The Avalanches review: Welcome return as band gears up for Coachella
A decade-long hiatus has come to an end with a tight live show.
Stage
Fighting for a future
A Congolese-Australian playwright reveals the tale of a refugee boxer.
Room on the Broom review: Adaptation of children's favourite doesn't miss a beat
Delightful production balances theatre and song, expanding the age appeal of the original children's book.
Theatre
Room on the Broom review: Adaptation of children's favourite doesn't miss a beat
Delightful production balances theatre and song, expanding the age appeal of the original children's book.
Circus 1903 review: Remarkable acts deliver the magic
Some parts are a little bit hokey but overall it's a tremendous showcase of people engaging in stupendous feats.
Shadow House Party at the Courtyard Studio presents theatre, music and dance
From a punk-rock take on Hamlet to a bathtub philosopher, this offers something different for the adventurous.
Dance
The Australian Ballet's Storytime Ballet: The Nutcracker is coming
The production is aimed at introducing Tchaikovsky's classic to young children in a shortened version with a narrator.
Dance in review
Nakedness in dance can be beautiful but it doesn't improve the quality of the choreography.
Champions to show merits of teamwork, blending dance and sport
 Shifting patterns... Bodies moving in space to a grand plan... Tension building, then releasing...
Musicals
Book of Mormon announces $20 preview tickets for one night only
Producers of smash-hit Broadway musical The Book of Mormon have added a special, super-cheap preview show on January 17.
Giant balloons and gobbledygooks: kids' holiday shows have come a long way
It starts small, with a feather blowing gently in the breeze. Before you know it, a storm is brewing; vast swathes of bright silk and household umbrellas cascade through the air.
Intimate two-hander with a chronological twist
Jason Robert Brown's chamber musical is an intimate two-hander with a chronological twist.
Opera
Death becomes her
La Boheme. Opera Australia. Joan Sutherland Theatre, Opera House. January 4.
Putting Ring on it tops magnificent year of opera
Any year with a Ring in it is bound to be worth celebrating. As it was with Opera Australia's revival of Neil Armfield​'s production of Der Ring des Nibelungen.
Seraphic beauty would make choirs of angels sing with joy
It is difficult to know what to commend most strongly.
Comedy
Comedian Celia Pacquola gets serious
Comedian Celia Pacquola's nudity clause? "No nipples and no side boob!"
Trump is the gift that keeps on giving to SNL
Saturday Night Live unsurprisingly concluded the year with a Christmas special featuring Alec Baldwin as his favourite blonde in office, only this time Vladimir Putin was included in the act.
Amy Schumer cancels tour
Comedian Amy Schumer has cancelled her Australian stand-up tour just five days before she was due to perform in Perth.