Stage
‘A risk to society’: The next-gen stars tapping into the dark heart of The Talented Mr Ripley
Patricia Highsmith’s antihero has gripped readers for 70 years, now he is in the hands of a Heartbreak High star.
- Lenny Ann Low
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They used to be hated. Now, Melbourne is throwing a party for these ‘sky puppies’
Melbourne’s “misunderstood” bats are finally getting the celebration they deserve at a festival centered around a beloved local landmark.
- Kerrie O'Brien
Sexy and delicious, this Mozart opera is made for our times
The Victorian Opera’s Abduction skewers modern relationships - metrosexuals should consider themselves warned.
- Barney Zwartz
Henri Szeps, star of the ABC’s Mother and Son, dies aged 81
Szeps revealed during a television appearance with his son in 2021 that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
- Louise Rugendyke and Michael Lallo
‘It must be in the DNA somewhere’ - Annie star credits her famous gran
In her latest role Mackenzie Dunn is following in the footsteps of her grandmother, Australian stage legend Jilly Perryman
- Sonia Harford
Stan Grant is used to war zones. His ‘crazy’ next act comes close
A solo stage show and a previously unseen script. What could possibly go wrong?
- John Bailey
‘We all have the capacity to be monsters’: Hazem Shammas on playing Coriolanus
Macbeth has nothing on one of Shakespeare’s lesser-known and most monstrous subjects.
- John Bailey
It’s time to meet the mystery woman behind Hitchcock’s greatest hits
The full power of Daphne du Maurier’s writing is unleashed in new stage productions of The Birds and Rebecca.
- John Bailey
A missing woman, an ancient mystery. Finally, a new story emerges
Andrea James was haunted by “The White Woman of Gippsland”. Her contemporary stage thriller shifts the perspective.
- John Bailey
Rude, chaotic, needy: Why middle-class me loves playing Beetlejuice
This obnoxious loudmouth lets us laugh at death and decency. What better way to celebrate life?
- Eddie Perfect