Performing Arts

Dance review: EMBODIED, Dancehouse
A double bill of dance captivated and entranced.

Musical review: The Grinning Man, Alex Theatre
A number of miscalculations may make you grimace instead of grin in the Australian premiere of this British musical.

Theatre review: WAY, fortyfivedownstairs
A one-person show that skilfully covers a societal issue with empathy and compassion.

Dance Review: SILENCE, His Majesty’s Theatre, WA
SILENCE is a plea for treaty in dance form with drum-heavy soundscapes and a clever use of comedy.

Next Wave celebrates 40 years with All School Lab
Next Wave traces its history with artists who have grown throughout its programs and festivals.

Theatre review: Peacemongers, Darebin Arts Speakeasy
An experimental think piece that played with the concept of a perfect world.

This week's arts news and trending topics
We break it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.

Performance review: I Wish..., Theatre Royal
Children's circus in a collaborative effort that gently introduced young visitors to physical theatre.

Theatre review: The King's Player, Alex Theatre
A one-man comedy show inspired by 'Hamlet', and told from the perspective of a lowly minstrel desperate for promotion.

Actors lose out in self-taped auditions
Self-taped auditions have become the norm for screen and theatre in Australia, but actors nation-wide say the practice is unreasonable.