Dig deeper into the Festival through our series of lunchtime interviews and forums with the creative forces behind this year's shows at The Famous Spiegeltent.
The Yalta Game is based on a theme in one of the greatest short stories ever written, Chekhov's The Lady with the Lapdog. Brian Friel unravels a thread of Chekhov's original and weaves it into a startling tapestry of longings and resolutions.
Acclaimed concert pianist Mikhail Rudy read Szpilman's memoir, The Pianist, and dreamt up a dramatic retelling of his journey. The Pianist is a duet for two Szpilmans: Rudy on piano and a solo actor recounting the story.
The Sydney Theatre Company Actors Company presents The War Of The Roses, an audacious epic of language and history. Joining the cast is STC Co-Artistic Director Cate Blanchett, on stage in Australia for the first time in almost five years.
Budapest's Katona József Theatre presents their acclaimed production of Chekhov's early masterpiece. This remarkable acting ensemble works together like an orchestra, delivering an unsettling and poetic performance about human failing and the unfathomable vanity of a man incapable of love.
Arguably Brian Friel's greatest play, Faith Healer influenced a generation of Irish writing for the theatre. A faith healer accepts that he must return home to Ireland, a destiny he can no longer postpone. The narrative makes up a mosaic that is both seductive and terrifying.
BECK'S FESTIVAL BAR: French songstress Camille replaces traditional instruments with a spectacular soundscape of layered human voices, harmonies, rhythms and foot-stamping body percussion.
The intimate film Once stars The Frames frontman Glen Hansard and classically trained pianist Marketa Irglová in a love story told largely through song. Hansard and Irglová will be joined on stage by The Frames to perform songs from the film and more.
Christopher Wheeldon is one of the most celebrated figures in contemporary ballet and a major creative force in the dance world. The scope and originality of his work has won him an unrivaled international reputation.
Reggie Watts shakes new meaning into what you can do with a microphone and a loop machine. Exploiting a jaw-dropping ten-octave vocal range, he creates funky bass lines and soulful diva-esque vocals to underpin hilarious, off-the cuff riffs.
Late at the Garden's unpredictable collection of music's most eclectic offerings could not be more at home than in the Samsung Mobile Festival Garden. Keep the Festival party going well into the night.
