Paris Combo review: Ebullient, upbeat blend of vintage jazz, swing and pop-cabaret
ako Tsubo – the title of Paris Combo's new album – is the scientific term for what we mortals might call 'broken-heart syndrome'.
Stage
1920s mosaic revealed under Forum Theatre carpet
Artisan Fabian Scaunich says the once broken and dirty floor of 200,000 pieces will be ready for the Comedy Festival launch on March 28.
Theatre
1920s mosaic revealed under Forum Theatre carpet
Artisan Fabian Scaunich says the once broken and dirty floor of 200,000 pieces will be ready for the Comedy Festival launch on March 28.
Arthur Wing Pinero's Trelawny of the 'Wells' is a knowing comedy
Tony Turner has wanted to direct this Victorian comedy – by the leading playwright of his day – for nearly 40 years because of his interest in the rise of realism in theatre.
Dance
Divercity review: Following different paths through time and space
Choreographer Mariaa Randall explores the story of women and leaving a country for new places.
Dance meets skateboarding in a bright, uplifting display
Four skateboarding novices try to absorb all they can about the art of riding the concrete wave in this new Dance Massive performance piece.
Tension and harmony apposed in masterful double act
One dancer is naked, the other clothed, as unified movements disperse into violent explorations of power.
Musicals
Chicago full of power and drive
This production of the dark, cynical Kander and Ebb musical is energetic and hard to resist.
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.
Opera
The Princess and the Pea review: Fast, furious, farcical and musically rewarding
Austrian-born Ernst Toch's 1927 opera, in the hands of Victorian Opera, updates Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale to the digital age.
Shipshape rendition of Gilbert & Sullivan classic
Melbourne Opera delivers a fine production of HMS Pinafore but it's almost too energetic for its own good.
Sex, jealousy, murder: Opera's feistiest females
As Opera Australia bumps in its spectacular restaging of Carmen outdoors on Sydney Harbour, we look at the feistiest women in the repertoire.
Comedy
Expanding horizons are his Gola
You only have to see the beaming expat South Africans cluster round Loyiso Gola after a gig to realise how big he is back home.
Gadd's humour carries serious message
Depression and shame may not sound like the stuff of comedy, but Richard Gadd's show ''Monkey See Monkey Do'' has been a critical and popular hit.
1920s mosaic revealed under Forum Theatre carpet
Artisan Fabian Scaunich says the once broken and dirty floor of 200,000 pieces will be ready for the Comedy Festival launch on March 28.