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From Barrie Kosky finding the new in Wagner to Sheridan Harbridge on women who refuse to conform, May's issue of Limelight is a celebration of talent, resilience and audacity.

Obsessed with The Drover’s Wife as a child, Leah Purcell has adapted it as a play, novel and film. Then composer George Palmer asked if she would collaborate on an opera.

From Barrie Kosky finding the new in Wagner to Sheridan Harbridge on women who refuse to conform, May's issue of Limelight is a celebration of talent, resilience and audacity.

Actor and director Guy Simon to create a new work as a resident artist at Belvoir in 2024/25.

Leah Purcell discusses her new film, which is based on Henry Lawson’s short story The Drover’s Wife, but told from the perspective of an Indigenous woman in a radical, important reimagining.

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Our April features explore the new Cobar Sound Chapel, a documentary about luthier Harry Vatiliotis's last violin, musical arrangements in the past and today, and the joy of walking and its link to creativity.

The program for this year's MIFF has been curated with compassion, ambition, sensitivity and range, and will be presented in a new model, both in cinemas (COVID permitting) and online.

David McAllister has received a Companion of the Order of Australia. Others recognised include Brett Weymark, John Kotzas, Peter Carroll, Linsey Pollak, Leah Purcell, Jonathan Biggins and Chris Hemsworth.

Barrie Kosky's Saul and Leah Purcell's The Drover's Wife win big at this year's awards for live performance in Australia.

My Fair Lady, The Book of Mormon, Barrie Kosky's Saul and Leah Purcell's The Drover's Wife lead the charge.