Joanna Murray Smith’s Fury tells the story of a family of three. White, privileged and left-leaning, as the play opens every member seems to be on the same page. They are a solid unit with a strong belief they are good people. How quickly things change. 

Tom Holloway’s tough nugget of a play is about stolen children and generational damage. It takes an unflinching look at a dark chapter in this country’s history, examining how past governments colluded with Britain in state child theft.

Tomás Ford is bringing his electro cabaret to Brisneyland and he spoke to Andrew Shaw about wowing Edinburgh, scaring Adelaide and supporting Gary Numan.

SYDNEY: In Shakespeare’s Henry 4 plays the real protagonist is a young man coming of age. Prince Hal’s transition from feckless youth to crowned monarch is played out against a backdrop of civil unrest.

SYDNEY: Trevor Ashley is back with 27 dresses, 14 wigs and a string of classic tunes to channel some of the greatest divas in showbiz with the return of I’m Every Woman.

Bell Shakespeare’s latest production fuses Henry IV Parts one and two into one play, set against the backdrop of the modern-day London riots, writes Garrett Bithell.

Sydney's New Theatre is tackling Patrick White’s delightfully vulgar investigation of the human condition, The Ham Funeral, writes Garrett Bithell. 

Fetching young men in slim maroon suits bring a palpable energy to the auditorium even before the theatre lights dim. They play acoustic guitars, a washboard and double bass. A skiffle band never looked or sounded cooler, well, not since Paul McCartney met John Lennon and joined The Quarrymen in the mid-1950s. 

ADELAIDE: Independent Theatre founder Rob Croser has adapted Booth Tarkington’s 1918 novel The Magnificent Ambersons for the stage. He spoke to Peter Burdon.

SYDNEY: Stephen Aldy Guirgis’s high-octane verbal cage match, The Motherf**ker with the Hat, is coming to Tap Gallery this week, writes Garrett Bithell.

Tahli Corin’s Girl in Tan Boots has a protagonist you never see on stage. At one point she is represented by a mannequin in a bad wig. The girl in question is missing and the dummy has been set up to jog people’s memories. The thing is, Hannah was, in a sense, invisible even before she disappeared. For the sleuth on her trail, the challenge is to find someone who left the faintest impression on people and then again, might not want to be found.

ADELAIDE: Get $10 off tickets for Independent Theatre’s spanking new production of The Magnificent Ambersons.

Alistair Sutton talks to the director of an all-male cast of A Clockwork Orange about her talented bunch of droogs.

SYDNEY: Lavished with rave reviews around the world, National Theatre of Great Britain’s One Man, Two Guvnors is in town for a limited season courtesy of Sydney Theatre Company, writes Garrett Bithell. 

SYDNEY: War Horse might be the equine retelling of Lassie Come Home on stage, with six puppeteers working the head, heart and hind of a chestnut colt called Joey, but it is also an entertaining World War I history lesson for ages 10 and up.