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‘Why should adults judge children’s books?’ Australian kids take over prestigious book awards

From plumbing shop to world stage: meet Australia’s Irish dance boy wonder

'Better than we dared imagine': Sydney Opera House unveils its ‘miracle’ new concert hall

This extreme play makes people faint. How do the actors stay sane, night after night?

‘My experience was not #MeToo, it was #HerToo’: Eryn Jean Norvill on her life-changing return to the stage

Anna Karenina review – this striking, steamy, seductive ballet is a masterpiece

‘Don’t get rid of your old Lego!’: Ryan ‘The Brickman’ McNaught’s unlikely rise to fame

‘My head was exploding with it all’: understudies suddenly thrust into the spotlight

Plan to see a show or film? Your questions about Covid-safety in Australia answered

Major Australian musicals cancel shows as more than 90 performers contract Covid

From the Australian Ballet to Brandenburg’s Noël!: the best live arts to stream this Christmas

Risks, refunds and cancellations: your guide to buying tickets amid Covid this summer

Sydney theatres on tenterhooks and music festival cancelled as NSW braces for ‘astronomical’ Covid rise

What went wrong at Circus Oz? The story behind the veteran company’s ‘devastating’ downfall

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your phones: how tech and shock jocks hacked Julius Caesar

Flouncing out: Australian Ballet stows away the tutu in 2022

‘Mum wasn’t looking for fame’: John Olsen’s children unveil Valerie Strong’s first solo art show

‘Precision and artistry’: 35 years of Away, the quintessentially Australian summer play

New Yellow Wiggle Tsehay Hawkins: ‘If I can show kids how to be natural, that would mean the world to me’

‘The show can’t always go on’: will regional theatre bounce back in the Covid-normal age?

From Australia to the Tonys: Moulin Rouge! The Musical poised to make history

A tale of two cities: Sydney shows prepare to reopen as Melbourne theatres remain mothballed

Walls that talk: how to buy real art in lockdown, from budget finds to custom commissions

Australia’s arts sector shredded by latest Covid shutdown and won’t survive without government help, report warns

‘Traumatic’: Hamilton and Come From Away musical cast and crew stood down without pay

Hamilton, Come From Away among shows to close during Sydney’s snap Covid lockdown

‘A firework is a beautiful way to pay tribute’: Dark Mofo ceremony celebrates lives with a flash in the sky

Artist Sally Rees unveils her inner crone: ‘We need to embrace being cranky and terrifying’

Come From Away: real-life characters from 9/11 feelgood musical treasure memories of kindness

Smash-hit musical Hamilton confirms Melbourne season: ‘Mask up and we’ll be there’

Phosphorescence: Julia Baird’s bestseller wins book of the year

‘We looked after each other’: Harry Potter's Australian cast finally returns to the stage

'Half masks', packed foyers and bar queues: are Covid-safe theatres really safe?

Sydney festival teeters 'on a knife-edge' ahead of Wednesday's opening

Low-key new year celebrations as border closures cause chaos

'We have broken a lot of hearts': Frozen, Pippin cancel shows amid Sydney Covid outbreak

Kerri-Anne Kennerley breaks collarbone after falling from trapeze during Pippin performance

'Something to celebrate': Australian-produced Moulin Rouge! the Musical lands 14 Tony nominations

'I go out to the beach to dance': Australian artists contemplate their lives – and careers – post Covid

Australian theatres nervously reopen with mandatory masks and temperature checks

Hamilton’s Australian producers say social distancing will be a ‘deal-breaker’

'It's been deeply odd': how NIDA, Australia's most prestigious acting school, is managing the pandemic

Your living room's a stage: the best arts, crafts and theatre for kids in lockdown

Melbourne's coronavirus restrictions deal 'devastating' blow to arts companies

'It's like our future has gone': visual artists facing existential threat post Covid-19

'How do we recover?': Australian arts sector fears rescue package won't be enough to survive

Zoom fatigue and an awkward in-between: theatre can't wait to be back onstage

'Show respect and listen': scenes from Australia’s first Indigenous-run police station

Christo's Wrapped Coast: how the monumental Australian work was made – and changed art history

Coronavirus NSW: galleries and museums scramble after unexpected lifting of restrictions

'We put on theatre no matter what': what will Australian stages look like post-pandemic?

'Our income vanished': Australia's galleries and museums buckle in Covid-19 storm

'Theatre kept my mind so activated': the existential crisis of Sydney's 'standing ovation man'

Leotards in lockdown: ballet dancers find new ways to keep fit – but how long can they hold on?