Sleeping Beauty review: Marvellously energetic and often hilarious performance
Joyous is the only word necessary to summarise Victoria Opera's marvellously energetic and often hilarious performance of Ottorino Respighi's 1922 opera.
Stage
She shoots. She scores. Calamity Jane on target.
A new production of the stage musical spun from the Doris Day movie strikes a perfect balance between irreverence and respect.
Judy Davis directs brutal drama Faith Healer with actorly intuition
Rich, poised performances from Davis' husband Colin Friels and Alison Whyte carry a modern Irish classic.
Theatre
She shoots. She scores. Calamity Jane on target.
A new production of the stage musical spun from the Doris Day movie strikes a perfect balance between irreverence and respect.
View from a big top: Aussie performer leaping for joy in familiar surrounds
The flags of 18 countries fly outside the swirling blue and yellow 'Kooza' bigtop at Flemington racecourse, one for every nationality represented in Cirque du Soleil's cast.Â
Judy Davis directs brutal drama Faith Healer with actorly intuition
Rich, poised performances from Davis' husband Colin Friels and Alison Whyte carry a modern Irish classic.
Dance
So you think you can skateboard? Dancers put to the test
Nat Cursio was 41 when she tried skateboarding for the first time, and even a trip to the hospital didn't deter her.
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 ★★★★
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
Sleeping Beauty review: Marvellously energetic and often hilarious performance
Joyous is the only word necessary to summarise Victoria Opera's marvellously energetic and often hilarious performance of Ottorino Respighi's 1922 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.
Comedy
Tom Ballard on Aussies who love a fair go - just not for asylum seekers
"I'm like a lecturer at uni, except I'm cool, I swear, I show funny photos."
Inside joke
Stand-up stars at the Sydney Comedy Festival give their pick of the bunch.
King of the comedy geeks
How did a hardcore Irish nerd become a TV star and stand-up comedian?