Songs the main attraction in Springfield tribute
Based on the life of Dusty Springfield, this jukebox musical has its share of flaws and triumphs.
Stage
Laughs flow freely with Shaun Micallef and Francis Greenslade in buddy comedy
Casting Shaun Micallef​ and Francis Greenslade as the two halves of this classic comedy duo pays off.
Theatre
Laughs flow freely with Shaun Micallef and Francis Greenslade in buddy comedy
Casting Shaun Micallef​ and Francis Greenslade as the two halves of this classic comedy duo pays off.
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.
Dance
The Australian Ballet's Nijinsky delivers theatrical pirouette
John Neumeier's ballet Nijinsky has all the ingredients for drama and the Australian Ballet did not disappoint.
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.
Musicals
Phoenix Players' Spring Awakening at ANU Arts Centre has a forceful young cast
​The Canberra premiere of this musical benefits from excellent performances by both its older and younger cast members.
Songs the main attraction in Springfield tribute
Based on the life of Dusty Springfield, this jukebox musical has its share of flaws and triumphs.
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.
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.