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2025 Griffin Award winner announced

Playwright Michele Lee takes home the award for her work about a woman "having the greatest romance of her life, or a midlife crisis".

May 22, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Werewolf (Melbourne Fringe & Arts Centre Melbourne)

This satirical political thriller by Van Badham offers a wild ride through the extremes of left and right ideologies.

October 18, 2024
Theatre
Live Review

Review: The Questions (State Theatre Company South Australia)

A highly polished theatrical production in which all the elements and their alchemists are in sync.

August 1, 2024
News, Theatre
news

New space for Arts Centre Melbourne

An intimate performance space opens in the State Theatre Rehearsal Room while Arts Centre renovations continue.

July 23, 2024
Theatre
Live Review

Review: A Fool in Love (Sydney Theatre Company)

Van Badham spins a mix of barbed wire and fairy floss from Lope de Vega’s story of two daughters on the auction block of marriage.

February 12, 2024
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
news

State Theatre Company South Australia launches 2024 season

STCSA's 2024 offerings range from the intimate to the unabashedly glitzy. But they all share an idea, says Artistic Director Mitchell Butel.

October 12, 2023
Theatre
news

Sydney Theatre Company announces its 2024 season

The 15-play season, 11 by Australian writers, includes a 'cine-theatre' staging of Dracula, a co-pro with Dublin's Gate Theatre, and a new production of the musical Dear Evan Hansen.

September 14, 2023
Live Review

Review: Animal Farm (Black Swan State Theatre Company)

A good night at the theatre, performed by a terrific cast of three, although the production has no clear political target.

October 8, 2021
Theatre
features

Animal Farm in the age of Trump

Van Badham's adaptation of George Orwell's classic for Black Swan State Theatre Company sets Boxer and Napoleon in the world of Trump and QAnon.

September 29, 2021
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Family Values (Griffin Theatre Company)

One of David Williamson’s last new plays, this dark comedy feels urgent, incredibly topical and invigorating.

January 24, 2020
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Banging Denmark (Sydney Theatre Company)

Van Badham's new play tackles pickup artistry and the internet's seamy underside.

August 1, 2019

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