McMaster will take over the position from Robert Love, who did extraordinary work as Director of Riverside Theatres, Parramatta for two decades.

A dancer and a percussionist collaborate in an unusual duo, but the work still has more room to move.

A new look at a memorable, if flawed, Australian musical.

Across 15 productions Riverside Theatres celebrates classics, award-winners and brand new work next season.

Two of Australian music’s leading ladies, Claire Edwardes and Amy Dickson, on reviving their duo. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Artistic Director Shona McCullagh discusses New Zealand Dance Company’s new ANZAC tribute, Rotunda. The New Zealand Dance Company is committed to creating new connections to dance and collaborating deeply. Our new piece, Rotunda, is a major work for our company – a heartfelt piece that honours the role brass bands have played in New Zealand society since 1845. It is also a living memorial to the loss of innocent, good young men who were slaughtered or left traumatised by the events of often ill-planned battles during the First World War. The work draws from the extraordinary courage and indomitable spirit of NZ and Australian men, and the women who set about running the country with aching hearts and dread that their men might not return. And so very many didn’t. Of the 18,166 New Zealanders who died in the First World War: 12,483 lie in France and Belgium, 2,721 died at Gallipoli and 381 died in Sinai and Palestine. Many of the dead lie in unknown graves: 4,227 in France and Belgium, 1,684 at Gallipoli and 61 in Sinai and Palestine. The Australian numbers are even more atrocious making this work so relevant to us all. One of the missing dead in…