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Joan Crawford (right) with co-star Bette Davis in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

Forget Taylor and Kanye – this celebrity feud lasted 40 years

Bette Davis and Joan Crawford clung to their bitter quarrel until Crawford’s death.

  • John Shand

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Chrissy Amphlett and Charley Drayton in 2006.

Chrissy Amphlett’s ‘third act’: New songs emerge as stage show returns

New songs and the reprise of a one-woman stage show realise the last creative risks of a rock legend.

  • Michael Dwyer
ARTS: Actor Simon Burke (left) and Director Declan Greene. Declan is directing Simon in the one-man play The Elocution of Benjmain J Franklin. February 6th, 2026, Photo: Wolter Peeters, The Sydney Morning Herald.

It’s one of our greatest roles – and it was written by a 23-year-old

Simon Burke is finally getting to tackle The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin.

  • John Shand
Keiynan Lonsdale is starring in STC’s new production of The Normal Heart.

The boy from western Sydney already conquered Hollywood. So what now?

Keiynan Lonsdale spent most of his 20s on back-to-back, big-budget productions. Despite his success, he knew something was missing.

  • Bronte Gossling
Fay Du Chateau and Annie Byron in Es & Flo

A decades-old secret refuses to remain buried

Our reviewers give their verdict on all the latest shows around the city.

  • John Shand, Millie Muroi, George Palathingal, Peter McCallum, Harriet Cunningham and Cassie Tongue
Scout Boxall.

Scout endured a harrowing night in a small town. Then they wrote an award-winning show

As soon as the misery set in, Scout Boxall began looking for a way to get something positive out of it.

  • Daniel Herborn
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Damon Herriman, Richard Roxburgh, and Toby Schmitz star in Art.

What does it take to break up a friendship? We’re about to find out

Richard Roxburgh, Damon Herriman and Toby Schmitz are pushing things to the limit in this very funny - and savage - play.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Sting is bringing the latest version of his musical The Last Ship to Australia.

Every breath he takes: inside Sting’s musical obsession

The former Police frontman rejected the jukebox musical path for a personal project inspired by his home town.

  • Richard Jinman
Michael Paynter

Arise Superstar: Meet the Australian performer taking on John Farnham

The casting of John Farnham for the upcoming world premiere of Whispering Jack: The John Farnham Musical has been revealed.

  • Linda Morris
Andrew McFarlane as ruthless billionaire Mallory with Sarah Chadwick as his wife Catherine.

Cultural elites skewered as mayhem descends on dinner party in new David Williamson play

The veteran playwright takes aim at status-obsessed Sydney in laugh-out-loud new work The Social Ladder.

  • Chantal Nguyen, Kate Prendergast and Joyce Morgan