Paul Charlier News

Marrugeku, firmly established as Australia’s leading Indigenous-intercultural dance company, is set to confront Australia’s shameful fixation with incarceration in a powerful and provocative dance work presented by Canberra Theatre Centre. 

Heather Mitchell will bring the extraordinary life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Sydney Theatre Company's Wharf Theatre stage this October for the world premiere of acclaimed Australian lawyer-turned-playwright Suzie Miller's RBG: Of Many, One.

Heather Mitchell will bring the extraordinary life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Sydney Theatre Company's Wharf Theatre stage this October for the world premiere of acclaimed Australian lawyer-turned-playwright Suzie Miller's RBG: Of Many, One.

Carriageworks today announced the world premiere of a new dance work by resident company Marrugeku that will be presented from 4 - 7 August 2021. Jurrungu Ngan-ga - meaning Straight Talk in Yawuru- reflects on the disproportion of Indigenous Australians in custody and first-hand descriptions of life inside Australia's immigration detention centres.

Returning for and Encore season, Carissa Licciardello and Tom Wright’s adaptation of A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN reinforces how much gender inequality and its effect on opportunities for women remain almost a century after Virginia Woolf addressed the Newnham Arts Society at Newnham College and the ODTTA Society of Girton College in 1928.

Griffin Theatre Company will present the premiere of Prima Facie, Suzie Miller's gripping one-woman show starring Sheridan Harbridge, directed by Lee Lewis at the SWB Stables Theatre from 17 May 2019.

The Fantastic Francis Hardy claims to be a faith healer, but he could just be a con artist.

Brian Friel's enduring work of art, Faith Healer, is an extraordinary creation presented in four beautifully sculpted monologues. Under the direction of Judy Davis, the transcendent, intricate drama will open in Melbourne on Thursday 9 March at Southbank Theatre, The Sumner.

What do Geoffrey Rush, Lisa McCune, Bob Downe, Silvie Paladino, Colin Friels Tony Bartuccio, Chunky Move, John Bell, Richard Gill, Neil Armfield, Chambermade, Bangarra, MKA, Simon Stone, Pamela Rabe, Todd McKenney all have in common? They've all received nominations for the 30th Annual Green Room Awards.

Sydney Theatre Company's acclaimed production of Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Andrew Upton and directed by Tamás Ascher, will tour to the Kennedy Center in Washington, USA, with performances from 4 to 24 August 2011. Check out a review of the production by clicking below!

Ross Mueller's ZEBRA!, a new play commissioned by Sydney Theatre Company, features an exceptional cast of Bryan Brown, Colin Friels and Nadine Garner. Directed by Lee Lewis, the production is at Wharf 1, opening on 10 March 2011.

Sydney Theatre Company's acclaimed production of Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Andrew Upton and directed by Tamás Ascher, will tour to the Kennedy Center in Washington, USA, with performances from 4 to 24 August 2011.

One of Australia's most respected theater companies, Belvoir returns to BAM with the US premiere of The Diary of a Madman, featuring Academy, Emmy, and Tony Award winner Geoffrey Rush and directed by renowned Belvoir co-founder Neil Armfield.

Ross Mueller's ZEBRA!, a new play commissioned by Sydney Theatre Company, features an exceptional cast of Bryan Brown, Colin Friels and Nadine Garner. Directed by Lee Lewis, the production is at Wharf 1, opening on 10 March 2011.

At a star-studded ceremony on January 17, the winners of the 2010 Sydney Theatre Awards were announced. Over 300 members of the Sydney theatre community packed the auditorium at Paddington RSL to celebrate the best of Sydney theatre throughout 2010.

One of Australia's most respected theater companies, Belvoir returns to BAM with the US premiere of The Diary of a Madman, featuring Academy, Emmy, and Tony Award winner Geoffrey Rush and directed by renowned Belvoir co-founder Neil Armfield.

Last night, December 10, actress Cate Blanchett sat down with Charlie Rose to discuss playing te famed Blanche Dubois in BAM's A Streetcar Named Desire.

For its final show of 2010, Sydney Theatre Company invites Tamás Ascher, one of the world's foremost interpreters of Chekhov, to direct the great tragicomedy Uncle Vanya, adapted by Andrew Upton. The production, featuring John Bell, Cate Blanchett, Sandy Gore, Hayley McElhinney, Anthony Phelan, Richard Roxburgh, Andrew Tighe, Jacki Weaver and Hugo Weaving is at Sydney Theatre from 9 November 2010 through to 1 January 2011, opening on Saturday 13 November 2010.

Sydney Theatre Company presents Our Town by Thornton Wilder from 14 September - 30 October 2010 (Season Extended). Opening night 18 September at 8.00pm Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House

Continuing this year's exploration of American drama, Sydney Theatre Company presents the iconic Our Town, Thornton Wilder's 1938 Pulitzer Prize winning play. One of the most widely produced plays in the United States, yet rarely seen in Australia, the heart-warming classic makes an affecting philosophical case for relishing life in the here and now as it chronicles the lives of two close-knit families living next door to each other. This new production, directed by Iain Sinclair, is at the Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House, from 14 September 2010, opening 18 September.