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Helen Morse is playing a 70-something tea drinker, but don’t be fooled

Helen Morse is playing a 70-something tea drinker, but don’t be fooled

The petite, polite acting veteran unleashes hellish visions in her MTC double bill with Alison Bell.

  • by Sonia Harford

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How this writer’s longstanding horror of dying influenced his hit play

How this writer’s longstanding horror of dying influenced his hit play

Creator of the hit West End play 2:22 Danny Robins discusses his personal journey into the supernatural.

  • by Stephanie Bunbury
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Trailer - 2:22 A ghost Story

The Australian premiere of 2:22 A ghost Story, coming to her Her Majesty's Theatre

The unlikely subject at the heart of a new Australian musical

The unlikely subject at the heart of a new Australian musical

Bloom isn’t just about laughs – it’s also very personal.

  • by Louise Rugendyke
This playwright sent a ‘mole’ into a beauty pageant to help her write a play

This playwright sent a ‘mole’ into a beauty pageant to help her write a play

In Michelle Law’s Miss Peony, a woman enters a beauty pageant to save her grandmother’s soul. The writer explains why pageants have intrigued her for so long.

  • by Hannah Story
Forget Prince Charming, this modern Aussie Cinders can save herself

Forget Prince Charming, this modern Aussie Cinders can save herself

Eight years in the making, the new Australian musical Midnight reimagines Disney’s put-upon heroine.

  • by John Bailey
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Ballet dancer who graduated during lockdown wins rising star award

Ballet dancer who graduated during lockdown wins rising star award

Lilla Harvey, who has just won the $25,000 Telstra Rising Star Award, gives her top three tips for personal growth.

  • by Chantal Nguyen
Interviews, like love, don’t always run smoothly. Just ask this writer

Interviews, like love, don’t always run smoothly. Just ask this writer

Zia Ahmed squirms at even an innocuous question, but he writes with dazzling clarity. His play, I Wanna Be Yours, navigates love and racial fault lines.

  • by Richard Jinman
Its ending will break you, but that’s why Once the musical works

Its ending will break you, but that’s why Once the musical works

Based on the Oscar-winning film of the same name, the Broadway musical hit is finally returning to Melbourne.

  • by Louise Rugendyke
Even its creator thinks this play might end up being a car crash

Even its creator thinks this play might end up being a car crash

We’re not exactly sure what Cavalcade is about, but William Henderson’s theatrical pedigree makes it hard to look away.

  • by John Bailey
‘It’s terrifying’: Judith Lucy quit comedy. Here’s what she did next

‘It’s terrifying’: Judith Lucy quit comedy. Here’s what she did next

After 35 years of doing stand-up, the comedian is, literally, up to her neck with her next role in Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days.

  • by Louise Rugendyke