Review: Macbeth (An Undoing) (Malthouse Theatre)
Shakespeare’s play is given a feminist shake-up, but this sometimes pedestrian, occasionally unclear take comes undone.
July 11, 2024
Review: Homo Pentacostus (Malthouse Theatre)
A soul-searching, bracingly honest reflection by two gay men on the complexities of their spiritual and cultural inheritance.
May 16, 2024
Review: The Exact Dimensions of Hell (Mackey, Darling & Collaborators)
With roots in 1990s online culture and horror movies, Bridget Mackey's two-hander explores desire, grooming and abuse.
April 22, 2024
The Green Room Awards: Melbourne Theatre Company among the big winners
MTC, Melbourne Opera, Richard Mills and Kinky Boots among the companies, artists and shows recognised in a marathon Green Room Awards ceremony.
April 10, 2024
Melbourne’s La Mama theatre goes dark
Loss of Creative Australia organisational funding sees the shutters go up at Melbourne's historic La Mama.
March 12, 2024
Review: Milked (The Ninth Floor)
Rustic humour gets caught up in existential anxiety in this two-hander loaded with talent.
March 2, 2024
Review: The Duchess of Malfi (Arrant Knaves Theatre Company)
A classic of early English theatre, this tale of bloody revenge is imperfectly reimagined as Gothic horror.
February 17, 2024
Australian theatre company awarded Venice Biennale’s Golden Lion
Geelong's Back to Back Theatre recognised as “the pioneer of renewal in Australian theatre" at this year's Venice Biennale.
February 15, 2024
Review: Multiple Bad Things (Back to Back Theatre)
Australia’s most internationally acclaimed theatre company returns with a workplace parable that asks difficult questions.
January 9, 2024
Season Preview 2024: Theatre
What do our theatre companies have on offer in the year ahead?
December 22, 2023
Comings and Goings: January and February 2024
The latest arts appointments and departures.
December 22, 2023
Review: Kinky Boots (James Terry Collective)
A small but mighty production of the Tony Award-winning musical about fabulous footwear and accepting people for who they are.
December 3, 2023
Comings and Goings: December 2023
The latest arts appointments and departures.
November 20, 2023