A tragicomedy wrapped up in song
Wes Snelling's affecting vocals amp up the pathos for a singer who has seen better days.
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Hannah Francis
Hannah Francis is a Technology Reporter for Fairfax Media.
Festival brings cultural diversity to our stages
The inaugural festival will see hundreds of performing and other artists descend on Melbourne to give us a taste of contemporary Asia.
Musicians celebrate a new stomping ground
House prices have pushed Melbourne musicians further into the suburbs – and they've embraced it wholeheartedly.
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.
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.
Kylie's stresses and triumphs go on display
A new exhibition featuring the star's touring costumes, dating back to 1989, is on at the Arts Centre.
Teenage travails a barrel of fun
Ellen Steele's raucous jaunt through adolescence is familiar and fun, and nostalgic in all the best ways.
Works of the great spring into life
The NGV has secured more than 60 works from the Dutch painter for its 2017 Winter Masterpieces season.
Pickin' up oud vibrations
The 32-year-old ARIA Award-winner returns to Melbourne for a one-off performance.
At 88, John Olsen has more life than most
A major retrospective of arguably Australia's greatest living painter opens this week at the National Gallery of Victoria.
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