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The silent treatment: ‘One woman was ostracised by her husband for 40 years’

To be frozen out by family, friends or online can feel as bad as physical pain. We speak to those on the receiving end – and those who mete it out

The Guardian - UK

Australian theatre companies are shunning Shakespeare. A much-needed break, or a mistake?

A decade ago, William Shakespeare was the most performed playwright in Australia. In 2024 not one mainstage theatre company in Australia will perform Shakespeare. The only exception will be Bell Shakespeare.

The Conversation

Dear Evan Hansen and Dracula to headline Sydney Theatre Company’s 2024 program

STC will put on Tony Award-winning musical’s first original production since Broadway, an opportunity that artistic director Kip Williams describes as ‘thrilling’

The Guardian - AU

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I can't imagine anybody would come out of On The Beach and not hold their loved ones just that little bit closer

Review: On The Beach, directed by Kip Williams.

The Conversation

On the Beach review – an achingly beautiful depiction of the end of the world

The Picture of Dorian Gray director Kip Williams has taken a more simple approach with Nevil Shute’s novel and the result is stirring and sad

The Guardian - AU

Sarah Snook to play all 26 roles in West End production of The Picture of Dorian Gray

‘Succession’ star set to undertake impressive challenge on the London stage

The Independent UK

Succession’s Sarah Snook is returning to West End in one-woman production of The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Golden Globe-winning Australian actress will play 26 different characters in the Theatre Royal Haymarket show starting in January 2024

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Sarah Snook to play Dorian Gray as hit Australian production heads to London’s West End

The Succession star will take over role from actor Eryn Jean Norvill in The Picture of Dorian Gray, which toured Australia to sell-out audiences

The Guardian - AU

How Heather Mitchell stood into her power during the #MeToo movement

Actor Heather Mitchell's life has been as dramatic off screen as it has on. And she’s channelling those experiences into some of the greatest performances of her career.

ABC News

Björk was the big-ticket name – but Perth Festival’s heart was found in Bikutsi 3000’s afrofuturist musing on African resistance

For the culturally curious, February and March in Perth can be a rich maelstrom, with Perth Fringe and Perth Festival. We have apparently the world’s “third largest” fringe festival (after Edinburgh and Adelaide), but I’m not sure why this is good.

The Conversation

We've been editing Shakespeare's plays for 400 years – but does a new Australian production of The Tempest idealise the Bard?

Review: The Tempest, directed by Kip Williams, Sydney Theatre Company.

The Conversation

The Tempest review – Shakespeare gets a radical edit from Sydney Theatre Company

Richard Roxburgh as Prospero and Guy Simon as Caliban are outstanding in Kip Williams’ latest production, which takes a revolutionary approach to the script

The Guardian - AU

‘People now trust that my ideas work’: is this Australia’s most acclaimed theatre director?

Kip Williams has revolutionised the stage with his use of ‘cine-theatre’, in shows such as The Picture of Dorian Gray and Jekyll and Hyde. Ahead of his take on The Tempest, he talks about his fast rise

The Guardian - AU

Julia Gillard: one-woman play starring Play School’s Justine Clarke to debut in 2023

Sydney Theatre Company’s announcement of the work, written by Joanna Murray-Smith, aligns with 10-year anniversary of former PM’s misogyny speech

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A production to satisfy Sydney's darkest imaginings: Sydney Theatre Company's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Review: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, directed by Kip Williams for Sydney Theatre Company

The Guardian - AU

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde review – acclaimed Dorian Gray team takes on another classic

Kip Williams’ new high-tech production is occasionally overwhelmed and treads well-worn territory – but the story lands just when it needs to

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Dorian Gray hit show takes on the world

The Picture of Dorian Gray, Eryn Jean Norvill's one-woman tour-de-force, opens in Melbourne before heading to Broadway and the West End.

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Portrait of an artist: The making, unravelling and reinvention of Eryn Jean Norvill

The actor at the centre of the Geoffrey Rush vs The Daily Telegraph defamation trial is finally finding fame — and acclaim — for the ‘right’ reasons: her art.

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‘My experience was not #MeToo, it was #HerToo’: Eryn Jean Norvill on her life-changing return to the stage

Three years after being an unwilling protagonist in a media circus, the actor reflects on her career-defining turn in Dorian Gray – and what comes next

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