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The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race

March 20 - Theatre

Five women, a 50-year-old potato race and one huge battle for gender equality in small-town rural Australia, Ensemble Theatre presents the world premiere of Melanie Tait’s new comedy, The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Ra...

Sue Smith’s Hydra: how love, pain and sacrifice produced an Aust...

March 19 - Latest Reviews, Opinion, Theatre

Running through Hydra, the new play by Australian playwright Sue Smith, is the myth of Icarus, the boy who flew so high that his wings melted and he crashed to his death in the sea near the Greek island of Samos. It is a...

Dance Nation

March 19 - Latest Reviews, Theatre

Dance Nation is many things all at once: A satirical mirror held up to recent popular (*shudder*) horrors such as the over-angry Dance Moms series, or the over-wrought Dancing Queen; A glimpse at how an unrelenting, comp...

Once In Royal David’s City

March 18 - Theatre

A brilliant play about the possibilities of life and of theatre, New Theatre presents Once In Royal David’s City by much-loved award-winning Australian playwright, Michael Gow, for a limited season from 19 March 20...

Dance Nation

March 14 - Theatre

Clare Barron’s ferocious and gloriously funny prize-winning play Dance Nation makes its Australian debut at Red Stitch in March as part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Directed by Maude Davey (My Life in the ...

33 Variations

March 12 - Latest Reviews, Theatre

33 Variations is many things, perhaps not unsurprisingly considering the title. Moisés Kaufman’s script explores pain, mortality, love, sacrifice, and how the search for truth – academic or artistic – can eas...

Underground

March 9 - Latest Reviews, Theatre

Underground tells a version-of-sorts of the story of Nancy Wake. Known during World War 2 as “The White Mouse”, Nancy was lauded for her work in espionage and in aiding the French resistance. Described as a “hallucinator...

Every Brilliant Thing

March 7 - Theatre

A refreshing approach to telling stories around mental health, life and the lengths we will go to for those we love, Belvoir presents Every Brilliant Thing starring Kate Mulvany for a limited season from 8 March 2019. Mu...