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Sydney’s beloved Footbridge Theatre launched some of our biggest stars. After nearly 20 years, it’s making a grand return

After nearly 20 years as a lecture theatre, the University of Sydney’s Footbridge Theatre is reopening as a live performance venue in the university’s arts precinct.

The Conversation

Colonials mess with Shakespeare and get a global hit

Making Shakespeare's longest play into a successful opera is no easy feat, but an adaptation by "a bunch of colonials" is premiering at the Sydney Opera House.

AAP

New era for national opera with Jo Davies' first slate

An acclaimed production of Hamlet is the centrepiece of Opera Australia's first season under the new British artistic director Jo Davies.

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Death of a Salesman review – Anthony LaPaglia leads an electric, devastating tragedy

Directed by Neil Armfield, Arthur Miller’s classic refuses to date. Willy Loman is still us – and here in this failed promise of a future, we’re still here to watch him die

The Guardian - AU

Anthony LaPaglia ‘scared and excited’ to make Australian stage debut in Death of a Salesman

Golden Globe and Tony-winning actor will star as Willy Loman in a Melbourne production directed by Neil Armfield

The Guardian - AU

At the 2023 Adelaide Festival, the best works shimmer with a brutal honesty on incarceration, exile – and Nikolai Gogol

Few Adelaideans remember a time before the Adelaide Festival. Formed in 1960 as a civic enterprise and financed against loss by prominent Adelaide businessmen, the festival today remains arguably the most robust international arts festival in our region.

The Conversation

Adelaide Festival approaches record box office thanks to international blockbusters, but Australian artists shine

After a bumpy start, the festival is on track to its biggest year yet thanks to blockbuster international shows — but Australian artists and quieter moments shone through in opening week.

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A Little Life: four-hour adaptation of divisive queer novel heading to Adelaide festival

Ivo van Hove’s play will make its Australian debut in Adelaide in 2023, and be performed in Dutch with subtitles

The Guardian - AU

Adelaide Festival appoints Ruth Mackenzie as artistic director to succeed Rachel Healy and Neil Armfield

After more than half a decade at the helm, Adelaide Festival co-artistic directors Rachel Healy and Neil Armfield are passing on the baton to UK-based arts "powerhouse" Ruth Mackenzie.

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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.

ABC News

An 'extraordinary collaboration' – Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan is a sensational and important work

Review: Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan, directed by Neil Armfield for the Adelaide Festival.

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