Warm tribute to Indigenous family life
Muttonbird harvesting is a family affair for the Duncans, but this year more so than usual.
Stage
Salonga on song for Australian tour
The voice behind hit song A Whole New World from Disney's Aladdin returns to Australia in February.
Trump, the opera?
"We're going to make opera great again."
Theatre
Warm tribute to Indigenous family life
Muttonbird harvesting is a family affair for the Duncans, but this year more so than usual.
Weird, wacky and wry
Are you serious? Canada's Gabriel Dharmoo goes to the ends of the earth for the weirdest sounds imaginable.
New games invite players inside the narrative
New technology allows storytelling to become an immersive experience in a game played out in Melbourne.
Dance
Townsville meets Tokyo in dance collaboration
Spectra, a Japanese-Australian collaboration between Dancenorth and the butoh collective Batik, pursues a theme of interconnectedness.
Human bodies in graceful action
Was it the dancers? The paintings and sculpture? The music? The audience? The gallery ambience? The nudity that got us there in the first place?
Cry Jailolo's synchronicity close to perfection
The great thing about a festival is the way it brings together people and performances that you wouldn't otherwise encounter.
Musicals
Salonga on song for Australian tour
The voice behind hit song A Whole New World from Disney's Aladdin returns to Australia in February.
Fans queue for blocks to get first show tickets for The Book of Mormon
Fans have queued around the block to get their hands on $20 tickets to the first preview of The Book of Mormon.
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.
Opera
Trump, the opera?
"We're going to make opera great again."
Torre attempts famous double for Opera Australia
Diego Torre is about to become a member of a very small club of operatic tenors.
Maths and music form a sublime combination
Sydney Festival: Biographica. Sydney Chamber Opera, Ensemble Offspring. Carriageworks. January 7
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.