Some form of underwear is tucked into the top drawer of every man’s tallboy – but how exactly did it arrive there? Matthew Myers offers a brief history. ...
War baby, parentless pariah, pop superstar, regal countess and reclusive widow… ABBA’s Anni-Frid Lyngstad has lived many lives. Matthew Myers celebrates some of them on the eve of ...
Even celebrities in the heartiest health must have been nervous in 2009. For some spooky reason it was the year of the celebrity stiff, with famous faces bowing ...
Not that long ago, convicted gays were subjected to medical treatments that were tantamount to torture. Matthew Myers reports on our shocking history. ...
An unfinished Anton Chekhov play is adapted into a gift for Cate Blanchett – and it’s already sold out! ...
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the theatre, here comes calamity on a floating casino. Prepare yourself for… Disaster! ...
From backyards and car parks to conventional theatres, fringe favourites Sisters Grimm are disrupting the stage! ...
The struggling artists of the East Village sign a new lease in Sydney with Rent. ...
When several schoolgirls disappear one summer’s day in 1900, a timeless mystery is born in Picnic At Hanging Rock. ...
Joseph Merrick was exhibited as a sideshow oddity, The Elephant Man. His heartbreaking life story has been documented on film, the page and, once again, the stage. ...