Welsh stage and screen star Michael Sheen is in Australia to perform in a new production of Peter Shaffer's classic play Amadeus and the Sydney Opera House. He's taken on the powerhouse role of Mozart's bitter and vengeful rival, Antonio Salieri.

Also, at Sydney's Ensemble Theatre, two new plays ask probing questions about what the Christmas message of generosity and hope means in an era of division, recession and climate change, and Jesus returns to earth as a transgender woman in the one-person play The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven.