Stage
Comedy
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah host heads to Australia
GARRY MADDOX The South African comic who calls Donald Trump "an overcooked sweet potato" will perform at the Sydney Opera House.
Sandman, aka Steve Abbott, is back with new show at the Street Theatre
SALLY PRYOR He was a fixture on breakfast radio and evening television throughout the late '90s. But whatever happened to the Sandman?
Dame Edna skewers Waleed Aly, talks up Malcolm Turnbull on The Project
LINDA MORRIS Waleed Aly operates as The Project's political conscience but he became Dame Edna's fall guy when the comedian visited the panel Thursday night and virtually took over.
Hannah Gadsby: Dogs, ditching woe and the paradox of Taylor Swift
LENNY ANN LOW Hannah Gadsby and Taylor Swift collaborate on a comedy pop-tacular
Axis of Awesome's Jordan Raskopoulos on how audiences have reacted to her transition
ELISSA BLAKE Chemistry is everything in a three-man comedy act. Meddle with it at your peril. But what happens when you change the hormone balance?
Dance
Blood on the Dance Floor review: Jacob Boehme's artistry resounds with the pulse of life
Cameron Woodhead For Jacob Boehme – Indigenous, HIV-positive, a gay man – blood leaves a legacy of fear, discrimination and shame. Blood on the Dance Floor lays bare those painful realities.
Both Sides dancers absorbed in their own worlds
Jill Sykes Limitless Dance Company's debut was efficient and mechanistic, with outstanding solo performances.
From Audrey Hepburn to Sylvester Stallone, Chunky Move's Lucid subverts roles of film and dance
PHILIPPA HAWKER What do the contrasting figures of gamine actress Audrey Hepburn and action hero Sylvester Stallone have in common? They've both served as inspiration for dancer Lauren Langlois' new role.
CounterMove combines Cacti and Lux Tenebris by Sydney Dance Company
RON CERABONA A double bill from Sydney Dance Company combines the comic and the dramatic.
Musicals
Broadway hit The Music Man marches into the Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre
RON CERABONA Meredith Willson's first Broadway musical has retained its popularity for more than half a century.
Review: Catch Me If You Can at Gungahlin College Theatre is a great ride
Peter Wilkins Dramatic Productions' musical version of Frank Abagnale's shenanigans meets the high standards the company has set.
Little Shop of Horrors at the Canberra Theatre has style and black humour
Alanna Maclean This well-performed production captures the intelligence and black humour of the musical.
Little Shop of Horrors brings dark musical comedy to the Canberra Theatre
RON CERABONA The musical about a man-eating plant is now on at the Canberra Theatre.
Australia's Suzie Mathers takes lead role in West End run of Wicked
John Bailey Suzie Mathers, star of the Australian production of Wicked, has been announced as the new Glinda in the West End version from September.
Opera
Melba's house to open to public for first time
CAROLYN WEBB Opera diva Dame Nellie Melba's Yarra Valley home is to open to the public for the first time.
When should opera stars take a final bow?
Rupert Christiansen Some singers know when their voice is no longer what it was, but others keep going regardless.
Why the Google Cultural Institute is a friend not foe of the Sydney Opera House
ANDREW TAYLOR The Sydney Opera House is the latest cultural institution to move into Google's online world.
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.
Theatre
Things I Know To Be True by Andrew Bovell at the Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre, is gripping drama
Peter Wilkins 6:17pm Andrew Bovell's latest play is a beautifully crafted and acted contemporary tragedy.
Hermione Granger
J.K. Rowling hits out at 'racists' after Harry Potter play casts black Hermione
J.K. Rowling has slammed as a "bunch of racists" online critics who complained about the casting of a black actor to play Hermione.
Kate Mulvany and Miranda Tapsell, friends and rising stars in The Literati
ELISSA BLAKE With CVs that include playwriting, musical theatre, television blockbusters and powerful speechmaking, these two friends are making their way to the top of Australia's creative peak.
Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda will leave the Broadway musical next month: report
EBONY BOWDEN The rapper will reportedly give his last performance as founding father Alexander Hamilton on July 9.