Diana Lin's dragon mother is a highlight, haranguing her children in an outsized, comic grotesque performance that sharpens into poignancy as the tortured story of her own early motherhood comes to light.
Charlotte and Jonny are "very much beyond dating". Just how far remains a mystery to Charlotte's parents.
Playwright Melissa Bubnic wins the third annual Lysicrates Prize
Charlotte and Jonny are "very much beyond dating". Just how far remains a mystery to Charlotte's parents.
The Gabriels, originally performed in the US as the election rolled out, was a drawcard at PIAF yet a stunning visual journey through the bush by local artists won the night.
The Sydney premiere of The Trouble With Harry in the Mardi Gras theatre program revisits the sensational story of Eugenia Falleni, a woman who identified as a man in the 1920s.
There are no princesses, no sylphs and no enchanted swans, but The Red Detachment of Women is nonetheless a fairytale ballet
This big new triennial goes for months, so let us help you find the best must-see events from the program.
A must-see festival show steeped in nightmarish situations.
It was a big hit on Broadway, but this musical treatment of the New York newsboys' strike of 1899 could be a tough sell over here.
Singer-songwriter Carole King will come to Australia for the opening of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical based on her life.
The Book of Mormon's stereotypes of everyday members and missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are spot on.
The energetic and impassioned Richard Mills, artistic director of Victorian Opera, knows no bounds.
This was Opera Australia's 200th performance of a work that never seems to tire.
Opera Australia's 200th performance of La Traviata never seems to tire.
The consummate Tupperware hostess brings her riotous party to Mardi Gras.
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.
Melbourne's premier LGBTI festival celebrates its 30th year with a bang.
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