A comprehensive guide to the performing arts in 2026, essential holiday listening and must-see shows, Limelight is your ideal summer companion.

Director Lee Lewis talks why she believes Yasmina Reza’s play ART is “lightning in a bottle”, particularly for the men in the audience.

A round-up of our recent news reports.

A new Queensland Theatre production of Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 stage thriller shows us where this now-familiar term 'gaslight' originated.

A high-adrenaline drama from a unique perspective, portraying the daily lives of Australian soldiers in 2011 Afghanistan.

An award-winning new Australian play by Steve Pirie offers an insight into the funeral industry.

Opera Queensland, Queensland Ballet, Queensland Symphony Orchestra Queensland Theatre and Circa will all perform live in the coming months in a program called Queensland’s Own.

Highlights include Blazey Best in Gypsy, a revival of Australian musical Darlinghurst Nights, Aspects of Love, and In the Heights. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Eco-terrorists, a woman unable to find a place to rent and a female Misanthrope: some of the characters in a “wild ride”. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Twelfth Night starring Geoffrey Rush top and tail a topical programme. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

In a gender flip, Danielle Cormack will star in a new version of Molière’s The Misanthrope written by Justin Fleming. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

This restaged Gothic murder ballad thrills with its grisly poetry and razor-sharp production.