A review of Australia's major opera companies says they should not use government funds to stage "major commercial activities" such as long-run musicals, which have become a major money-spinner for the national company Opera Australia in recent years.
Glen Hansard basks in having all but made the Opera House his Sydney home-away-from-home and provides a cracker performance.
Beethoven's Pastoral. Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Vladimir Ashkenazy, Nouyuki Tsujii. Opera House
Audiences are unlikely to see a finer production of this riveting and universally important play or more gripping and truthful performances from some of Canberra's finest actors.
For decades, much of the conversation around Shakespeare's Othello has been dominated by issues of race, by debates about who should play the title role, who should not, and if the play should even be performed at all.
This enduringly popular comedy about education and class is coming to the Q as part of a national tour.
The Sydney Dance Company's troupe of performers excel in dynamic double-bill.
'I feel flamenco in everything I think and everything I do': the acclaimed dancer pays tribute to her forebears in the Melbourne Festival show Voces.
There's comedy, drama, dance and a lot more on offer next year at the Canberra Theatre.
There's comedy, drama, dance and a lot more on offer next year at the Canberra Theatre.
Transgender teen Ollie was in grade four when he transitioned – and Safe Schools made all the difference.
A flabby script fails to do justice to the extraordinary life of a legendary singer.
A review of Australia's major opera companies says they should not use government funds to stage "major commercial activities" such as long-run musicals, which have become a major money-spinner for the national company Opera Australia in recent years.
A performance that will be unlike anything staged before in Australia.
Julia Lezhneva sings with the micro-precision of an exotic bird that manages to find secret places of iridescent resonance.
Hundreds of Donald Trump fans have walked out of an Amy Schumer performance in Florida overnight after the comedian's show turned political.
Randy the Purple Puppet's new solo show is an excursion into enlightenment via laughter.
Sakdiyah Ma’ruf is an Indonesian stand-up comic challenging Islamic extremism
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