Performing Arts
Operamania
A slick and not always successful concert featuring ballet, opera, and the music of Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninov and other…
Building the case for investing in the arts
We need better quantitative data on the arts sector to stimulate private and public sector investment.
Celebrity Theatresports
TV stars and theatresports champions combined for this night of breakneck improvisations at St Kilda’s National Theatre.
Power+Colour: New Paintings from the Corrigan Collection of 21st-century Aboriginal Art
A picture book on a grand scale, Jane Raffan's handsome and weighty volume revels in the pattern, shimmer and colour…
US comic wins Australia's most prestigious comedy prize
American comedian Rich Hall was awarded the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's Barry Award early Sunday morning.
Fury
This searing new play by Joanna Murray-Smith, tremendously directed by Andrew Upton, will explode your complacency.
Lenny Bruce: 13 Daze Un-Dug in Sydney 1962
A vaudevillian mash-up of stand-up, documentary and jazz telling the tale of 'sick' comedian Lenny Bruce's abortive 1962 Sydney tour.
Stories I Want to Tell You in Person
Life and art intertwine in Lally Latz's new, autobiographical play - but true stories don't always make for compelling theatre.
Queensland Literary Awards officially open
The Queensland Literary Awards (QLAs) are now open, inviting writers from around Australia to compete for $5,000 prizes in 11…
Chrissy Amphlett dies aged 53
Lead singer of Australian band Divinyls dies aged 53, after fighting breast cancer since 2010.