Rapper knocks it out of the Paak
He may not be a household name like Kendrick Lamar but Anderson Paak has well and truly cemented his fan base down under.
Stage
Hir review: The play that will have you longing for a post-gender future
The white heterosexual male is not in Kansas anymore.
A pleasing mix of old and new, experience and youth
Romantic favourites mixed with contemporary sounds including a piece commissioned especially for the occasion.
Theatre
Comedy duo's reunion tour begins in Canberra
Colin Lane and Frank Woodley are back after a long hiatus with a show about aviation, more or less.
Dodgy deity commits comedy sins
Religion has to be humanity's single most catastrophic invention. With its decrees and wars measured in lives lost, children orphaned, women raped, bodies tortured and hearts wracked with guilt and malice, it makes greed, weapons manufacturing and even nuclear bombs look as benign as soup spoons.
Gay tragedy the subject of Mardi Gras opening play
On June 24, 1973, an arson attack at the UpStairs Lounge, a gay bar in New Orleans' French Quarter, killed 32 people who were drinking there that night. Until the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting, this was the deadliest known attack on a gay club in US history. The chief suspect, Roger Dale Nunez, who had been ejected from the bar earlier that day, committed suicide in 1974.
Dance
Bad boy comes good with rocking Horses project
Not so many years ago Michael Clark was the "bad boy" of mainstream dance, subverting his classical training – Britain's Royal Ballet School no less – into outrageous and provocative entertainment, often with the use of startling props.
I wouldn't want to go further down that road, says Michael Clark
Michael Clark shocked the dance world of the 80s with his outrageous highly sexualised punk-inspired productions. He took heroin for inspiration, made Leigh Bowery's mum cry with mortification and encouraged his own mum appear topless on stage. But as Sydney is about to see, at 55, he is aiming for a different meaning in his work.
'Nearly ideal': Cella shines at Sydney Festival
Cella is Latin for cell, and this engrossing work has been choreographed by its performers, Narelle Benjamin and Paul White, to reflect the "complex structures of our biological system".
Musicals
The humble descent of a rising star
About 15 minutes after the curtain rises on Priscilla: Queen of the Desert rises, a small phenomenon takes place.
The View UpStairs turns tragedy into a celebration of old-school gay culture
"In the '70s, when people were so vilified, there was a real defiance, and people celebrated their life and their sexuality, but it all happened inside these closed bars."
Still fabulous: Priscilla the Musical returns to Melbourne with a flourish
Some of our cultural attitudes may have changed but the heart of this Australian classic still beats strong.
Opera
The highs and lows of life as a leading soprano
More than 15,000 people revelled in Puccini's classic opera on a perfect summer's night, and stealing the show in her Australian debut was soprano Elena Perroni, in the lead role of Mimi.
New York opera director fired for 'inappropriate behaviour'
In the latest jolt to the classical musical world, New York's Metropolitan Opera has fired the veteran British stage director John Copley after receiving a complaint about what the company described as "inappropriate behaviour in the rehearsal room".
Comedy
Comedy duo's reunion tour begins in Canberra
Colin Lane and Frank Woodley are back after a long hiatus with a show about aviation, more or less.
Menopause and arthritis are laughing matters for Judith Lucy and Denise Scott
The first time Denise Scott remembers laying eyes on fellow comedian Judith Lucy was less meet cute, more meat cute.
Bill Cosby takes the stage for first public performance in years
Bill Cosby joked about his blindness, scatted along with a jazz band, and even played the drums Monday in his first public performance since abuse allegations from dozens of women put his career on hold two years ago.