A star is born in this clever adaptation of a beloved Australian film.

Ellen Burstyn and a high-calibre Australian cast explore life, death and Beethoven.

The photographer and actress’s real-life encounter becomes a tantalising cocktail of truth and fiction.

A musically excellent, perceptively designed and directed production of Wagner’s final opera.

Britain’s renowned Baroque ensemble cut to the musical chase of Purcell’s semi-opera, with beautiful if not Arthurian results.

The indomitable Miriam Margolyes shines as the real-life vagrant who lived in playwright Alan Bennett’s front yard for 15 years.

A seemingly humble two-hander from America takes on the world, teasing, prodding and ultimately assaulting audiences’ unease about race.

The American mezzo delivered a Baroque rockstar performance, but the Orchestra of the Antipodes was no mere backing band.

A dream cast, sublime design, charming music and assured direction deliver a delightful end-of-year Shakespearian romp.

Songs became heartfelt, sometimes humorous theatre in the hands of a masterful actor-singer, who gripped the audience in this intimate concert.

This new commission gives an old story an entertaining makeover with style-hopping music, comedy and feminist attitude.

Rossini’s now rarely seen take on Shakespeare’s tragedy is hampered by the plot’s hollowed out drama.