Splish splash, it must be summertime in Melbourne
David Campbell and Marina Prior star in Dream Lover - The Bobby Darin Musical.
Stage
Filthily funny and perverse: Fleabag hits Sydney Festival
Phoebe Waller-Bridge loves pain. Not physical pain, just the twisting, gut-punch emotional pain most people try desperately to avoid.
Your guide to the best music festivals this summer
It's time to pack the tent and the esky and hit the road: music festival season is upon us.
Theatre
Splish splash, it must be summertime in Melbourne
David Campbell and Marina Prior star in Dream Lover - The Bobby Darin Musical.
Theatre boosts kids' mental health
Taking part in theatre is overwhelmingly positive for young people's mental health in both the long and short term, according to new research.
Theatre year in review: All the highs and lows
Theatre critics John Shand and Joyce Morgan look back on their year in the theatre
Dance
Shining a light through the power of dance
These five works showed the power of dance to convey a message that shone new light on an issue.
Ballet for the young and pantomime for the older
The Australian Ballet's version of The Sleeping Beauty for children is seriously cut down – even missing one of the fairy godmothers – but that helps make it just 50 minutes of fast-moving entertainment for the young and not-so-young.
The year in dance: 2017
Women choreographers triumphed in the independent sector but our major companies need to reflect on whose creative voices they are promoting.
Musicals
Musical calendar brimming with the weird and wonderful
Melbourne's 2018 offerings include a range of styles and a slew of shows that have never been seen here before.
Musicals to get Melbourne humming in 2018
The Wizard of Oz is just one of the musicals set to get Melbourne humming in 2018
Priscilla the Musical adds a new Kylie number for anniversary tour
For the returning cast and production team, it was better the devil they knew.
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
Jimmy Carr, remote tickler and 'drug' dealer
Jimmy Carr really believes in the power of laughter. To the British comedian, mirth is one of the building blocks of human society itself.
Panti Bliss is back to start a Riot
When Irish drag star and "accidental activist" Rory O'Neill took to the stage of Dublin's Abbey Theatre in alter ego Panti Bliss's big blonde wig, silver high heels and figure-hugging purple dress, he had no idea his speech would explode worldwide.
David Walliams: 'It has completely taken over my life'
The comedian, writer and long-distance swimmer has become a publishing phenomenon.