2023 sees the UK host the Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of Ukraine. But what role does the stage itself have to play in the musical spectacle?
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The Globe has used both its theatres in tandem for a single production, for the first time in its history.
An expert in Greek tragedy can’t get past a seemingly callous approach to suicide in the National Theatre’s new take on Phaedra.
From her role as sleuth Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote to originating some of the most famous roles on the stage, Lansbury’s career was impressive and expansive.
Streaming has made theatre more accessible to a wider audience. However, it needs to be monetised and shouldn’t take the place of live theatre, which is in dire need of funding.
How one academic found the perfect platform to share her research with the public.
A group of diasporic Syrian actors in Marseilles came together with a few remaining in their home country to create this touching, hard-hitting play.
This production, a collaboration with local theatre artists, stages a public debate hosted by the (made up) Melbourne Trust Forum. It unfolds as part media reportage and part gameshow.
The central journey in Blasted is not a tourist trip through extreme violence. It’s the emotional journey of a bully who learns to be grateful for small acts of kindness.
Opera Australia’s new production of Aida features movable LED panels with digital scenery. It’s part of a revolution transforming the art form.
A successful adaption of Lars von Trier’s film Melancholia breathes new life and energy into its female characters.
In its original form, Rossini’s William Tell went for five hours. Yet soon after its 1829 debut it was being cut for the comfort of its audience. Its Overture - a mere 12 minutes - has become one of the most famous pieces of classical music.
In an ambitious new work of theatre and dance, performers read out mathematical theories then build scenes around them.
Federico Garcia Lorca’s shocking civil war play is successfully transferred to the Australian desert by the Melbourne Theatre Company.
Since 2017, only 13% of full-length works by Australia’s major dance companies have been choreographed by women.
In Terrestrial, teenager Libby wants aliens to whisk her across the galaxy to escape her abusive father.
Michele Lee’s play is a vibrant and layered comic exploration of stereotypes, from piccolo-quaffing urban Melburnites to migrant memoirists.
Memorial brings Alice Oswald’s poetic retelling of the Iliad to the stage, with its furious indictment of war and its aftermath.
You Know We Belong Together is a moving demand for more representation of people with Down Syndrome in the arts.
A theatre production of Mark Haddon’s much-loved novel is affirmative and at times deeply sentimental, with a hi-tech set, and exacting choreography.
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Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University
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Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies, Royal Holloway University of London
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Researcher, The Australian Centre, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Classical Studies, The Open University
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Theatre, Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne
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The University of Melbourne
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Principal Fellow and Professor of Music, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Adjunct Professor, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Human Development, Massey University
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Rodney Tiffen is a Friend of The Conversation.
Emeritus Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
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The University of Melbourne
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Cassamarca Foundation Chair in Latin Humanism and Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions: Europe 1100-1800, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer In Music Literature and Research, Griffith University
