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.
Stage
If only all awkward first dates were as funny as this
If you thought dating – online dating, Tinder dating, plain old 'regular' dating – was awkward, you ain't seen nothing yet.
Great acting gets bogged down in caricature
Emily Taylor's not short on charisma or acting chops but her script lacks sophistication.
Theatre
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.
Great acting gets bogged down in caricature
Emily Taylor's not short on charisma or acting chops but her script lacks sophistication.
Dance
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.
Exploring shadows and space
The interplay between movement, human physicality and complex projections are brought to the fore across the two works that make up Metadata.
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.