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.
Stage
The accountant who ran away with the circus
Fabulous places, fascinating friends and buying stuff: having an admin job in a global circus is a blast, says Melbourne woman.
Saint Joan review: Gemma Arterton an impressive, poignant heroine of riveting authority
Saint Joan review: Gemma Arterton
Theatre
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.
The accountant who ran away with the circus
Fabulous places, fascinating friends and buying stuff: having an admin job in a global circus is a blast, says Melbourne woman.
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
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?