The Season review: Cast brings comic brilliance to heartwarming comedy
Melbourne Festival: You'll fall in love with the Duncans on their family trip harvesting muttonbirds off the coast of Tasmania.
Stage
Unspinning the spin and calling the bullshit
Cartoonist Cathy Wilcox brings her skills to the story of an artist on the run from repression and censorship in Eastern Europe.
The 'unutterably brilliant' show that left them gagging for more
A 24-Decade History of Popular Music has hit Melbourne Festival like a firestorm, leaving audiences 'gagging for more'. ★★★★★
Theatre
The Season review: Cast brings comic brilliance to heartwarming comedy
Melbourne Festival: You'll fall in love with the Duncans on their family trip harvesting muttonbirds off the coast of Tasmania.
The 'unutterably brilliant' show that left them gagging for more
A 24-Decade History of Popular Music has hit Melbourne Festival like a firestorm, leaving audiences 'gagging for more'. ★★★★★
Heartstrings lightly strummed in Rogers' singalong
Tim Rogers' first solo album spawns a satisfying stage romance between a boy raised under the flight path and an arse-kickin' girl from the north-west.
Dance
Drums and dance square off in Melbourne Festival's More Up A Tree
Drum and dance square off in a timber-framed glass box at Newport's Substation as part of Melbourne Festival.
Ever review: An exercise in simplicity veers into the unexpected
Those familiar with choreographer Phillip Adams' work know there are always surprises in store.
Bangarra says 'yes' to marriage equality
Bangarra Dance Theatre has become the latest major arts company to declare its support for the "yes" campaign in the marriage equality vote.
Musicals
Disney's Aladdin musical almost didn't happen
Aladdin will open in Brisbane in 2018, but Disney Theatrical Group’s president and producer Thomas Schumacher has revealed the musical almost didn’t happen.
Canberra premiere of a strictly Australian musical
With new elements never seen in Australia, there's a sense of excitement about this production.
Hannaford reigns as King
Esther Hannaford's voice and star quality lifts a formulaic musical biography.
Opera
Victorian Opera's 2018 season brings William Tell to the Australian stage for the first time
Victorian Opera's 2018 season, Encounters, brings together grand adventures, tragic love stories, an Australian premiere and charming children's tales.
Triple Treat review: Menotti's Telephone wins the night
Opera students presented a witty and clever triple bill of short, one-act operas.
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.
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.