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Curtain Calls and Carry-On Bags: How Sydney Became Australia’s New Theatre Pilgrimage Site

Once upon a time, Australians travelled interstate for beaches, festivals or sporting finals. Now, they are packing a carry on…

4 months ago

Schmigadoon! Was Too Musical for the Algorithm, and That’s Exactly Why It Mattered

There is something quietly tragic about the way Schmigadoon! ended. Not because it failed, but because it succeeded in exactly…

5 months ago

Australian Theatre in 2025, A Year When Ambition Trumped Safety

Australian theatre in 2025 did not play it safe, and that is precisely why it mattered. Across stages large and…

5 months ago

Splitting WICKED into two films was the right call

I went into Part 1 expecting bloat. I came out convinced the two-film experiment, sorry, the two film experiment, is…

9 months ago

Love Never Dies – But Lists Do: My Definitive (and Now Far-More-Long-Winded) Ranking of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Greatest Songs

I’ve been a Lloyd Webber tragic since 1993, when my Year 3 class took a trip to see the Joseph…

11 months ago

How Immersive Entertainment Became Britain’s Billion-Pound Gold Rush

Scroll through Instagram on any weekend and the pattern is unmistakable. Instead of selfies outside the Odeon or ticket stubs…

11 months ago

When Wolverine Meets Thoroughly Modern Millie: Why We Cannot Look Away from Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster

Remember when celebrity love stories followed a predictable arc that started at an awards show and ended in a mutual…

12 months ago

The Real Comedy of Errors: How JD Vance’s Cheap Shot at Broadway Exposes a Deeper Hypocrisy

Vice‑President JD Vance thought he was being clever when he fired off a throw‑away gag conflating Les Misérables with Sweeney Todd before accompanying Donald…

12 months ago

Les Misérables & the “No Kings” President: When the Show Turns the Spotlight Back on Its Patron

The Kennedy Center’s chandeliers were barely aglow on June 11 when the boos started. President Donald Trump had swept into…

12 months ago

Curtain-Call Crunch Time: Why Two-and-a-Half Hours Should Be Broadway’s New Normal

The Long-Play Problem Anyone who has sprinted down Charing Cross Road in the rain, praying that the Northern line hasn’t…

12 months ago