A round-up of our recent news reports.

Sydney playwright Mary Rachel Brown named the first recipient of the major new prize for mid-career artists.

Irish writer John Breen's Alone It Stands, the story of an unlikely victory on the rugby field, is about to kick off at Sydney's Ensemble Theatre.

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

STC's Fences, Belvoir's The Master & Margarita and the musical Miss Saigon among the frontrunners in this year's Sydney Theatre Awards.

The Seymour teams up with some of Sydney's leading independent theatre companies to present five major productions.

Brisbane writer Maxine Mellor wins her first Seaborn Award for a play she describes as "a return to joy".

This month’s concert highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.

The new $20,000 award recognises the hard graft put in by mid-career writers whose pathways are made harder by a lack of industry support.

Australia's mainstage theatre companies are shunning Shakespeare in 2024. A much-needed break, or a mistake?

The first ever staging of Louis Nowra’s The Lewis Trilogy will serve as a last hurrah for the SBW Stables Theatre as you know it.

Casting Robert Menzies as King Lear will give audiences a fresh angle on this story of majesty and succession, says Bell Shakespeare's Peter Evans.