Directed by Lee Lewis and being performed at Canberra Theatre, Robert Harling's Steel Magnolias has a "zippy script, full of scintillating one-liners", guaranteeing "a ripping night", writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
JOE WOODWARD reviews Patrick Vermillion's black comedy The Good Boy Game directed by Caitlin Baker and being performed at The Q.
If your vision of the Italian extended family is rose-tinted, Frank Lotito's comedy The Italian Divorce, coming soon to The Q, may give you pause for thought, writes HELEN MUSA.
In its latest production 'Letters to Lindy', Australia's longest continuously running theatre company, Lieder Theatre Company, revisits the extraordinary media vilification of Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, reviews arts editor HELEN MUSA.
"Though it is subtly entertaining and insightful, this isn’t exactly a fun experience. But nor should it be." ARNE SJOSTEDT reviews Canberra Rep's production of David Williamson's play Travelling North.
ALANNA MACLEAN reviews a performance of Terence Rattigan's play The Deep Blue Sea.
David Williamson's much-performed 1979 work Travelling North is coming soon to Canberra Rep Theatre.
"One of Canberra’s favourite stage performers, Amanda Bishop, will soon be back on the stage of The Playhouse, playing Truvy, the owner of the fictional hairdressing salon at the centre of Steel Magnolias," reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
The first Q The Locals show of 2026 coming up at the Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre sounds like it’s fun, but what we’ll see on stage is anything but an innocent game, says arts editor HELEN MUSA.
"This play is not a Whodunnit, rather it is a Will-He-Get-Away-With-It?" LEN POWER reviews Dial M for Murder.
Terence Rattigan is not a name often heard in theatre circles these days, but ACT Hub is about to set that to rights with its coming production of his play The Deep Blue Sea, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
"It’s playful stuff with a sensible Austen heroine at its centre who is surrounded by unsuitable suitors, a young and feckless sister, and a mother who wants her daughters married off." ALANNA MACLEAN reviews Promise and Promiscuity.
"Although Scott Morrison’s presence hovers over the entire production and largely inspired it, this is a sophisticated work full of shifting perspectives." HELEN MUSA reviews Playback (Or, A Play About But Not Starring a Famous Politician).
Playback is by Tom Glassey, a working journalist and on-and-off Press Gallery member, who has been developing the play through the Resident Street program, reports HELEN MUSA.
"This is a lunatic play." ALANNA MACLEAN reviews Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, a production by Mockingbird Theatre.
"Mandela Mathia is a charismatic young man with a fascinating story to tell. His show gives him the opportunity to tell his personal story as well as showcase his skills as an actor and singer," writes reviewer LEN POWER.
Lose to Win, coming to The Q on Saturday, follows the story of actor Mandela Mathia, from a war-torn South Sudan to Egypt, and then to Australia as a refugee, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
"Jordan Best shines in the role of the villain, sauntering across the stage; gleeful at the chaos of her plans unfolding and utterly disdainful of weakness." GRACE CASSIDY reviews Canberra Rep's new production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
Canberra theatre figure Marya Glyn-Daniel, a multi-talented author, costume designer, playwright and producer has died. She was 85.
