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Shakespeare for Teenagers: Blessings in Disguise
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Shakespeare for Teenagers: Blessings in...

Shakespeare had huge faith in the young actors who gave us the original Juliet, Lady Macbeth, or Rosalind and Viola. So why don't we, asks George Kemp.

When: 5 - 5 Apr 2020

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David Williamson: Fifty and Out?
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David Williamson: Fifty and Out?

It’s hard to imagine David Williamson stepping away from the theatre completely, but he insists 2020 will be his final as a working playwright.

Where: Riverside Theatres, Parramatta, Sydney When: 18 - 21 Mar 2020

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Cusp: Northern Exposure
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Cusp: Northern Exposure

Mary Anne Butler's new play for ATYP amplifies youthful voices and depicts difficult choices faced by Top End teenagers on the threshold of adulthood.

Where: SBW Stables Theatre, Kings Cross, Sydney When: 11 - 28 Mar 2020

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The Deep Blue Sea: Every Night Something New
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The Deep Blue Sea: Every...

There's no one way to play Terence Rattigan's Hester Collyer, says Marta Dusseldorp. "It’s like a different play every time I do it."

Where: Roslyn Packer Theatre, Walsh Bay, Sydney When: 4 Feb - 7 Mar 2020

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War Horse: “Poor theatre on a grand scale”
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War Horse: “Poor theatre on...

War Horse takes you to places a film like 1917 cannot, says the show's director, Charlie Kenber.

Where: Sydney Lyric Theatre, Pyrmont, Sydney When: 15 Feb - 15 Mar 2020

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Bell Shakespeare: 2020 Vision
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Bell Shakespeare: 2020 Vision

Bell Shakespeare programs its first female Hamlet and The Comedy of Errors in its 30th birthday year.

Where: Sydney Opera House When: 29 Feb - 16 Nov 2020

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The Young Artist As Cultural Citizen
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The Young Artist As Cultural...

Youth theatre should not be training for thought and action in the future, argues Iris Simpson. It should be training for now.

When: 5 - 5 Apr 2020

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Winnie Dunn: claiming space
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Winnie Dunn: claiming space

If you want to represent a community, find someone from that community and employ them to do it, argues Sweatshop's Winnie Dunn.

When: 5 - 5 Apr 2020

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Cultural criticism and cultural memory
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Cultural criticism and cultural memory

In a newly published Platform Paper, Alison Croggon considers the state of critical writing in Australia and asks, should it disappear, to whom would that matter?

When: 5 - 5 Apr 2020

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Opera Australia Cushions Stand-down of staff
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Opera Australia Cushions Stand-down of staff

Opera Australia has today contacted all its staff with regards to their immediate future with the company.

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Theatre of Isolation: Alone and All Together
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Theatre of Isolation: Alone and All Together

We don't have to occupy the same physical space to be creative, argues Tooth and Sinew's Richard Hilliar, whose Theatre of Isolation is taking shape.

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Playing safe: COVID-19 and the Arts
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Playing safe: COVID-19 and the Arts

John Harrison is a theatre maker and leads Westmead Hospital's Clinical Emergency Response Team. He has advice for the arts community that needs to be taken seriously.

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STC strikes upcoming shows
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STC strikes upcoming shows

Sydney Theatre Company shelves three shows as magnitude and possible duration of COVID-19 crisis becomes clearer.

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Counting the cost of COVID-19
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Counting the cost of COVID-19

Director Anna Houston counts the costs involved in the COVID-19-related postponement of the Australian premiere of Is God Is - and it's more than just financial.

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THEATRE and COVID-19: The Latest
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THEATRE and COVID-19: The Latest

The rapidly evolving response to COVID-19 will have a profound effect on Sydney's theatre and live performance industry. Latest developments and announcements here.

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Audrey Journal’s Best of 2019
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Audrey Journal’s Best of 2019

'Tis the listicle time of year, so here are the shows we think have been the most significant or just plain pleasurable of 2019.

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Shakespeare for Teenagers: Blessings in Disguise
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Shakespeare for Teenagers: Blessings in Disguise

Shakespeare had huge faith in the young actors who gave us the original Juliet, Lady Macbeth, or Rosalind and Viola. So why don't we, asks George Kemp.

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