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Directors and designers can collaborate remotely in a virtual space. iDesign allows directors and designers to test out their ideas in the digital twin of the entire theatre environment. UNSW Sydney Scientia Professor and Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Fellow Dennis Del Favero at UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture is leading the development of the iDesign platform, enabling the creation of a digital twin of a real theatre production design. The revolutionary prototyping platform assisted Sydney Theatre Company (STC) in the early stages of developing a production while the theatre it...

Review: Playing Beatie Bow, directed by Kip Williams. Playing Beatie Bow is the coming-of-age story of the teenage Abigail who, from her home in Sydney’s The Rocks, slips back in time to 1873. Here, she is taken in by the Tallisker/Bow family, immigrants from the Orkney Islands who run a confectionery shop. Abigail finds herself cast as the mysterious “Stranger” — the subject of a Tallisker family prophecy — which she must enact before she is able to return to her own time. In adapting Ruth Park’s 1980 novel for the stage, Kate Mulvany carries forward Park’s detailed, loving at...

Two sides of Kate: from the Incredible Hulk to a limp piece of cabbage Save Normal text size Advertisement Yorick arrives at the Theatre Bar at the End of the Wharf with Kate Mulvany. Although, in truth, audiences know the acclaimed actor and writer well for her association with Richard III - her knockout performance in the lead role won multiple awards - rather than Hamlet, where the skull of the aforementioned Yorick (alas) appears. In this instance, Yorick is the name of the silver-skull-tipped walking stick that accompanies Mulvany who lives with a significant spinal disability. Althoug...

Hot tickets 2021: Your guide to the must-see shows of the year We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement It is no understatement to say 2020 was tough for our theatres and all the actors, creatives and backstage crew that work so hard to make each show come alive. Thankfully, the lights have been turned back on and while shows are still at about 75 per cent capacity and mask-wearing is still compulsory, this year’s season is set to be a cracker, from the highly anticipated musicals Hamilton and Playing B...