Catherine Skipper

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Global Fringe benefits

In 2019 the Sydney Fringe Festival featured more than 1,600 performances by over 2,000 artists presented across 25 postcode areas. In May 2020 Kerri...

Lorinda Merrypor – set to shine

According to Tony Briggs, writer of much-loved and multi-award-winning musical play The Sapphires, Durumbal woman Lorinda Merrypor is “very talented” and “someone every theatre producer should look out for”.

Murder in the Garden

Murder in the Garden, presented by Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden in association with Théâtre Excentrique and Alliance Francaise, offers the mystery-loving public the opportunity to become detectives.

Meeting Melanie King, dog-whisperer

 This tiny fellow laid claim to any space he inhabited – sofa, room, street, park – with an imperious stare, and woe betide any...

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice

Does Jim Cartwright’s repertory staple The Rise and Fall of Little Voice suggest to our celebrity obsessed age that it is the meek who will inherit the world?

Counting and Cracking

The colourful Counting and Cracking is completely absorbing from beginning to end.

The Wind in the Willows

Welcome to ASC’s sixteenth outdoor annual production of Kenneth Graham’s children’s classic, The Wind in the Willows.

Counting down to international success

According to Indigenous actor Rarriwuy Hicks the spectacular new production Counting and Cracking “will look as lovely and amazing as it’s going to feel to be in it”.

Dubboo: Life of a Songman

Dubboo reflects upon the complex life of Nunukul/Munaldjali man, David Page, while celebrating his creativity as composer, musician, actor, singer and drag queen.

The Dance of Death

While the play is darkly pessimistic, under Judy Davis’s direction Strindberg’s dismemberment of a marriage relationship is ferociously entertaining.

Lysistrata

Le Petit Theatre’s production of an innovative version of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata cleverly underlines the relevance of the original play to our own times.

Apactalyptic

PACT held their second Salon for 2018, entitled Apactalyptic, a one-night mini-festival of performance, music and art, examining, exploring and reflecting on the ends of the world.

Weaving the future

The month-long Weave Festival (March 1-31), offers an extensive and in-depth experience of Aboriginal and Pacific cultures.