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Confirmed: Andrew Upton to take on solo Artistic Directorship of STC from 2013 For the past five years, husband and wife team Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton have been the driving force behind many developments Sydney’s flagship theatre company, STC. From the Greening The Wharf initiative and brand new Bar and…
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From 24 September the Sydney Theatre Company is set to stage Sex With Strangers, a tender and comical love story coming to Australia straight from a premiere at Chicago’s acclaimed Steppenwolf Theatre in 2011. Olivia, a bookish and private thirty-something, is coming off a failed novel as she finishes up her…
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Thomas Bernhard was mad as hell, and so he wrote The Histrionic. Bernhard, the story goes, was so enraged by the unwillingness of the fire warden to disable the emergency exit lights in his play The Ignoramus and the Madman that he not only canceled its entire run, but then…
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We are thrilled to be giving away 5 double passes to see Sydney Theatre Company’s production of Under Milk Wood at the Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House this month. Five lucky AussieTheatre readers will win a double pass to see Dylan Thomas’ magical linguistic masterpiece starring Jack Thompson and directed by…
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There is a point at the very start of the play when Jack Thompson as First Voice in Under Milk Wood, says ‘come with me’ and I kid you not, I almost got up out of my chair and followed him. Such is the power of Jack Thompson’s voice. He…
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The winner of the Patrick White Playwrights’ Fellowship was announced at a special event at Sydney Theatre Company on Friday 18 May. Patricia Cornelius was honoured with the year long, $25,000 Fellowship, which is designed to acknowledge on individual for their commitment and dedication to Australian playwriting throughout their career. It…
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Austrian playwright Thomas Bernhard’s The Histrionic is rarely performed outside Europe, but the Sydney Theatre Company is bringing the black comedy to Wharf 1 from 15 June — 28 July. Translated by STC Associate Director Tom Wright and directed by Daniel Schlusser in a Sydney Theatre Company and Malthouse Theatre co-production, the…
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Sydney Theatre Company’s transplanted production of Uncle Vanya has been honored at this year’s prestigious Helen Hayes awards for their run at the Kennedy Center in Washington, USA. Cate Blanchett, celebrated actress and STC co-director, won the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Non-Resident Production for her performance as…
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After receiving 114 entries for the 2011 Patrick White Playwrights’ Award, Sydney Theatre Company have announced the five works shortlisted to win this year’s prestigious prize. The Sun and Other Stars by Nicki Bloom, Little Borders by Phillip Kavanagh, Triangle by Glyn Roberts, Merman by Kylie Trounson and The Bay by Alexandra Wood are all original, unproduced plays submitted…
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Last week I had the very great pleasure of attending the official launch of a very cool, very calm and very collected bar at the deep end of a wharf in Walsh Bay, and if I had my way, I’d be back every night. Sydney Theatre Company’s latest venture — the…
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