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Lavish Opera Australia production of Sunset Boulevard cuts back shows
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Lavish Opera Australia production of Sunset Boulevard cuts back shows

The decision follows mixed reviews and rising concerns over the cost of living impacting spending behaviour.

  • by Elizabeth Flux

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How rejection and three days in a hotel room led to a creative breakthrough

How rejection and three days in a hotel room led to a creative breakthrough

Actor Francis Greenslade’s ambitious debut play, The Platypus, skips between genres while tracking the breakdown of a relationship.

  • by Stephen A Russell
‘The school feels bad’: True story of bullying is touring Qld region where it occurred

‘The school feels bad’: True story of bullying is touring Qld region where it occurred

Fourteen, the stage version of Shannon Molloy’s memoir of extreme bullying, is also touring other towns where its message of hope is needed most.

  • by Nick Dent
Hot nights and cool gigs: Your guide to Melbourne’s best this winter

Hot nights and cool gigs: Your guide to Melbourne’s best this winter

From Rising to Pharoah, a sea slug count and the Reclink Cup, these are your must-see events in the city this winter.

  • by Kath Dolan
‘I felt I could understand this role’: Sarah Brightman on playing Norma Desmond

‘I felt I could understand this role’: Sarah Brightman on playing Norma Desmond

The world’s best-selling soprano makes her return to the stage for the first time in 34 years in Sunset Boulevard.

  • by Lenny Ann Low
Worried you’ll nod off during this eight-hour show? You won’t be alone

Worried you’ll nod off during this eight-hour show? You won’t be alone

Just as in real life, REST happens between 9pm and 5am. Audiences can even wear their PJs.

  • by John Bailey
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Parramatta’s west side story and Sydney’s need for more theatres

Parramatta’s west side story and Sydney’s need for more theatres

The announcement that Parramatta’s Riverside Theatres complex is to get a $188 million revamp may be Sydney’s biggest cultural reimagining since the Opera House.

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More than just lights - here’s our pick of Vivid Ideas

More than just lights - here’s our pick of Vivid Ideas

From meeting strangers to spying on strangers, there is plenty of variety in the Vivid Ideas program.

  • by Nick Galvin
Broadway comes to Parramatta: New $188 million theatre for western Sydney

Broadway comes to Parramatta: New $188 million theatre for western Sydney

After years of planning, a new theatre has been announced for Parramatta and it’s comparable to Sydney and Melbourne’s best.

  • by Linda Morris
The star of this shocking play about rape wishes you hadn’t been warned

The star of this shocking play about rape wishes you hadn’t been warned

Carolina Bianchi will be drugged and probed while on stage in her Rising performance. But that’s not what she’s annoyed about.

  • by Stephanie Bunbury
Forget RuPaul’s Drag Race. Local drag is here to slay

Forget RuPaul’s Drag Race. Local drag is here to slay

Eclipse, a Rising Festival drag performance, will have you counting down to the apocalypse while reconsidering the meaning of drag itself.

  • by Nell Geraets