Helen Morse has performed in some of the most radical and feted Australian theatre productions of the past 50 years.... more

Death of a Salesman by the American writer Arthur Miller is one of the 20th century's most famous plays. It's... more

Caryl Churchill is one of the most enduring and radical playwrights of our time. Several of her plays are now... more

Ash Flanders made his reputation with wildly funny, often surreal queer theatre made under the name Sisters Grimm with his... more

Australian writer Michelle Law has an ear for the humour found when cultures meet. Her new play Miss Peony takes... more

Guest host Wesley Enoch meets three icons of First Nations performing arts. Roxanne McDonald's stage career began more than 30 years ago... more

The English writer Michael Frayn has produced a staggering amount of journalism, novels, philosophy, non-fiction and plays. The Tony and... more

The American composer Mary Rodgers was a funny, frank and intelligent woman who grew up in a world of showbiz royalty.... more

Andrew Bovell is one of Australia's most esteemed playwrights. His recent play Things I Know to Be True has been... more

Have you ever wondered how a musical is written? At this year's Adelaide Cabaret Festival, the composer and lyricist Eddie... more

Jacky is the Melbourne Theatre Company debut of Arrente writer Declan Furber Gillick, a razor-sharp new voice in Australian playwriting.... more

David Finnigan outraged the right-wing commentariat with his breakthrough play, Kill Climate Deniers. Now he's back with another play that... more

Tina Turner's phenomenal success in the 1960s and 70s masked the destructive tempest of her personal life. Now, her powerful story... more

The Poison of Polygamy is an action-packed Australian novel that was serialised in 1909 in a Chinese-language newspaper — the... more

Heather Mitchell's mainstage debut was more than 40 years ago and she continues to delight audiences, last year performing to... more

With comedy festivals around the country at full sail, Lano and Woodley are having a whale of a time in... more

Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage is renowned for her incisive, moving and witty plays about the intersections of race and class... more

Not long ago, Liz Kingsman was doing improv and sketch comedy with her friends in England. Now, this Sydney-born comedian... more

The Australian Ballet have brought their iconic production of Don Quixote, choreographed by and originally starring Rudolf Nureyev, back to... more

Lucy Guerin is one of the most awarded choreographers working in Australia today. To mark 21 years of her company... more

Great performers, writers and directors emerge from the smallest of theatres — venues where new talent is nurtured and writers... more

Imagine a world with no Macbeth, no Tempest and no Twelfth Night. Without the First Folio, published 400 years ago this... more

After several years of delays, the Ballett Zürich production of Giuseppe Verdi's Messa da Requiem will feature at this year's... more

Ivo van Hove is renowned as one of the most innovative — and divisive — theatre directors working today. The... more

We celebrate Sydney WorldPride with cabaret performer and drag artist Reuben Kaye. In his breathlessly entertaining shows, Kaye shares his... more

This year's Perth Festival takes us to the stars, with many events in the program inspired by stories of the... more

Roald Dahl's beloved novel Matilda was brought to glorious life as a stage musical in 2010 and now it is on... more

What happens when we see real events and meet well-known people on stage? Can the theatre shape our sense of... more

If you've seen a performance by Bangarra Dance Theatre in the last 12 years, then you've seen the work of... more

Sydney Theatre Company artistic director Kip Williams' production of The Picture of Dorian Gray starred Eryn-Jean Norvill in all 26 roles... more

Suzie Miller was a lawyer before she became a playwright. Now, Prima Facie, a play that takes her back to... more

Our oldest modern dance company, the Australian Dance Theatre, has been delighting and challenging audiences for nearly 60 years. Now... more

As the ABC celebrates its 90th birthday, we delve into our archives to revisit key moments in Australian performing arts... more

Dancers Ako Kondo and Chengwu Guo travelled great distances at a very young age to join The Australian Ballet. Here... more

Welsh stage and screen star Michael Sheen is in Australia to perform in a new production of Peter Shaffer's classic... more

Performer James Thiérrée takes audiences into surreal worlds that leave us pondering some big questions about life on Earth. As... more

Classical repertoire dominates Australian ballet seasons, but in the mid-20th century, new work was a key priority for Australian ballet... more

British director Laurence Connor has a knack for knowing what audiences want. He has directed or revived some of the... more

Danish-British writer and comedian Sandi Toksvig has written books, plays, musicals, and she's the host of the ever-popular British quiz... more

S. Shakthidharan's new play for Belvoir St Theatre, The Jungle and Sea, adds dimension to his award-winning epic, Counting and... more

To ring in the holiday season, an award-winning production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is in Australia from London's famous... more

Choreographer Stephanie Lake gets dancers to perform with a kind of joy and discipline which would hold the attention and... more

In the 1980s, Annette Shun Wah was at the cutting edge of Australian radio and television and was one of... more

For nail-biting drama and spectacular performances, many Australians head to a different kind of theatre: the footy field. Andrea Gibbs'... more

Dancers Ako Kondo and Chengwu Guo travelled great distances at a very young age to join The Australian Ballet. Here... more

Les Misérables opened on the West End in 1985 and is still running, making it London's longest-running musical. It's by... more

We pay tribute to Boon Wurrung, Dja Dja Wurrung, Woiwurrung and Yorta Yorta actor, writer and activist and elder Jack... more

In his 50-year career, English writer David Hare has written more than 30 plays. His latest, Straight Line Crazy, features... more

If the border closures of the last two years have a silver lining for Australian artists and audiences, it must... more

An operatic adaptation of Hamlet by the celebrated Australian composer Brett Dean this year made its North American debut at... more

Sydney Theatre Company artistic director Kip Williams' production of The Picture of Dorian Gray starred Eryn-Jean Norvill in all 26 roles... more

In 2002, John Waters' brash and big-hearted musical comedy Hairspray was adapted for the Broadway stage. It won eight Tony... more

After wowing audiences at the Royal Albert Hall and The Metropolitan Opera in New York, Australian soprano Helena Dix is... more

Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill is now a jukebox musical. But how has this achingly personal collection of songs been... more

Catherine McClements has transformed into a vast range of characters during her celebrated career on stage and screen. So, with... more

Suzie Miller was a lawyer before she became a playwright. Now, Prima Facie, a play that takes her back to... more

Darren Yap has been a part of some huge moments in Australian performing arts history, from acting in Miss Saigon... more

Our oldest modern dance company, the Australian Dance Theatre, has been delighting and challenging audiences for nearly 60 years. Now... more

As the ABC celebrates its 90th birthday, we delve into our archives to revisit key moments in Australian performing arts... more

A Strange Loop has won Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical at the 75th Tony Awards. This funny... more

Since starting her career on Young Talent Time, Tina Arena has become one of our most successful musical exports, having... more

After being cancelled in 2020 and 2021, Melbourne's RISING festival is finally here. It's the first major arts festival the... more

Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical theatre star — and two-time Disney Princess — Lea Salonga rose to international fame for... more

Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera and Cats were all produced by the same man: Cameron Mackintosh. In Australia for... more

When Yorta Yorta/Gunaikurnai theatre-maker Andrea James quit her job as a legal secretary to pursue a career in the arts,... more

Geraldine Turner has been a mainstay of the stage since the 1970s, featuring in the Australian premieres of Chicago, A... more

Richard Wagner's epic fantasy opera Lohengrin is a fairy-tale romance, but a disconcerting German nationalism lurks beneath its surface. French... more

Red Stitch Actors' Theatre has just 80 seats, but the company is acclaimed for their bold programming of the buzziest... more

At this year's Australian Playwrights' Festival, writers gathered to interrogate some of the most challenging questions facing theatre-makers today. We... more

Dan Giovannoni is a prolific writer of plays for young people and adults. His work as a playwright and as... more

Tchaikovsky's opera about a blind princess, Iolanta, raises challenging questions about the nature of disability — questions the West Australian... more

Colin Lane and Frank Woodley are having a whale of a time in their new show, Moby Dick. The pair... more

George Gershwin's An American in Paris has been associated with dance ever since it inspired the 1951 Gene Kelly film,... more

Isaac Bashevis Singer's Yentl was most famously adapted into a musical film by Barbra Streisand. Now a new adaptation breathes... more

The Last Great Hunt are a collective of Western Australian theatre makers who delight in bringing the unexpected to the... more

In 1972, a lecturer at the University of Adelaide was attacked at a gay beat, thrown into the River Torrens... more

Bob Dylan's music feels inseparable from the man himself, so how could it be adapted for musical theatre? Playwright Conor... more

Zindzi Okenyo has a lot on her plate. The actor, musician and Play School host is now a theatre director.... more

Antony Hamilton is the artistic director of Melbourne's fierce and feisty contemporary dance company, Chunky Move. His new work Yung... more

The all-singing, all-dancing wives of Henry VIII reclaim history in the global smash Six the Musical. We meet Toby Marlow... more

Nathan Maynard is one of Australia's funniest and most clear-sighted playwrights. The Palawa writer had a hit with The Season... more

The former artistic director of The Australian Ballet, David McAllister, steals the spotlight to interview his partner, Noonuccal Nuugi playwright... more

Tom Stoppard and William Shakespeare loom large in the canon of English drama. Two new books explore their lives, their... more

David Williamson is far and away Australia's most produced playwright. Now that David has retired, he looks back on his... more

What can a 60-year-old play about drunk and sometimes spiteful American academics tell us about culture and race relations in... more

Meet Thomas Kail, the Tony Award-winning director of the hit musical Hamilton, whose friendship and collaboration with Lin-Manuel Miranda stretches... more

Live on stage at Melbourne's iconic La Mama Theatre, newly rebuilt following a devastating fire, we look at the history... more

Elaine Crombie is a powerhouse of an actor and singer on stage and screen. Her new role sees her performing... more

Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill is now a jukebox musical. But how has this achingly personal collection of songs been... more

When a devastating diagnosis halted Michelle Ryan's dance career, she spent ten years away from the stage, but then some... more

When the writer of Rent died on the day of the show's first preview, he also left behind a little-known... more

The musical Sunday in the Park with George has been the subject of speculation ever since it opened in 1984.... more

A common thread runs through much of Australian theatre's boldest and most influential new work: director Paige Rattray. From humble... more

Dr Lara Stevens' introduces us to Hartmut Veit, whose performances with coal in Victoria's Latrobe Valley spurred timely conversations with... more

Teddy Tahu Rhodes is a stalwart of the opera and musical theatre stage, but there was a time when he... more

Tasmania's renowned contemporary dance company Tasdance is celebrating 40 years. The company's artistic director Adam Wheeler grew up in Launceston,... more

David Williamson is far and away Australia's most produced playwright. For the past 50 years he's been writing plays at... more

Van Badham is a courageous and funny Australian playwright who, since searching for the humanity of trolls in Banging Denmark... more

To mark the return of theatre to New York City, Michael revisits his private tour of Broadway with Audra McDonald,... more

Physical theatre-maker Hanna Cormick performs her show The Mermaid wearing a bright pink and blue tail and a full respirator... more