliad explores an unspoken relationship
Mythology, sexuality and even gravity are up for re-examination in Holding Achilles, a production which has taken its makers in new and demanding directions.
January 9, 2023
Review: Holding Achilles (Dead Puppet Society, Legs On The Wall, QPAC & Brisbane Festival)
This astounding collaboration weaves a moving, epic tale of love and war, with physical feats and technical wizardry that never overshadow the emotion and raw humanity.
September 5, 2022
Read the September 2022 issue of Limelight online
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August 22, 2022
The September 2022 issue of Limelight is now available
This month's features explore Melbourne Opera's Bendigo Ring Cycle, the challenge for orchestras to attract younger audiences, the new physical theatre production Holding Achilles, and an interview with choral superstar Eric Whitacre.
August 22, 2022
Introducing the September 2022 issue of Limelight
This month's features explore Melbourne Opera's Bendigo Ring Cycle, the challenge for orchestras to attract younger audiences, the new physical theatre production Holding Achilles, and an interview with choral superstar Eric Whitacre.
August 12, 2022