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This was a good night at the theatre; a very entertaining, production on a very dark subject.The subject is the role and value of the artist in a totalitarian society, in this case the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin’s …

This was a good night at the theatre; a very entertaining, production on a very dark subject.The subject is the role and value of the artist in a totalitarian society, in this case the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin’s …

NIDA’s Lliane Clarke dropped into the June student production rehearsal of Roberto Zucco, directed by Professor Robert Schuster from the Ernst Busch Academy in Berlin, to see how it was going. She went on to interview Professor Schuster about …

A priest, a secret covenant, a murder set in an insane asylum and a young woman wrongly accused of murder or desperately in need of help?
Three inmates all with motive and opportunity to commit murder agree to a pact …

When Billy Elliot premiered at the Capitol Theatre in 2007 it had two unique qualities apart from the originality of the show and its talented cast. At the media call, Louise Withers, the producer of the original and this production …

After an overwhelming response, Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) and our international ambassadors Rose Byrne and Rebel Wilson are delighted to announce the winners of the 2019 Rose Byrne Scholarship and the Rebel Wilson Comedy Commission.
With an abundance …


Let the fun begin and continue to the very end of this highly amusing farce written by American playwright Ken Ludwig. Set in York, Pennsylvania in 1962, the play centres on two down-on-their-luck British Shakespearean actors, Leo Clark and Jack …

Dark comedy and very effective dialogue driven play, with two unhinged constantly feuding brothers. Beautifully constructed drama and savage tale of the weak good versus the strong bad. Unending sibling rivalry, despite five years since they were last together, the …


This was an excellent show put on by the Australian Theatre for Young People. The theme was about youth homelessness, a hard topic to encapsulate.
The show was made up of a number of short, sharp scenes, all of which …

Katie Pollock’s NORMAL is an intriguing nigh in the theatre.
The play is set in an unstated town where everyone is living ordinary lives then one day a young woman Polly develops tics and loses control of some of her …

The Guide interviewed Amy Matthews. Amy Matthews is the program coordinator for Education, Youth and Family at Riverside Theatres Parramatta. Every year she produces a .season of short, sharp theatre at the Riverside. Sharp Short Theatre is broad and all-embracing …
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