Death of veteran actor who starred in Gandhi and A Passage to India as well as The Chess Players, Dil and Coronation Street was announced on SundaySaeed Jaffrey, veteran star of Bollywood an…
Actor to direct show faithful to the landmark 1956 production that made her a star, with the original set designs and Cecil Beaton costumesJulie Andrews plans to channel the spirit of her or…
The drag queens of Sydney, Melbourne and Darwin are descending on Broken Hill, New South Wales, for a three-day celebration of Priscilla. Here are their best frocksBroken Heel festival: 'Aus…
Bridesmaids star takes her first Australian theatre role in 15 years as Andrew Upton announces a busy final season at Sydney Theatre CompanyHollywood actor Rose Byrne will return to an Austr…
Melbourne comedian joins Desi Lydic and Roy Wood on US show to be hosted by South African standup Trevor Noah, who replaces Jon StewartIt's quite a way to ring in your 30s " being named as t…
CinefestOz's screen legend for 2015 on Tony Abbott, reuniting with director Jocelyn Moorhouse and why you've probably never seen his best workHugo Weaving's top 10 on-screen moments " in pic…
The British theatre-maker, who transformed the fortunes of Chichester festival theatre with hits such as Enron, on succeeding Andrew Upton in 2016It's quite a journey from the mudflats of th…
Lyric theatre, Sydney Australia finally gets the Tony and Olivier award-winning adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic by Dennis Kelly and local hero Tim Minchin on his homepatch' Roald Dahl dow…
The mix of nostalgia, regret and soul-searching that is the price of growing old is captured in Andrew Upton's masterful adaptation of Chekov's novice play So this is 40, Chekhov style. Marr…
She's known as a feminist activist, but when the performance artist witnessed her boyfriend's depression, she enlisted his help for Fake It 'Til You Make It, which tackles male mental health…
The Australian singer-songwriter accepted the JW Williamson award, thanking and paying tribute to the people who have supported his 35-year careerSinger-songwriter Paul Kelly has been honour…
Performer best known for being the original Captain von Trapp and playing Tevye in Fiddler in the Roof, died in his hometown of Los AngelesTheodore Bikel, the Tony-nominated actor, folk sing…
Artistic director David Berthold, formerly of La Boite, unveils his inaugural festival program inspired by local performer Future D FidelBrisbane festival will be bringing work from as far a…
Lesbian coming-of-age musical and tale of boy with Asperger's syndrome share top honours " and most awards " in New York on Sunday nightA lesbian coming-of-age musical and a play about a boy…
Bookshops and TV schedulers have been marking the Gallipoli centenary for months. As Anzac Day approaches, it's the turn of visual and performing artsAnzac and Gallipoli are the novelist's t…
Appearing in concurrent productions of Endgame in Sydney and Melbourne, former co-stars Hugo Weaving and Luke Mullins talk about their forthcoming reunion in Waiting for Godot in LondonWhat …
Australian writer made his name with The One Day of the Year, a critique of Anzac Day, and BBC dramas including The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Continue reading...
To round up the highs, lows and oddities of this year's Adelaide fringe, culture editor Nancy Groves is joined by theatre critic Jane Howard and self-proclaimed 'calypso idiot' Juan Vesuvius…
Dancer Thomas McManus reflects on the great American choreographer while teaching Forsythe's Quintett to a new generation at Sydney Dance Company Continue reading...
Performer Adrienne Truscott, of standup and Wau Wau Sisters fame, joins the Guardian Australia culture team to discuss this year's Sydney festival and the ideas it inspired, from the art of …
Billed as a dance and film work, this remarkable show is also compelling live theatre. Creators Jaco Van Dormael and Michèle Anne De Mey explain all Continue reading...
Helpmann award-winning fringe hit makes main-house transfer, with the return of Verity Hunt-Ballard as the night-club hostess with the mostest Continue reading...
Eamon Flack and Brigid Delaney join the Guardian Australia culture team to look back at a year of controversy, delight and some surprising Australian cultural highlights for 2014 Continue re…
The playwright is closing out 2014 with two main-house premieres of her work: Switzerland, in Sydney, and Pennsylvania Avenue, in Melbourne Continue reading...
Sydney Opera House / Sydney Theatre CompanyWhile neither STC production is contemporary in the strictest sense, both have something to say about our current condition Continue reading...