A first dance for budding ballet stars
Introducing future ballet fans to the magical world of Sleeping Beauty.
Stage
Thank God there is more to show than Village People: review
One-hundred percent of the audience was down to boogie.
Noname review: Boundary-pushing poetry delivered from the heart
At once silly and serious, Noname backs up her powerful second album with an energetic performance.
Theatre
A strong measure of #metoo
Director Lizzie Schebesta gives the Margaret Atwood treatment to Shakespeare's darkest comedy.
Experiment freestyles across theatre, music and visual art
There was a certain irony in attending a celebration of fire when it was raining cats and dogs outside.
Camp dogs howl on the rocky road to reconciliation
It's a rock gig and an angry play combined, but ultimately it's about healing.
Dance
A first dance for budding ballet stars
Introducing future ballet fans to the magical world of Sleeping Beauty.
The future for dance looks bright
Seeing this group of accomplished dancers as they step out into the world is incredibly reassuring: the art form will surely flourish.
Alice's lengthy adventures dazzle and amuse
There are some memorable moments in the Australian Ballet's production of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. One is the caterpillar with its chorus line of legs – the performers' bodies hidden in its body – inching its way across the stage in a deliciously precise shuffle.
Musicals
More ham than a Christmas platter
'Tis the season to glitter and be gay. And the audience was ready to celebrate even before Trevor Ashley flounced on stage in a frock as sparkly as a mirror ball.
Tone-deaf take warps cult movie's record
Like Celine Dion's You Shook Me All Night Long, this musical theatre adaptation of a cult movie is hard to appreciate with the original in mind.
You're incredible, Muriel!
Brought into the social media present, Muriel's story now features smart phones but retains its depth and heart.
Opera
A royal love affair with this year's operas
From Opera Australia's King Roger to Melbourne Opera's Roberto Devereux, the kings and queens ruled the operatic calendar.
There'll be snow over Sydney Harbour in March
There's a 100 per cent chance of snow falling on Sydney Harbour at the end of March - courtesy of a little theatrical magic
A tale of sex, death and obsession
In Coronation of Poppea, wickedness triumphs and virtue is destroyed.
Comedy
David Walliams: 'It has completely taken over my life'
The comedian, writer and long-distance swimmer has become a publishing phenomenon.
Lehmo on the shock of being fired from Gold 104.3
He's been doing it so long he's almost convinced himself it's normal, but Anthony Lehmann knows the key to surviving breakfast radio is all in the mind.
'What it's like to be a clown': Barry Humphries unmasked in Australian stage return
This time he won't be bringing his mates Dame Edna, Sir Les Paterson or Sandy Stone.