Powerful work tells inside story of Stolen Generations
Ian Michael allows audience members to feel like insiders in this moving story.
Stage
Guerin dances through light and shade
The latest work from renowned Melbourne choreographer Lucy Guerin makes its international premiere at Melbourne Festival next week.
Review: STC's powerful intentions fail to translate
On paper, it looks good. The Sydney Theatre Company offering five established and emerging female playwrights a platform and a broad theme to write to has everyone smelling proactive, right? Well, not in this case.
Theatre
Shaolin Warriors at the Canberra Theatre shows aspects of Buddhist culture
This Chinese show has been touring internationally for many years, bringing a touch of Zen to the world.
Noni Hazlehurst stars in Mother at the Q as a homeless woman
Daniel Keene's new one-woman play is about a homeless woman on the streets of Melbourne but she could be anywhere.
Menage review: sex worker's secrets make for gripping theatre
Ryan Good's conversations with sex workers in the UK and Australia are fodder for immersive theatre at its best.
Dance
Guerin dances through light and shade
The latest work from renowned Melbourne choreographer Lucy Guerin makes its international premiere at Melbourne Festival next week.
Metadata review: Dance meets science in surprising, emotional work by De Quincy
What a fascinating piece of dance theatre – unique and thought-provoking. The main thrust of this review is compliments – and regrets that it has only three performances.
Luke Currie-Richardson on choosing dance instead of basketball
Luke Currie-Richardson comes from a family of athletes but, bound for Paris as a member of Bangarra, he has no regrets about choosing dance over basketball.
Musicals
Free Rain's Wicked musical launch defies the rain
The Canberra premiere of the musical presenting an alternative take on a famous story has some experienced talent for the lead roles.
Joined at the hip – literally
Playing conjoined triple threats is no easy thing. "We are on a diagonal the entire show, so it's a challenge to even walk straight ahead let alone dance."
High hopes to make Muriel's Wedding a musical to ears beyond Aussie shores
Could Muriel Heslop's musical debut in Sydney be the first step towards the global stage?
Opera
Our Man in Havana Review: swaying and singing with élan
On Saturday, after half a century of neglect, came the big thaw.
Pecan Summer review: Deborah Cheetham leads strong cast in epic stolen generations story
The stolen generations has become a central story in contemporary Australia and this telling, by a member of that generation, goes to the heart of our sense of self.
Opera Australia and Sydney Opera House team up for world-first silent opera
Using the "silent disco" model, in which clubbers dance to music sent wirelessly to headphones, Sydney Opera House – The Opera: The Eighth Wonder will be performed on the Opera House steps with the sound relayed to the audience via headsets.
Comedy
'Fitspiration' routine funny to the core
Penny Parsins is every white 20-something on a beach in a bikini on Instagram.
Australian comedian Zoe Coombs Marr a hit in Edinburgh
For years Zoe Coombs Marr felt out of place and uncomfortable working Australia's comedy club scene, now she is basking in the adoration of crowds at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh.
Tim Ferguson takes the wheel on Spin Out
Being confined to a wheelchair hasn't slowed Tim Ferguson down. He's back in a reunited Doug Anthony All Stars, he's directed his first movie and he just might have a new TV show too.