Celebrating the star man in style
Australian music royalty celebrate David Bowie's legacy with an orchestral extravaganza.
Stage
Canadian free skaters steer clear of cheesy icecapades
When Le Patin Libre started thinking about doing something a bit more radical on ice than a pirouette, they first asked themselves why they skated at all.
Jess Thom's wacky stand-up demystifies Tourettes
Jess Thom is hardwired for comic chaos – she's got two clowns wrestling for the one body – and watching her react to and improvise around all the nutty outbursts that hijack the show is a delight.
Theatre
Powerful Othello at the Playhouse
Despite betraying some of the strains of a long tour, this production still captures much of the intensity of Shakespeare's tragedy.
Climate change play tackles elephant in the room
In the face of cataclysmic climate change, the women of a new Australian play are ready to do their bit: burn more fossil fuels; write more blog posts; eat endangered animals.
Modern, stylish take on sexually charged melodrama
THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT
Dance
Canadian free skaters steer clear of cheesy icecapades
When Le Patin Libre started thinking about doing something a bit more radical on ice than a pirouette, they first asked themselves why they skated at all.
New portrait unveiled of Australian Ballet director David McAllister
A striking new portrait of Australian Ballet director David McAllister has been unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery.
Sydney Dance Company to perform in primary schools in 2017
The Sydney Company heads to the classroom in 2017 to perform a new work for primary school students.
Musicals
Dream Lover review: Too much blubber weighs down Bobby Darin musical
A flabby script fails to do justice to the extraordinary life of a legendary singer.
Free-Rain presents Wicked at the Canberra Theatre
An alternative take on the witches of Oz is soon to fly in to the Canberra Theatre.
There's no accounting for taste as My Fair Lady tops Opera House sales record
My Fair Lady is the biggest selling show to play at the Sydney Opera House.
Opera
Julia Lezhneva soars to secret heights in Baroque Brilliance
Julia Lezhneva sings with the micro-precision of an exotic bird that manages to find secret places of iridescent resonance.
Four Saints in Three Acts review: Ambitious project proves heaven sent
Four Saints in Three Acts is not so much an opera as a beguiling cross between an oratorio and a Salvador Dali dreamscape.
Victorian Opera takes Gertrude Stein to a new dimension
You can't help but think that if Gertrude Stein were alive, she'd give the Victorian Opera's new production of Four Saints in Three Acts two thumbs up.
Comedy
A riot of purple prose
Randy the Purple Puppet's new solo show is an excursion into enlightenment via laughter.
The Muslim comic who hopes to offend everyone
Sakdiyah Ma’ruf is an Indonesian stand-up comic challenging Islamic extremism
Monty Python to rally around Terry Jones after teary BAFTA
Michael Palin says he and the other members of the Monty Python comedy troupe will rally around Terry Jones as he battles dementia.