Swing shift: Curiosity and persistence required amid serious traipsing
Theatre critic Cameron Woodhead attended the full 12-hour White Night Melbourne for the fifth consecutive year. Here's what he thought.
Stage
One Beautiful Thing review: Disparate art forms fail to gel
Contemporary circus meets stunning 12th century Indian acrobatics in Circa's One Beautiful Thing.
Lachlan Philpott reopens the case that scandalised Sydney
Lachlan Philpott's poetic docudrama offers an intriguing speculative glimpse into the extraordinary story of Sydneysider Harry Crawford.
Theatre
Lachlan Philpott reopens the case that scandalised Sydney
Lachlan Philpott's poetic docudrama offers an intriguing speculative glimpse into the extraordinary story of Sydneysider Harry Crawford.
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.
Dance
One Beautiful Thing review: Disparate art forms fail to gel
Contemporary circus meets stunning 12th century Indian acrobatics in Circa's One Beautiful Thing.
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.
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
Tosca review: Voices sear through wartime drama
Tosca. Opera Australia. Joan Sutherland Theatre. February17
'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.
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.