Colin Friels: ‘We’re only here for a very brief time, so you may as well enjoy the living daylights out of it’

The beloved actor on elusive retirement, sharing the stage with his daughter, and the secret to a long and strong marriage

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Arts industry leaders call for tax reforms to help struggling sector

The art sector says bold tax reforms could be key to supporting a rapidly changing industry during “challenging…
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Paul Capsis: ‘It was always the women I looked up to in my family. The men were miserable’ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/aug/23/paul-capsis-interview-walk-with #Australiantheatre #Lifeandstyle #Culture #Stage #Drag
Paul Capsis: ‘It was always the women I looked up to in my family. The men were miserable’

The veteran performer on his strict upbringing, strong female role models and finding his place in the world

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"Shorebreak" at the Twyford this Saturday 7:30!

A man and a board, on a beach, looking at the past, the future and the present in the curl of a wave.

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Inside a deserted Melbourne shopping mall is a bizarre XR journey into psychosis

The Door in Question uses VR headsets, sound and even smells to create an immersive experience inspired by its creator’s experience with mental illness

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Helen Garner reflects on the ‘three worst weeks of my life’ caring for a dying friend

The author, who parlayed her experience into the award-winning novel The Spare Room, recently re-lived it while watching the stage adaptation

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Eddie Perfect: ‘I think my true natural state is utter laziness’

As he enters his ‘wise old man’ era, the former ‘wunderkind’ composer-playwright-performer delves deep into optimism, kindness and his lifelong aversion to disappointing people

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Drag kings strut the stage in They Will be Kings – in pictures

The drag show celebrates masculinity through a transmasculine, non-binary and lesbian lens

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A new Australian production of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters at Theatre Works in Melbourne "will be loud and active and funny," says Dianne Toulson. #melbournetheatre #whatsonmelbourne #chekhov #ThreeSisters #australiantheatre @3CRMelbourne