Martinez busts through fourth wall in Free Admission
This show is so elegant, searching and clever, Ursula Martinez probably felt obliged to lay on something with a trowel.
Stage
Cabaret served fully cooked and maybe a little overdone
Snappy, vividly performed and technically watertight, but emotion and spontaneity seem to have been boiled off during the making of this Cabaret.
British play BU21 looks at life, death and the new normal
British play BU21 takes its name from the flight number of a fictional passenger jet struck by a surface-to-air missile.
Theatre
British play BU21 looks at life, death and the new normal
British play BU21 takes its name from the flight number of a fictional passenger jet struck by a surface-to-air missile.
Brandis inspires new office-based comedy
Former arts minister George Brandis and his savage funding cuts inspires new comic play at Griffin Theatre Company.
Idiot's guide to Melbourne's big new arts festival, Asia TOPA
This big new triennial goes for months, so let us help you find the best must-see events from the program.
Dance
Idiot's guide to Melbourne's big new arts festival, Asia TOPA
This big new triennial goes for months, so let us help you find the best must-see events from the program.
Institute review: brilliant movers provide both laughs and gasps
A must-see festival show steeped in nightmarish situations.
Blood On The Dance Floor aims to change minds about HIV
A blood-red video underscores a passionate show.
Musicals
Cabaret served fully cooked and maybe a little overdone
Snappy, vividly performed and technically watertight, but emotion and spontaneity seem to have been boiled off during the making of this Cabaret.
Singing King Wally the hero of new State of Origin musical
Football and musical theatre may not seem a likely pairing, but a new musical about State of Origin has high hopes of changing all that.
Elton John and Paul Rudnick to write The Devil Wears Prada musical
Musicals for spring? Groundbreaking. Pop star Elton John and Playwright Paul Rudnick are teaming up to create a Broadway musical adaption of The Devil Wears Prada.
Opera
Two hundred nights of death and passion but Ermonela is not counting
Tonight Ermonela Jaho will walk on stage at the Sydney Opera House and meet her soulmate. She will fall in love, she will break hearts and – spoiler alert – she will die, all for the first time.
Opera by Candlelight 2017 at Albert Hall features rising young singers
Singers from Australia and Europe will perform old favourites and lesser-known pieces in this instalment of the annual concert.
Meow Meow limbers up for Richard Mills' sexy showbiz romp 'Tis Pity
A new, original show from Victorian Opera promises a raucous history lesson on sex and showbiz.
Comedy
Sydney Festival: Otto and Astrid channel Eurovision in their new tent show
Next time Australia enters the Eurovision Song Contest, we might do worse than to send Astrid and Otto Rot, aka brother-sister punk-pop duo Die Roten Punkte.
Your guide to a fabulous time at Midsumma 2017
Melbourne's premier LGBTI festival celebrates its 30th year with a bang.
Comedian Celia Pacquola gets serious
Comedian Celia Pacquola's nudity clause? "No nipples and no side boob!"