March 5, 2020
Reimagining ‘Breaking the Waves’
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The creators of this opera on how it adds new depths and agency to von Trier’s 1996 film
Steve Dow
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February 6, 2020
A dream within a dream: ‘Tao of Glass’
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Theatremaker Phelim McDermott on his highly personal collaboration with Philip Glass
February 19, 2020
Celebrating beauty’s passing: ‘Requiem’
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Italian director Romeo Castellucci on his radical reimagining of Mozart’s classic
January 30, 2020
‘Hecate’: honouring two storytelling traditions
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Australia’s first major Shakespearean production in Noongar language will retell ‘Macbeth’ at Perth Festival
December 16, 2019
Joan Didion’s eerily contemporary ‘The White Album’
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The seminal essay’s ongoing resonance is explored in this interactive production coming to Sydney Festival
December 12, 2019
A tale of triumph and exploitation: ‘Black Cockatoo’
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The little-known story of history-making Aboriginal cricketer Johnny Mullagh and his team is told in this new play
September 24, 2019
Fighting power: ‘Total Control’
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Deborah Mailman on her fearless role in the political drama that tackles racism and sexism head-on
February 27, 2019
‘Manus’: troubling and obligatory viewing
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An Iranian play brings stories of Australia’s offshore detention centres to the Adelaide Festival
February 19, 2019
Ben Quilty: the art of unease
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Ahead of a major survey at the Art Gallery of SA, the artist talks about the anxiety that informs his work
February 5, 2019
Barrie Kosky’s reimagined ‘The Magic Flute’ heads for Australia
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The director on why his film-inspired production almost didn’t happen
January 30, 2019
Ned Kelly as you’ve never seen him before
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Composer Luke Styles on his opera that casts the bushranger in a new light
December 21, 2018
The lady vanishes: ‘The Beehive’ at Sydney Festival
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Zanny Begg and Philippa Bateman on their enigmatic film that explores the unsolved disappearance of Juanita Nielsen
December 13, 2018
Performing philosophy: ‘La Passion de Simone’ at the Sydney Festival
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The creatives behind this Sydney Chamber Opera production on the extreme empathy of Simone Weil