Theatre

A stalwart of Australian theatre for more than 40 years, Susie Dee has forged a reputation as a passionate and accomplished director who’s not afraid to take risks.

For Michael Sheen – in Sydney to star in Amadeus, in which he performed more than two decades ago – past and present are inextricably entwined.

Gratte Ciel – next year’s drawcard for WOMADelaide – comes from a centuries-long tradition of French street performance.

While plays such as Belvoir’s The Jungle and the Sea are welcome presences on the main stage, are they still written primarily for white audiences?

Queensland Theatre’s First Casualty takes an unvarnished look at the costs of the war in Afghanistan.

Melbourne Theatre Company’s newest work is an adventurous and relentlessly upbeat portrayal of the life of Evonne Goolagong Cawley.

Self-effacing writer Jack Thorne, whose prolific career ranges from grim Welsh mining dramas to Enola Holmes and adapting Dickens, talks about channelling anger and fear in his work.

Queensland Theatre’s adaptation of the memoir Boy, Lost is a powerful examination of the price of removing children from their families.

Suzie Miller’s new play about Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Sydney Theatre Company delves into the passion and humour of this complex woman.

For Richard E. Grant, acting is a constant joy – but the past year has mostly been about tackling grief.