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What Does it Mean to be an Artist? Tegan Ware talks Cicada
"It does feel very, very Wollongong and very local, and I think it hits close to home."
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"The cliches are unfortunately true": Karin McCracken on Heartbreak Hotel
Fresh from RISING Festival Melbourne, the Edinburgh Fringe, and Soho Theatre London, Heartbreak Hotel is a synth-studded dissection of a serious breakup. It combines storytelling with science and a soundtrack of your favourite classic breakup songs to explore what heartbreak does to our bodies, and hopes to leave us
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“A really silly amount of fun”: Yve Blake talks new play Mackenzie
"Watching what our director Virginia has been cooking up, I’m severely gagged. So I can’t wait for our audiences to be gagged by it as well."
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Possum Gully to the Gong: My Brilliant Career Lands at the IPAC
‘To have it be something that people want to see again and again and again… it makes it worth it.’
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Review: A Transgender Woman On The Internet, Crying is pretty perfect
Welcome to the internet! A platform to find community beyond the confines of your physical location, to share your music or your latest craft project, and to build each other up when things get hard. Also, a battleground where influencers, micro-celebrities, and all-round drama queens viciously tear each
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The Comedy of Errors Review: Shakespeare at His Silliest
Antipholus has clearly gone mad! He steals, lies, and pretends not to recognise his own wife. His servant Dromio is no better: straying from his quests, making insubordinate jokes, and even locking Antipholus out of his own house. Surely some kind of demonic possession is to blame! But here’s
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From Meddling Maids to My Brilliant Career: Merrigong Theatre Co’s Season 2026
Merrigong Theatre Company has announced their 2026 season, revealing the 10 mainstage productions coming to Wollongong over the course of next year, as well as 4 MerrigongX presentations and a bustling Kids & Families program. The Tert was lucky enough to be invited to the season launch and hear about
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Students Say: Save SARC!
UOW’s student body have made their position clear on the proposed abolition of Safe and Respectful Communities (SARC), in a rally attended by students, staff, community members, and even representatives from other universities’ Women’s Collectives. Students were first made aware of changes to UOW’s safety, support, and
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COOKED Review: UOW Students Stun Sydneysiders
How can you help someone who doesn’t want to be helped? That’s one of the questions posed by new play COOKED, which premiered at this year’s Sydney Fringe Festival. The play’s masterminds are Angel Duggan and Lana Page, two current theatre students right here at UOW
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Trans Joy Centre Stage: Orlando Review
What do you get when you cross time travel, gender-bending, and onstage rollerskating? Well, Orlando, of course. The latest offering to grace Belvoir St Theatre’s iconic corner stage pulls out all the stops to bring Virginia Woolf’s 1928 novel to life, with a modern makeover. Featuring an
“It sounds like a lot because it is a lot:” Interview with the creators of COOKED
COOKED is a brand new play about mental health, crumbling relationships, and what it means to be a young woman in modern society. Its non-linear narrative follows main character Logan as she navigates her relationships with her Mum and her best friend Jean. COOKED invites us to see ourselves
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Gay Pirates, Evil Twinks, and Everything You Missed at the Festival of New Works
Do you know what it took to get your favourite musical onto the mainstage? From a twinkle in its creator’s eye, chances are it went through years or even decades of writing, re-writing, editing, workshops, showings, developments, readings, and more, all before you even heard of it. But