OneSELF review: Digital dance performance has a split personality
This Fringe Festival performance feels like two contrasting works that need more development.
Stage
Windows into intrigue
Benjamin Law's first foray into stage writing will be a treat for voyeurs.
Wisdom hard-won in a modern classic
Ursula Yovich shines as Barbara, a woman trying to trade her blue collar for a white apron.
Theatre
Tony Sheldon to frock up again for Priscilla
He's already donned the frock nearly 2,000 times, but nothing could stop Tony Sheldon from coming home to star in Priscilla Queen of the Desert - The Musical.
This year's satire has sharper bite despite many laughs
The 2017 Wharf Revue leaves a slightly sour taste amid the peals of laughter.
What's on in the Canberra arts scene, September 16, 2017
There's plenty to see and do in Canberra this week.
Dance
Characters shine in Alice's fantastical journey
There's good reason why Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is so highly anticipated.
Gudirr, Gudirr: a courageous exploration of indigenous identity
A new production uses the spoken word, video projections, music and dance to tell a multilayered story
Curioser and curioser: Australian Ballet takes on Christopher Wheeldon's Alice in Wonderland
Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon says the award-winning contemporary ballet is 'more like a musical without songs' than a ballet.
Musicals
Taking aim at the President
A musical vaudeville devoted to the men and women driven to the ultimate expression of disapproval with their head of state seems eerily on point in the Trump era.
GP the musical: just what the doctor ordered
Pap smears and poo are the subject of a new comedy coming to NIDA next week.
The Mean Girls Musical is coming to Broadway in March
The stage musical is based on the cult 2004 film about high school girls written by Tina Fey.
Opera
Bringing Handel's Esther to life for modern audiences
From free public rehearsals to a balcony chorus singing Zadok the Priest, this is Handel for all.
New World Memories enchants with dense orchestral textures
 Peter McCallum casts his eye over the best of the week's classical music offerings.
Opera Queensland takes opera's biggest hits around the state
Four star opera singers, a pianist and a truck stuffed full of theatre magic are touring regional Queensland in Opera Queensland’s latest show.
Comedy
Seinfeld says Cosby is still 'biggest comedian of all time'
Jerry Seinfeld says he still considers Bill Cosby to be "the biggest comedian of all time", despite the sexual assault allegations leveled at the former TV star.
Why Kathy Griffin has stopped saying sorry
She has been investigated by the Secret Service and spurned by Hollywood but, on the eve of an Australian tour, Kathy Griffin says having two siblings diagnosed with cancer puts everything in perspective.
Australian wins 'Best Comedy Award' at Edinburgh fest
An Australian comedian has been named joint winner of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, a first for the city's Fringe festival in its 70-year history.