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Hilarious variety show has Fringe all aflutter
Andre DiVenuto is balding, wears a pinstriped brown suit, pointy white shoes, and dreams of making it big as a late-night television host.
Andre DiVenuto is balding, wears a pinstriped brown suit, pointy white shoes, and dreams of making it big as a late-night television host.
Playing a woman who becomes the sexual obsession of a successful female fashion designer has pushed Taylor Ferguson right out of her comfort zone.
Observing how people cope with trauma in the public gaze, Tom Holloway's new play shines a light on our collective humanity.
Pyrotechnical theatre troupe Deabru Beltzak has its origins transforming a centuries old tradition celebrating witchcraft in the caves of the Pyrenees.
A new documentary charts the creation of The Baulkham Hills Ladies Troupe, a play by refugee survivors of conflict.
Canadian theatre maestro Robert Lepage uses new technology and old to explore his childhood in a divided Quebec.
The Sydney Company heads to the classroom in 2017 to perform a new work for primary school students.
"It's a big year for the ladies," says the Australian Ballet's artistic director David McAllister. "Our program really reflects the strength of our women and not just in the principal ranks."
The Australian Ballet has dug into its archives to present Coppelia.
A flabby script fails to do justice to the extraordinary life of a legendary singer.
An alternative take on the witches of Oz is soon to fly in to the Canberra Theatre.
My Fair Lady is the biggest selling show to play at the Sydney Opera House.
Four Saints in Three Acts is not so much an opera as a beguiling cross between an oratorio and a Salvador Dali dreamscape.
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.
On Saturday, after half a century of neglect, came the big thaw.
Michael Palin says he and the other members of the Monty Python comedy troupe will rally around Terry Jones as he battles dementia.
Returning from Edinburgh to an audience of nine, Joshua Ladgrove decides to improvise, to hilarious effect.
Wes Snelling's affecting vocals amp up the pathos for a singer who has seen better days.
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