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Home, I’m Darling playwright Laura Wade delves back in time to discover some truths about the present.
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Actors Ainsley Melham and Adam-Jon Fiorentino require an immense amount of trust to play the roles of Molina and Valentin in Kander and Ebb’s darkest musical. It’s a trust that came easily to the former Aladdin colleagues.
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Kiss of the Spider Woman is set in an unnamed South American jail cell, seemingly sometime in the 20th century, but the political and social reality that inspired its setting is stark: Argentina’s Dirty War.
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Through the story of one pioneering woman in science, Photograph 51 tells a story familiar to all women in science.
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Actors Miranda Tapsell and Tuuli Narkle discuss Aboriginality, representation and sisterly bonds in Black is the New White.
Anna Ziegler discusses her play’s explosion on the West End, and how her admiration for scientist Rosalind Franklin inspired her to tell this largely untold story.
For choreographer Andrew Hallsworth, creating dance and movement sequences is his passion. Collaborating with artists who happen to be great friends is an added bonus.
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Actor Gabrielle Chan’s role in Golden Shield is informed by a wealth of personal experiences; not all of which are easy to relive.
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Costume and set designers Esther Marie and Rebecca Hayes have conceptualised an imposing, yet intimate physical space for Golden Shield.
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Claire van der Boom and Michael Wahr take on the lead roles of William Shakespeare and Viola De Lesseps in Shakespeare in Love.
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Director Tom Healey discusses the power of transformation, both on and off the stage.
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Director Tom Healey explores how the possibility to transform exists in us all, and looks at how this concept evolves in Heisenberg.
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Capturing the essence of the Australian landscape on stage is a challenge award-winning designer Anna Cordingley relishes.
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Playing Lewis in Così is actor Sean Keenan. He tells us about his journey from the screen to the stage, as well as his great love for Australia.
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Steve Bastoni tells us how transforming into Eddie Carbone feels like a gladiator sport.