Sydney Comedy Festival 2016: Language no barrier for Korean comedy troupe the Ongals

ANDREW TAYLOR Korean comedy troupe the Ongals transcend language barriers with their brand of physical humour.

All India Bakchod, rising stars of Indian stand-up, come to Melbourne

John Bailey Some of the most fascinating acts at the recent Melbourne International Comedy Festival offered glimpses into cultures where stand-up is still in its infancy, from Malaysia's Kuah Jenhan to Russia's Igor Meerson to the founder of the form in Pakistan (and new Melbourne resident) Sami Shah.

Zoe Coombs Marr wins top Comedy Festival Award

CRAIG PLATT Comedian Zoe Coombs Marr has won the 2016 Melbourne Comedy Festival Barry Award.

Canberra student Lauren Duong wins Class Clowns at Melbourne International Comedy Festival

JIL HOGAN Tales of feeling like a 'fake Asian' and the difficulties of learning to speak Chinese have earned Lauren Duong the title of funniest teen comedy act in the country.

Sammy J and Randy have scandal planned for the 2016 Sydney Comedy Festival

LENNY ANN LOW Sammy J and Randy are opening a theme park. But first they have to break up.

Keir Choreographic Award leaps into discussion about the future of dance

PHILIPPA HAWKER "Awards are a little bit like executions in the 18th century. They bring in an audience," declared one of the first judges for the Keir Choreographic Award.

Corps de ballet to choreographer: Australian Ballet duo create for Symphony in C

ELISSA BLAKE "I've only got a few more years of dancing left in this old bod so I would absolutely love to have a future in choreography," says 31-year-old Australian Ballet dancer Alice Topp. Her work is part of Symphony in C.

Review: James Batchelor's FACES at Courtyard Studio in Canberra is a typically challenging work

Michelle Potter FACES is James Batchelor's comment on the effects of war, inspired by letters written by his great-grandfather during World War I. Like much of his work, it is highly confrontational.

Ballerina Leanne Benjamin happy to be acknowledged in Australia at last

ELISSA BLAKE Leanne Benjamin , the Royal Ballet's longest-serving principal dancer has returned home to receive her Member of the Order of Australia.

Malthouse Theatre's I Am A Miracle snares five gongs at Green Room Awards

John Bailey In the theatre companies awards division, the biggest winner was Malthouse Theatre's I Am a Miracle.

Hamilton just added a Pulitzer to its many ovations

Nelson Pressley The Broadway juggernaut Hamilton earned the Pulitzer Prize drama award Monday, as was widely expected.

Jaz Flowers and Erin Clare reunite on that crazy little musical We Will Rock You

ELISSA BLAKE Putting together the classic Queen songs that power rock musical We Will Rock You was an electrifying experience for Jaz Flowers.

Review: Canberra production of The Little Mermaid deserves full holiday houses

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Georgy Girl: the Seekers musical review: Good singing can't save bad writing

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

BERNARD ZUEL If you get the singing right the work of making a Seekers musical should be half-done. Unfortunately, the jokes and script were also half-done.

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Verdi rarity Luisa Miller headlines Opera Australia's Melbourne autumn season

Michael Shmith Opera Australia's Melbourne autumn season features three operas.

Jessica Pratt returns to Lucia di Lammermoor in Victorian Opera debut

John Bailey Despite starring in more than 20 productions of the opera, Jessica Pratt has yet to perform the role in Australia, so her local debut in Victorian Opera's Lucia di Lammermoor is much anticipated.

Meet the Megadeth, battleaxe-loving star of Turandot on Sydney Harbour

ELISSA BLAKE From being an axe-wielding extra in Gangs of New York to singing one of opera's most famous arias, Nessum Dorma, on Sydney Harbour, tenor Riccardo Massi takes it all in his very long stride.

Singer Greta Bradman will perform in Canberra on her My Hero tour

RON CERABONA Greta Bradman will perform in Canberra as part of her 'My Hero' concert tour.

Opera Australia battles cockatoos, wind and rain to get Turandot on stage

ELISSA BLAKE This time last year, Sydney's cockatoos were already making a meal of the colossal head of Nefertiti, the scenic centerpiece of the Handa Opera on the Harbour production of Verdi's Aida.

Gravity-defying physical theatre troupe Dislocate fly in for Victorian tour

John Bailey Tracing the course of six generations, this work touches on euthanasia and suicide alongside rosier of young love and lifelong romance.

Megan Hilty brings Broadway razzle dazzle to Arts Centre Melbourne

John Bailey It's becoming something of a tradition for Arts Centre Melbourne to bring out a Broadway luminary each year.

Theatre review: Romeo and Juliet

Reviewed by Owen RIchardson With its turbulent youth and pesky old folks, its brawls and parties and ear­worm lines, Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare's populism at its most brilliant.

Canberra Street Theatre's performance of all 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets to bring us closer to the Bard

Peter Wilkins Four hundred years after his death, an ambitious performance of all 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets brings us closer to the Bard.

Canberra drama teacher Peter Wilkins has been running amateur acting workshops for 27 years

SALLY PRYOR Over nearly three decades Peter Wilkins has seen hundreds of happy students leave his amateur drama workshops feeling fulfilled.