Stage
Blessed review: A messianic vision of marginalised youth
Skirmishes between the sexes touch on the ambiguities of seduction and intimations of sexual violence.
Comedian Nick Cody on life as an alpha idiot
Nick Cody is bringing his show What Of It? to venues across Melbourne and Sydney, with the latter hosting the recording of a new DVD.
Theatre
Capturing the elusive essence of a culture icon on stage
High leaps? Expressive hands? A strong profile? What was choreographer John Neumeier looking for when he auditioned dancers to play one of the great icons of twentieth century culture, Vaslav Nijinsky?
Blessed review: A messianic vision of marginalised youth
Skirmishes between the sexes touch on the ambiguities of seduction and intimations of sexual violence.
Savige, Rennie given chance to learn more after director award win
Francesca Savige and Shaun Rennie have won this year's Sandra Bates Director Award, a prize offering mentoring and directing experience for emerging theatre directors at the Ensemble Theatre in Kirribilli.
Dance
Documentary charts Aboriginal dancer's journey to Australian Ballet
Isn't it enough for Ella Havelka to succeed in an enormously taxing and competitive profession, without having to be a symbol as well?
Heads or tails? It's how you move that determines your position inside a horse
American artist Nick Cave has given the panto horse an artistic makeover, but it is still a tough gig to play an equine rear end.
Dads step into the spotlight
A warm-hearted show that links the performers with their fathers through dance, Dads is fun, thoughtful and occasionally revealing.
Musicals
Spring Awakening at ANU Arts Centre is a rock musical about teen angst
Phoenix Players presents the Canberra premiere of the award-winning musical about German adolescents grappling with romance and sexuality in a repressive environment.
The Merry Widow from Bluegum Creek is coming to the Q
This new version of Lehar's operetta adds a distinctively Australian touch.
Rich and melodic musical with just a few flaws
The Light in the Piazza represents an ambitious departure from the formula typical of contemporary Broadway musicals
Opera
Boisterous production doesn't quite hit the mark
The steely voice of soprano Elena Xanthoudakis sliced through the orchestra like a freshly sharpened axe blade.
Australian opera star takes Tristan to the world
For Stuart Skelton, 2016 has been the Year of the Tristan. By the time the avuncular Sydney-born heldentenor reaches Hobart to sing in a concert performance of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, it will be his 25th performance of this lengthy and arduous role.
New York opera cancelled over scattered 'human' ashes
Police say a powdered substance that was sprinkled into the orchestra pit at New York's Metropolitan Opera may have been an opera lover's ashes.
Comedy
Bill Bailey lets fly on 'monstrous blight' of censorship
The English stand-up comedian knows how it feels to be torn down by the tabloids, but it hasn't quite stopped him speaking his mind.
Jerry Seinfeld to tour Australia almost 20 years on
The master of observational comedy will perform Down Under for the first time in almost 20 years next August. But don't expect any cracks at Melbourne's expense.
The comedian who grew up at 50
Lawrence Mooney reflects on a year of living dangerously in his show Moonman.