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Phil Erbacher/Griffin

August 31, 2026

Mum Club is a necessarily confronting play and a tribute to Blak motherhood

Charlotte Farrell, UNSW

Jorjia Gillis’ comedy on racism and sexism is premiering at Griffin Theatre Company. It has a sharp edge and a big heart.

Pia Johnson/Matlhouse

September 10, 2025

A new Australian production of Troy is bold, uncompromising theatre for our times

Jonathan Graffam-O’Meara, Monash University

Tom Wright’s new play for Malthouse poses a fundamental question: who can truly own land?

Stephen Wilson Barker/Belvoir

April 14, 2025

Big Girls Don’t Cry is a powerful, heart‑wrenching, and comical celebration of Indigenous resilience and survival

Laura Case, University of Sydney

This new play at Belvoir follows three best friends who share a house together in 1960s Redfern, the heart of ‘Blak Sydney’.

Top contributors

Laura Case
Lecturer in Musicology, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney
Jonathan Graffam-O’Meara
Lecturer, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Charlotte Farrell
Lecturer, Theatre and Performance Studies, UNSW