WOMADelaide 2018 review: Angels in the sky and music in the air
The annual world music festival is always so much more than just a collection of concerts.
Stage
Sheryl Crow set to drop new EP ahead of Australian tour
The multiple Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter is bringing her sons on tour.
Let's get digital: Dancers go high-tech at Keir Choreographic Awards 2018
The semi-finals in Melbourne reveal a tantalising snapshot of contemporary Australian dance.
Theatre
Harper Lee's estate sues over reworked Mockingbird
One of the year's most anticipated Broadway plays - the screenwriter Aaron Sorkin's adaptation of Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird - faces a legal challenge from Lee's estate, which is suing over Sorkin's version of the story.
Taut production of a delicate, fluid and absorbing play
This play about family and maths and honesty is absorbing and tightly directed.
Exploring the burdens of genius and caring
David Auburn's award-winning play looks at a mentally ill genius mathematician and his daughters.
Dance
Choreographer keeps it authentic
Kate Champion is allowing for rain, passing party boats, bats and petrified opera singers as she choreographs Opera Australia's latest harbourside production, La Boheme.
Emotional power courses through this astonishing work
Liz Lea puts her life before the audience as a dancer who has battled endometriosis.
Let's get digital: Dancers go high-tech at Keir Choreographic Awards 2018
The semi-finals in Melbourne reveal a tantalising snapshot of contemporary Australian dance.
Musicals
Craig McLachlan accused of 'victim blaming'
Lawyers for actor Craig McLachlan are "victim blaming" his former co-star, a NSW court has heard.
Come and join those dancing feet
The classic musical returns with songs like We're in the Money and Lullaby of Broadway.
The golden ticket: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory coming to Sydney
Sydney has won the golden ticket and will host the Australian premiere of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Capitol Theatre in January next year.
Opera
How Samuel Dundas' mother inspired his opera career
Opera singer Samuel Dundas reflects on his career and the women that have influenced him.
Naima's fairytale journey from mall to opera stage
Naima Amar Lopez is used to drawing a large, appreciative crowd when she stages her dramatic flamenco show in Pitt Street mall.
Nicole Car triumphs with Traviata debut
Nicole Car's debut as Violetta in Elijah Moshinsky's classic 1994 production of La Traviata is a significant rite of passage in her auspicious career trajectory.
Comedy
Ricky Gervais criticised over 'transphobic' jokes in new Netflix special
The comedian hit back at critics of his new Netflix comedy special, after he was accused of making transphobic jokes.
Miriam Margolyes launches Potter-esque play about 'unexceptional' kids
Some children are destined for greatness. This is a story about the kids who sit next to them.
Carlson's near-death experience was 'white noise'
She was a late starter in comedy, but the South African-born Kiwi makes turning dark matter into laughs look easy.