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Leaning into Uncle Vanya’s bleakness: a sumptuous play, with a deeply modern feel

Uncle Vanya is Anton Chekhov’s classic tale of the flawed lives of educated, wealthy Russian elites.

The Conversation

Uncle Vanya review – celebrity casting and cringey modernisation undercuts uneven Chekov

Fayssal Bazzi and Philippa Northeast steal the show, but Shaun Micallef is a disaster

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Fearless, feminist, five-star fun – and finally touring: My Brilliant Career the musical is back on stage

The team behind the acclaimed show explain how they transformed Stella Miles Franklin’s 1901 novel into a modern musical that spans pub rock to bush folk

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Australian plays star as leading company unveils season

With extra time in development, a crop of new Australian plays should hold their own against international hits in the Melbourne Theatre Company's 2026 season.

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Rebecca review – Nikki Shiels is magnificent in confused Daphne du Maurier adaptation

Melbourne Theatre CompanyThe performances are rich and compelling in Anne-Louise Sarks’ take on the famed and haunting 1938 novel, but some aspects fail to land

The Guardian - AU

Carmen review - feminist take on opera’s notorious femme fatale has swagger and style

Maximalist design, gorgeous music and grim reality come together in a smart, seductive and spectacular production from Opera Australia

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The Removalists remains a brutal commentary on Australian masculinity. This new production treats women with empathy

The Removalists was first performed in 1971 at La Mama Theatre, Carlton, by the Australian Performing Group, an ensemble of young graduates, artists and friends.

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The Removalists review – savage, simple and canny, Williamson’s 1971 work about male brutality is as relevant as ever

Anne-Louise Sarks’ revival of David Williamson’s scathing play feels dangerously timely

The Guardian - AU

Australia on stage: the best theatre, musicals, dance and opera of 2024

Guardian Australia critics pick out the best live stage experiences of the year

The Guardian - AU

Opera Aust's awkward 2025 launch after Jo Davies' exit

Just weeks after the unexpected exit of artistic director Jo Davies, Opera Australia is spruiking the 2025 program she created.

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Broadway hit Kimberly Akimbo and David Williamson classic on Melbourne Theatre Company’s 2025 program

MTC to stage Williamson’s 1971 debut The Removalists as a response to national domestic violence crisis, as well as comedies and Shakespeare

The Guardian - AU

Rebecca to feature in Melbourne Theatre Company line-up

An adaptation of Rebecca will feature in the Melbourne Theatre Company's 2025 program, of which eight productions are premieres of Australian works.

AAP

A Streetcar Named Desire review – Nikki Shiels is majestic but she’s no Blanche

Melbourne Theatre CompanyShiels often uses her extraordinary voice for comedic effect under direction that seems determined to wrest the classic away from poeticism to the almost ribald

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Streetcar is a modern take but keeps to original script

The actors involved in MTC's A Streetcar Named Desire know they have enormous shoes to fill and have risen to the challenge while being sensitive to the theme.

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My Brilliant Career to be adapted into a pop-rock musical as part of Melbourne Theatre Company’s 2024 lineup

‘Joyful’ new show to cap off MTC season also featuring Pulitzer-winning plays Topdog/Underdog and English, and a ‘fresh take’ on A Streetcar Named Desire

The Guardian - AU

Escaped Alone and What If If Only review – this Caryl Churchill double bill opens with a masterpiece

These two short plays by the legendary UK playwright span afternoon tea and the apocalypse, past and future, grief and survival

The Guardian - AU

Bernhardt/Hamlet review – Kate Mulvany is astonishingly good

Melbourne Theatre Company, Sumner TheatreMulvany juggles comedy and vulnerability in her performance as the grand dame who decides to liven up her career by playing Shakespeare’s Dane

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Kate Mulvany returns to the stage after Amazon's Hunters to star as Sarah Bernhardt in Melbourne Theatre Company's Bernhardt/Hamlet

Actor and writer Kate Mulvany has recently played a Nazi-hunting nun for Amazon and an artist accused of murder for Foxtel. Now, she returns to the stage.

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‘Urgent listening is needed’: Australian theatre asks artists to advise them on diversity

In industry first, Melbourne Theatre Company has formed an advisory council of artists including Zoë Coombs Marr, Tony Briggs and Patricia Cornelius

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Anne-Louise Sarks puts women centrestage in her first Melbourne Theatre Company season as artistic director

The first season from Anne-Louise Sarks features plays about a bohemian art museum founder, the way the legal system fails women, and two sisters seeking revenge.

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