Crown slips on Australia's 'Crown Prince of Comedy' Joel Creasey
Australia's 'crown prince' of comedy is not so royal, writes Nathanael Cooper.
Stage
Melbourne Comedy Festival 2017 review: Rove's long absence from stand-up shows in That's Me Talking
It will take more time, patience and hard work than this two-night-only show for McManus to get his mojo back.
The great Gadsby: Nanette is a funny, frank and fierce swansong
Nanette is full of Gadsby's trademark nanna-isms, self-deprecation and wit, but there's a real edge to this swansong.
Theatre
The Bard's Dream is a backstage nightmare in this knockabout tribute
Shakespeare's tradie-thespians and rubber chickens shine in this imperishable backstage comedy.
Kate Mulvany is memorably devilish in Bell Shakespeare's Richard 3
Kate Mulvany's powerfully dark, dangerous villain is the most memorable element of this production and makes it well worth seeing.
Talk's cartoonish characters have little to say
Jonathan Biggins finds blending serious issues with witty lines a tricky balancing act
Dance
Dancers' athleticism displayed but Faster lacks variety
In the Australian Ballet's latest triple bill, Faster, diversity is missing.
Toned and terrific: Ballet gets a sporty makeover
''Faster'' is a modern ballet that plays out like an MGM musical with a Hitchcockian soundtrack.
Young dancers throw themselves into adaptation of dystopian tale
Movement is an ideal way to illustrate the development of these characters, whose moments of introspection are most effectively conveyed.
Musicals
Epic musical Les Miserables is on at the Q in an intimate production
The classic musical returns in a new production by Free-Rain that seeks to emphasise the emotions of the story based on Victor Hugo's novel.
Eddie Perfect heading to Broadway with Beetlejuice musical
After the success of Tim Minchin's hit musicals Matilda and Groundhog Day, another Australian is heading to Broadway.
Ladies in Black puts 1950s Sydney to music
Much of the appeal of this new Australian musical about the women who work in a department store lies in the exploration of the social history of the times.
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
Crown slips on Australia's 'Crown Prince of Comedy' Joel Creasey
Australia's 'crown prince' of comedy is not so royal, writes Nathanael Cooper.
Melbourne Comedy Festival 2017 review: Rove's long absence from stand-up shows in That's Me Talking
It will take more time, patience and hard work than this two-night-only show for McManus to get his mojo back.
The great Gadsby: Nanette is a funny, frank and fierce swansong
Nanette is full of Gadsby's trademark nanna-isms, self-deprecation and wit, but there's a real edge to this swansong.