Angel's Bone at London Coliseum: Spectacular and disturbing 4/5 Director Kip Williams creates a visually epic production of this challenging tale of human trafficking for English National Opera Evening Standard · Oct 19
‘People say I’m pouring Coca-Cola into fine malt whisky’: why is the National Theatre shaking up Sophocles? In a bold new production starring Cate Blanchett and Nina Hoss, the NT is fusing Sophocles and Ingmar Bergman. So what can two stories written 23 centuries apart tell us about how we live today? The Guardian - UK · Jul 30
Angel’s Bone review – frenetic and unsettling allegory of human trafficking marks ENO’s Manchester debut Kip Williams’ in-the-round staging, with the action live-projected onto enormous screens, can be disorientating, but Du Yun’s Pulitzer-winning work is compelling and kaleidoscopic The Guardian - UK · May 13
‘When I heard it, I nearly fell off my chair’: behind the scenes at Angel’s Bone, ENO’s audacious Manchester debut After years of upheaval, English National Opera is staging its first new opera in its northern base: the Pulitzer-winning Angel’s Bone, about two angels brutally exploited by human traffickers. We talk to its creators The Guardian - UK · May 11
Cynthia Erivo interrupts Dracula performance after spotting audience member’s camera Wicked star’s one-woman West End show was stopped in response to an increasingly common problem for theatres The Guardian - UK · Apr 29
Bloody brilliant or toothless? Cynthia Erivo’s Dracula – reviews roundup The Wicked star plays all 23 characters in a hi-tech London staging of Bram Stoker’s novel by Kip Williams. Here’s a bite-sized look at the critics’ verdicts The Guardian - UK · Feb 18
Dracula review – Cynthia Erivo’s magnificent modern bloodsucker is defanged in one-woman show Deploying accents and wigs, the Wicked star takes on all Bram Stoker’s characters, but the atmosphere lacks the fever or diabolicism required The Guardian - UK · Feb 17
Dracula: Cynthia Erivo is extraordinary in this one-woman multimedia show 4/5 Kip Williams’ production at the Noël Coward Theatre is a spectacular star vehicle for Erivo which brings Bram Stoker’s tale right into the horrific present Evening Standard · Feb 17
The Maids review – Dorian Gray’s Kip Williams dazzles again with feverish fantasy There are superb performances in this screen-saturated staging of Jean Genet’s 1947 play, updated for the influencer age The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2025
The Maids at Donmar Warehouse: 'If you're prepared to surrender, it's a wild ride' 4/5 This adaptation of Jean Genet’s play by Kip Williams makes use of phones to project the fantasy world of two sisters wishing to murder a terrible mistress but the true power is in the performances Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2025
Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg and Caliban’s take on The Tempest: the best theatre, comedy and dance of autumn 2025 Andrea Riseborough and Sarandon deliver a decade-hopping drama, superstar standups hit the road and Shobana Jeyasingh rewrites Shakespeare The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2025
Theatre company's box office boost from bumper season More than half a million people saw a Sydney Theatre Company show in 2024, making for record revenues of just over $47 million. AAP · Jun 12, 2025
Sarah Snook has no 'idea' how to turn The Picture of Dorian Gray into a film Sarah Snook has no "idea'" how to turn her stage version of The Picture of Dorian Gray into a film because the stage show is a "a particularly complex piece" of theatre. BANG Premier · Jun 9, 2025
Australia engaged in ‘unprecedented’ level of surveillance of Chinese flotilla, Marles says – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Jun 9, 2025
The Guardian - AU · Jun 9, 2025 Sarah Snook wins best actress at Tony awards for The Picture of Dorian Gray Australian actor performed all 26 roles in Broadway production of the Sydney Theatre Company play directed by Kip Williams
The Independent UK · May 13, 2025 Cynthia Erivo to play all 23 roles in one-actor West End production of Dracula Swapping out her broomstick for fangs, the ‘Wicked’ star will work with the geniuses behind Sarah Snook’s ‘Picture of Dorian Gray’
The Guardian - AU · May 13, 2025 Cynthia Erivo to play Dracula and 22 supporting roles in West End transfer of Australian show Wicked star to play Bram Stoker’s bloodsucking fiend in a production from the creators of Olivier award-winning hit The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Conversation · May 12, 2025 Pamela Rabe shines in this hypnotic revival of Samuel Beckett’s classic play Happy Days Samuel Beckett is justly regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century – and unquestionably one of the most demanding. Few of his works illustrate this more clearly than Happy Days, first performed in 1961, and currently playing at the Sydney Theatre Company.
AAP · May 2, 2025 STC's Broadway hit Dorian Gray nominated for six Tonys Sydney Theatre Company's 'cine-theatre' adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray on Broadway is in the running for six Tony awards.
The Guardian - AU · Sep 4, 2024 Talented Mr Ripley and the Shiralee headline Sydney Theatre Company’s 2025 season Picnic at Hanging Rock, Happy Days and aged care musical Bloom also on next year’s STC program, which will the last from outgoing artistic director Kip Williams
The Conversation · Jul 8, 2024 Sydney Theatre Company’s Dracula: a virtuosic performance, sexy staging, and a queer rewriting The figure of Dracula has always lived somewhere between the written word, screen projections and our fantasy lives. His story is tailor-made for one of Kip Williams’ hybrid adaptations.
The Guardian - AU · Jul 7, 2024 Dracula review – a clever and playful victory lap for Kip Williams’ gothic cine-theatre trilogy Zahra Newman is remarkable in the director’s last production with the company
The Guardian - AU · Apr 5, 2024 The Picture of Dorian Gray’s Kip Williams steps down as Sydney Theatre Company artistic director Williams, who directed the play, leaving company to prepare for its potential Broadway season following acclaimed West End run starring Sarah Snook
Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2024 The picture of Sarah Snook: First look at Succession star's Oscar Wilde stage return Sarah Snook plays all 26 characters in her new play which opened on Tuesday night at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2024 From Bong Joon-ho to Van Gogh: Observer critics’ culture highlights for 2024 From Withnail and I on stage to Olivia Rodrigo on tour, Sally Wainwright’s new drama to Blondie, Bruckner and Jez Butterworth, our experts guide you through the treats in store this year