Death, destruction, despair make for earthy Adelaide Festival opening weekend
Lars Eidinger's Richard III is all too knowing and self-referential a villain.
Stage
The man taking extreme running (and dancing) around world
Is it art? Or sport? Tristan Meecham will run a marathon on a treadmill amid a dancing, drumming and boxing spectacular.
Brilliant Mulvany brings the crowd to its feet
It's all-eyes-on-me as one of our most admired performers takes to the stage as Shakespeare's Plantagenet bad boy.
Theatre
Death, destruction, despair make for earthy Adelaide Festival opening weekend
Lars Eidinger's Richard III is all too knowing and self-referential a villain.
Cold Light by Alana Valentine brings Moorhouse to the Street Theatre
This adaptation of the last novel of the Edith Trilogy captures something of its view of Australian post-war politics and will resonate with many.
Chimerica review: Expansive play yearns for a screen
British playwright Lucy Kirkwood wonders aloud about who the famous Tankman was.
Dance
Death, destruction, despair make for earthy Adelaide Festival opening weekend
Lars Eidinger's Richard III is all too knowing and self-referential a villain.
Powerful intimacy renders gender irrelevant
 In Difference Lennox Theatre, Riverside, March 2 ★★★★
The man taking extreme running (and dancing) around world
Is it art? Or sport? Tristan Meecham will run a marathon on a treadmill amid a dancing, drumming and boxing spectacular.
Musicals
Canberra Philharmic Society presents Chicago, a musical for our time
This production of the classic Bob Fosse musical aims to get back to its vaudeville roots while emphasising its sharp satirical edge.
Ladies In Black review: Feminist fairytale a Cinderella story of the Australian stage
An effervescent blend of workplace soap, rom-com and coming-of-age story.
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.
Opera
Death, destruction, despair make for earthy Adelaide Festival opening weekend
Lars Eidinger's Richard III is all too knowing and self-referential a villain.
Kosky's Saul is 'dynamic and explosive'
Barrie Kosky brings Saul to the Adelaide Festival.
Mad king Saul flips out - literally
Saul, the biblical King of Israel, is descending into madness with King Lear-like fury over young David, who has slain Goliath.
Comedy
The Play That Goes Wrong review: slapstick and schadenfreude have audience rolling in the aisles
It's not quite as great as One Man, Two Guv'nors but is sure to tickle fans of British comedy nonetheless.
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.