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The Normal Heart: the early years of the fight against AIDS in an articulate, but fierce, cry of anger

Larry Kramer – writer, playwright, activist, and author of the 1985 play The Normal Heart – has been a polarising figure in queer politics.

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The Normal Heart review – Larry Kramer’s devastating play about Aids continues to galvanise

The 1985 play’s first run took place off-Broadway in the middle of the Aids crisis. Much has changed – but Dean Bryant’s production speaks to a new era of protest and unrest

The Guardian - AU

John Farnham comeback Whispering Jack becomes a musical

John Farnham returned to the charts in 1986 with Whispering Jack. A musical about his comeback will have its world premiere at the Sydney Theatre Company.

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John Farnham musical Whispering Jack headlines Sydney Theatre Company’s 2026 season

STC program also features an AFLW drama by Prima Facie playwright Suzie Miller and star turns from Sam Worthington, David Wenham and Miranda Otto

The Guardian - AU

Kimberly Akimbo review – this Tony-winning musical is a joyous treasure

Her Majesty’s theatre, Adelaide; then Arts Centre MelbourneStarring Marina Prior, Christie Whelan Browne and Casey Donovan, this Broadway hit about a teenager who ages four times too fast is both absurd and introspective

The Guardian - AU

With The Puzzle, David Williamson shows his continual capacity to satirise the middle-class

Fun, sex, Renoir and a reckoning might be a succinct way to introduce the new play by David Williamson, The Puzzle. As Williamson noted to me in the foyer, “life would be pretty boring without sex”. However, he writes, in the production program that this comes with a proviso that…

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Zahra Newman on becoming Billie Holiday: ‘I want people to feel how they do when they listen to her’

The Jamaican-born Australian performer delivers an uncanny evocation of the jazz singer in an upcoming cabaret set during the last year of Holiday’s life

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‘It was devastating’: theatremakers on the fallout from their worst reviews

Many directors crave critique as much as they fear it. But what happens behind the scenes after a public panning?

The Guardian - AU

State Theatre Company South Australia boss takes to the stage in play The Normal Heart about AIDS crisis

State Theatre Company South Australia artistic director Mitchell Butel performs in a production that reflects his experience as a young man and an aspiring actor.

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Adelaide Festival celebrates re-opened borders with opening weekend of big international acts, but Australian artists shine

War and the pandemic were front of mind at Adelaide Festival as it welcomed back international headliners and sold-out shows.

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