Stage shows
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’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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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