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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.

Taylor Ferguson as Karin (left) and Sara Wiseman as Petra in an erotically charged production about masochism and narcissism.

Stage: The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant

Playing a woman who becomes the sexual obsession of a successful female fashion designer has pushed Taylor Ferguson right out of her comfort zone.

Director Kirsten von Bibra and actress Ella Caldwell of Red Stitch are working on new play Sunshine by Tom Holloway (left).

Tom Holloway's Sunshine has its world premiere at Red Stitch

Observing how people cope with trauma in the public gaze, Tom Holloway's new play shines a light on our collective humanity.

Deabru Beltzak performing Les Tambours de Feu.

Melbourne Festival blazes with fire and witchcraft

Pyrotechnical theatre troupe Deabru Beltzak has its origins transforming a centuries old tradition celebrating witchcraft in the caves of the Pyrenees.

The director of The Baulkham Hills Ladies Troupe, Ros Horin, with performer and refugee Yordanos Haile-Michael.

Breaking the silence

A new documentary charts the creation of The Baulkham Hills Ladies Troupe, a play by refugee survivors of conflict.

Robert Lepage's <i>887</i> combines digital technology with old-fasioned theatrical devices such as shadow play.

Shifting memories

Canadian theatre maestro Robert Lepage uses new technology and old to explore his childhood in a divided Quebec.

Nelson Earl will perform in <i>ORB</i>, the Sydney Dance Company's double bill of works in its 2017 season.

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.

Gabrielle Nankivell combines the written word and body movement to create her choreography.

Among the wildebeests

Dancer and choreographer Gabrielle Nankivell believes that writing is integral to dance: "What the body can do is infinite and what words can do is infinite."

Amber Scott will star as Alice in the Australian Ballet's 2017 production of <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i>.

Australian Ballet launches 2017 season with three iconic roles for women

"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."

David Campbell and Hannah Fredericksen as Bobby Darin and troubled wife Sandra Dee in the musical <i>Dream Lover</i>.

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.

Loren Hunter, left, and Laura Murphy in <i>Wicked</i>.

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.

<i>My Fair Lady</i> is the biggest selling show to play at the Sydney Opera House.

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.

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.

Lachlan McLean and Sophia Wasley of Victorian Opera, in front of the 3D set of <i>Four Saints in Three Acts</i>.

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.