YouTube sensation hits road to empower young women
YouTube star Lilly Singh reaches out to millions with her message of positivity, hard work and fun.
Stage
Comic actors take a serious turn
Actors renowned for their comic chops bring a light touch to one of theatre's most dysfunctional marriages.
Palais Theatre dome restored to its former glory as venue renovations continue
It's usually sticky carpet that's the problem in an old music venue but not at the Palais.
Theatre
Play shimmers between the past and the future
The updated Awakening jettisons most of the adult characters, and focuses on the kids, performed by an ensemble of three women.
Show a subversive retake of colonial Australia
Cast of thousands reduced to three to transform all the raging stereotypes and dark history into outrageous camp.
How to see new plays and influence playwrights
First Seen presents new theatre works in development and lets audiences give feedback.
Dance
Temperance Hall move gives new lease of life to Phillip Adams BalletLab
With a little help from Airbnb, Phillip Adams' BalletLab is bucking the trend.
Sinful entities lacking despite company's vigour
The title of Limitless Dance Company's second season, SE7EN, is a reference to the 'sinful entities inside all of us'.
Full moon eclipsed by eight dancers
Cheng Tsung-lung's dancers illustrate the company's skills as athletes.
Musicals
How did Dame Julie solve a problem like Eliza?
It's the sort of compliment any actress would love to hear, especially from Julie Andrews.
Spirit-lifting show full of glamour, glitter
This musical show never quite allows the balancing and the flying and the hula-hooping to overpower the young man's journey of discovery.
Diving into a disco wonderland
Audiences can enjoy a mix of disco, circus and cabaret in Velvet, now on at The Playhouse.
Opera
Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci review: Superbly rendered penny dreadful opera
Shining performances and some interesting artistic choices make this a splendid double bill from Opera Australia. ★★★★½
Tiny theatre draws big names
The tiny 115-seat Hayes Theatre is getting a big reputation for staging musicals with top talent. Coming soon to the theatre: opera diva Emma Matthews, and musical theatre stars David Campbell and Toby Francis.
Our man in Havana: Cuban twist to John Bell's Carmen revival
Theatre veteran John Bell is enjoying the challenge of directing Opera Australia's Cuban-inspired production of Carmen.
Comedy
Minhaj's harshest burns at the White House journos' dinner
US President Donald Trump wasn't there to roast in person at the White House correspondents' dinner, but that didn't stop the evening's entertainer, Hasan Minhaj.
Performers try critics' skin on for size
What could be more provocative than prancing around naked on stage? Talking back to critics.
Frank Woodley's festival show is a 'cavalcade of humiliations'
Soon to turn 50, Frank Woodley rightly considers himself a seasoned veteran of Australian comedy. But the anxiety never goes away.