After a long selection processes full of excellent applicants across the board, we are delighted to announce both our new Andrew Cameron Fellow and the participants of our inaugural Writers’ Lab supported by the Oranges & Sardines Foundation, for early career playwrights in 2020. Andrew Cameron Fellow The Andrew Cameron Fellowship, supported by and in honour […]

Due to overwhelming demand the Packer & Sons season has been extended. The production will now run until 5 January 2020. Critics and audiences alike have been raving about Packer & Sons and its blistering take on one of the most significant and influential families in modern Australian history. The full list of additional performances can be found […]

The shortlist for the UK’s prestigious biennial Bruntwood Prize for playwrighting has been announced and we are absolutely delighted to see our 2017 Philip Parsons Fellow Emme Hoy included as a shortlisted playwright in the International category with her play Pavlov’s Dogs. The prize, which has existed since 2005 has launched the careers of a […]

We spoke to Simon Beggs, a professional woodturner who crafted many of the planets that make up the Ptolemaic Solar System suspended above the Life of Galileo stage. Read on to hear Simon speak about his passion for the craft as well as some of the peculiarities of the process.

Belvoir is pleased to announce the exceptional playwright and Trawlwoolway, Pakana/Palawa man from Lutrawita/Tasmania, Nathan Maynard as the 2019 Balnaves Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Fellow. The Fellowship is an evolution of the Balnaves Foundation Indigenous Playwright Award, which has long been recognised as one of the most prestigious playwriting awards in Australia. A $25,000 […]

2019 has been one of our most ambitious years to date and yesterday that ambition was recognised with Belvoir scoring a record thirteen gongs at the Helpmann Awards, including Best New Australian Work and Best Production of a Play for our biggest show ever, Counting and Cracking, as well as Best Musical for Belvoir favourite […]

We spoke to Zoë Atkinson, Set and Costume Designer of Life of Galileo about bringing Brecht's classic play to life alongside Director Eamon Flack and Adaptor Tom Wright.

Prolific set designer and veteran of Belvoir Stephen Curtis discusses the rose garden central to Things I Know To Be True, and the process of building a functional prototype.

Acclaimed playwright Andrew Bovell discusses the genesis of Things I Know To Be True, and the suburban Australian ethos to which it speaks.

Danièle Hromek is the Cultural Design Advisor for Winyanboga Yurringa. The following excerpt is drawn from Danièle’s PhD titled:

Playwright and theatre maker Andrea James discusses the development of Winyanboga Yurringa, and the many women whose stories have given it life.

The entire performing arts industry is in the process of cultural change. It’s painful, and it’s overdue, but individuals and organisations are focused like never before on ensuring our work places are safe and our professional relationships are respectful, responsible and kind. We take this opportunity to repeat our commitment to making positive change in […]

Due to a sudden but quite brilliant twist of fate (we can’t tell you what just yet) Kate Mulvany will have to finish up in Every Brilliant Thing a week earlier than scheduled. Fortunately this play has its own very special way of responding to the unexpected, and we’re pleased to announce that the wonderful, […]

Director Kate Champion, along with Co-Director Steve Rodgers and performer Kate Mulvany on the importance of dialogue, the healing power of theatre, and Duncan Macmillan's powerful script about love and loss.

New York based Playwright Sarah DeLappe discusses her break out hit The Wolves, and the power of solidarity and self definition for young women.

Director Jessica Arthur on reviving The Wolves for Belvoir following it's sold out 2018 season for Red Line productions at the Old Fitz; and the galvanizing force of young women across the globe.

Actor Rajan Velu, recently returned from almost 10 years of film, television and theatre work in the US, on Counting and Cracking and the huge changes to the entertainment industry in the past decade, and the importance of representation. What did you expect when you were first cast in counting and cracking? I expected an […]

Sydney based actor and youth worker Monica Kumar on learning new languages for the role and the incredible socio-political backdrop to the production. What did you expect when you were cast in Counting and Cracking?   I was really excited to be cast in Counting and Cracking because I was lucky enough to have been […]

Eamon Flack explores the legacy of Counting and Cracking, and it's offering to the unfolding story of Australia as a nation.

This article was originally published in The Weekend Australian Review, January 5-6, 2019. Read the original article on The Australian here. Counting and Cracking is at Sydney Town Hall as part of Sydney Festivval, 11 January – 2 February 2019. Book tickets here.

Actor Prakash Belawadi on the challenges inherent to democracy, and the reconciliatory power of Counting and Cracking.

Yael Stone 7:30 Report Interview   “In regard to the 7:30 Report interview on 17 December, we’re upset that Yael has carried these years of anguish. Belvoir strives to have a safe and respectful workplace for artists, staff and audiences alike. We are committed to ensuring that community standards are met, if not exceeded, and […]

Perth based actor, writer and theatre maker Jay Emmanuel on the social and political power of Counting and Cracking, and his experiences of rehearsal as he works on his portrayal of young Thirru. What did you expect when you were first cast in Counting and Cracking?   I expected it to be a life changing […]

Judy Davis revisits the history of The Dance of Death - a theatrical marriage battle written by August Strindberg, who himself had three catastrophic marriages.

Leticia Cáceres reflects on random, debbie tucker green's response to an epidemic of teenage knife crimes in London.

Ibsen's 1882 masterpiece An Enemy of the People is an allegorical story about truth and power and self-interest. Anne-Louise Sarks finds its place in today's world.

Kodie Bedford has been named as the recipient of the Balnaves Foundation Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Fellowship 2018.

Shelagh Delaney, who grew up poor in the middle of England in the middle of the 20th century, wrote A Taste of Honey when she was 19. The way she tells it, a young man took her to a play at the Opera House in Manchester, “and I came away after the performance having suddenly […]

I was asked recently what effect A Taste of Honey had had on my life. All I could remember were a handful of idiot teachers who said things like: “I bet you want to be a writer when you grow up, don’t you?” and ‘”Do you want to be famous, like your mum?” Then there […]