Theatre

Diana Nguyen, who has just co-adapted Alice Pung’s novel Laurinda for the stage, says laughter is the way through pain.

Ewen Leslie’s latest role in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde questions the duality of the human mind.

Burlesque performer and director Moira Finucane on creating delight as a political act.

Michelle Law’s body-swap play, Top Coat, is a fun ride – but don’t look for any real profundities.

Vidya Rajan’s gift for absurdist comedy has led to a career spanning everything from avant-garde internet performance to mainstream theatre.

A new Sydney production of Sarah Kane’s iconic play Cleansed reveals the love that persists beneath the world’s brutality.

Daniel Schlusser Ensemble’s first production for almost a decade is a devastating exploration of violence against women.

At its heart, Meyne Wyatt’s City of Gold is about a family denied the right to grieve.

Playwright, actor and director Elena Carapetis’s latest project brings teenage bad-ass Antigone to the present day.

The Melbourne Theatre Company’s SLAP. BANG. KISS. is a step behind the radical generation it is speaking to.