Paul Kelly and Camille O'Sullivan's Ancient Rain turns 100 years of Irish poetry into song
A century after the Easter Uprising, there's a treasure trove of literature worth singing about.
Stage
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.
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.
Theatre
Silenced, not silent: Is it time for gender quotas for playwrights?
Female playwrights are angry about being "silenced" on Australian stages. Is it time for our theatre companies to adopt a quota system?
From the ruins of Thebes comes a vision of present-day wars
The brutal conflict in Syria and the aftermath of the Arab Spring and Gulf Wars loom large in this version of Sophocles' Antigone.
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.
Dance
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.
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."
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
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.
Neal Portenza review: An exhilarating night of off-script comedy
Returning from Edinburgh to an audience of nine, Joshua Ladgrove decides to improvise, to hilarious effect.