From Lucian Freud to a stunning exhibition of Laurence Stephen Lowry, here are four art exhibitions to get you out of London.

Space Hamlet gleefully launches Shakespeare’s tragedy into a universe of glam rock, puppet violence and cosmic absurdity.

At its heart is David Suchet as Thomas à Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, whose return from seven years of exile in 1170 ...

End of the World and Hard-boiled Wonderland combined surreal creatures, balletic choreography and dreamlike worlds in an ...

Yet despite this, and the brilliant work of a strong ensemble led by Kristin Scott Thomas and Stephen Mangan, the play still ...

Daniel Burke in the 2025 production of The Woman in Black. Photo: Mark Douet. Few plays trust their audience with fear as unflinchingly as The Woman in Black. Stephen Mallatratt’s stage adaptation of ...

Recently, Keanu Reeves co-wrote a book with author China Miéville: The Book of Elsewhere. It had a fair bit of attention thanks to the curiosity factor of a Hollywood darling collaborating with a ...

They’re dubbed duanju, or microdramas – and they’ve become big business. In China, the smartphone-friendly shows reportedly ...

Before Hollywood came calling, Liane Moriarty received the biggest news of her career lying in her son’s bed. It was early in the morning, the usual hour for calls from US publishers, and she was ...

‘Great Fire (The Burning of Troy in 1862)’ by Grandma Moses, produced at age 99 in 1959. Image: WikiArt. It is all too easy to fall prey to negative messages around pursuing a career change late in ...

As voted by professionals across the country, the best Australian plays of the 21st century are diverse and surprising, including ’37’ by Nathan Maynard. Photo: Pia Johnson. Last week, ArtsHub ...

‘Dreams of Benny’ presented at Sydney Opera House 2023. Photo: Cassandra Hannagan. Sometimes we don’t have to look very far to see the barriers of access that exist in our arts infrastructure. The ...