As the Edinburgh International Festival celebrates its 75th anniversary alongside the concurrent Edinburgh Fringe, it hosts the largest contingent of Australian artists in its history.

This week Jo Litson recommends the Belvoir online concert, Lin-Manuel Miranda's 14-minute musical 21 Chump Street, Gillian Anderson in A Streetcar Named Desire, and Black Swan's Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.

Was it parochialism (as some have claimed) or acknowledgement of a groundbreaking moment in Australian theatre that saw Counting and Cracking win Best Play?

Eamon Flack's updated Ibsen takes a timely look at our own lingering ghosts.

Highlights include Kate Mulvany in an Ibsen gender-switch, an adaptation of Bliss, and a revival of the Hayes’ Calamity Jane. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

A joyous romp with a festively porous fourth wall.

Toby Schmitz, Mr Burns from The Simpsons, Mark Colvin, Jasper Jones and a talking cat all turn up in the 2017 season.

Eamon Flack's stunning production pairs brilliant invention with a deep respect for this American masterwork.

“What we stand to lose today is terrible,” Artistic Directors tell Government Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Belvoir’s new Artistic Director says 2016 will be about theatricality, variety of life and faith in humanity. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

This highly anticipated and respectfully Brechtian production falls short of the hype. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

The great Australian actor will appear in Eamon Flack’s upcoming Chekhov production. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in