Australian National Botanic Gardens

Reviews – Oedipus the King 2026

8 April 2026 Michael Smith Comments Off

Thank you Canberra for supporting your annual outdoor Greek theatre Easter festival at the Australian National Botanic Gardens. Audience numbers up 21%. Critics, scholars, the public and schools praised the production. “A prime example of […]

ABC Radio Canberra – Mornings with Saskia Mabin

30 March 2026 Michael Smith Comments Off

30 March 2026. Interview with actor Andrew Mackenzie and producer Michael J Smith. https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/canberra-mornings/mornings/106500676

Canberra City News – 24 March 2026

24 March 2026 Michael Smith Comments Off

Most people have heard of Freud’s idea that sons may see their fathers as rivals for their mother’s affection – the Oedipus complex. Now Canberra audiences will have a rare chance to see the ancient […]

Sophocles’ Oedipus the King – Cast/Crew

8 February 2026 Michael Smith Comments Off

Burbidge Amphitheatre, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, April 2026 Oedipus, King of Thebes – Andrew Mackenzie Creon, Oedipus’s brother-in-law – Owen Maycock Jocasta, wife of Oedipus, sister of Creon – Kate Blackhurst Priest of Zeus, […]

Awards

7 February 2026 Michael Smith Comments Off

Greek Theatre Now’s 2025 production, Sophocles’ Antigone, was honoured during the recent Canberra and New South Wales theatre awards season. At the fourth annual Ovations Awards at the Hellenic Club, movement director & choreographer Lachlan […]

Canberra City News – 7 February 2026

7 February 2026 Michael Smith Comments Off

A Special Judges’ Award was presented to Lachlan Ruffy for movement and fight choreography for Greek Theatre Now’s Antigone.

OAM to Elizabeth Minchin

5 February 2026 Michael Smith Comments Off

From Ros Jackson, President, Friends of the ANU Classics Museum, to Friends members: “No doubt many of you were delighted to note the award of the OAM to Emeritus Professor Elizabeth Minchin in the Australia Day Honours […]

Michael J Smith – Producer, Writer, Director

25 December 2025 Michael Smith Comments Off

Michael, Greek Theatre Now’s founder and artistic director, was an opera student at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, and Royal Academy of Music, London. He sang in operas around the world, working with […]

Andrew Mackenzie – Oedipus the King

24 December 2025 Michael Smith Comments Off

“Hi!! I’m Andrew Mackenzie. I’ve been performing for as long as I remember, and loving attention for even longer. In high school, I did drama every year and double majored in it in Year 11 […]

Owen Maycock – Oedipus the King

24 December 2025 Michael Smith Comments Off

“Acting has pretty much been my favourite thing since I was 7 and put on a made-up play for my class. There was not much of a story. The characters were just my friends and […]