Rebel Elders paint the town red for White Night
Great-grandmother Sue Morse is 73, has nine tattoos, and posed in her lingerie for a film that will show to hundreds of thousands at White Night.
Stage
Helen Morse and Melita Jurisic deliver acting masterclass in John
Acting doesn't get classier than Helen Morse and Melita Jurisic in this production of Annie Baker's quiet, exquisitely layered comedy drama.
Legacy of One Child Policy looms large in Chinese family melodrama
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.
Theatre
Helen Morse and Melita Jurisic deliver acting masterclass in John
Acting doesn't get classier than Helen Morse and Melita Jurisic in this production of Annie Baker's quiet, exquisitely layered comedy drama.
Predictability undercuts mystery of love and sex
Charlotte and Jonny are "very much beyond dating". Just how far remains a mystery to Charlotte's parents.
Gow's Away to 'shake the bones of the theatre'
One of the most widely produced plays in Australian history still has so much to teach audiences.
Dance
Ballerinas turn kitsch military fairytale into fierce spectacle
There are no princesses, no sylphs and no enchanted swans, but The Red Detachment of Women is nonetheless a fairytale ballet
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.
Musicals
Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken's Newsies comes to Australia
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.
Esther Hannaford lands Beautiful role in Carole King musical
Singer-songwriter Carole King will come to Australia for the opening of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical based on her life.
What it's like to see The Book of Mormon as a lapsed Mormon
The Book of Mormon's stereotypes of everyday members and missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are spot on.
Opera
'Tis Pity review: The strumpets shall sound
The energetic and impassioned Richard Mills, artistic director of Victorian Opera, knows no bounds.
La Traviata's enduring power to seduce, inspire and move
This was Opera Australia's 200th performance of a work that never seems to tire.
Opera Australia's La Traviata is perfect celebration of work's power to move, inspire
Opera Australia's 200th performance of La Traviata never seems to tire.
Comedy
Comedy with the freshness sealed in
The consummate Tupperware hostess brings her riotous party to Mardi Gras.
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.