Performing Arts

Alfred Hitchcock’s 'Psycho' with Orchestra
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE: Led by violinist Adrian Keating, and conducted by Nicholas Buc, the orchestra’s performance was sublime.

Air Supply with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
MSO: When a band is written about as “equalling the Beatles with seven consecutive top five singles,” “one of Australia’s…

Ruby Moon
NEWTOWN THEATRE: It’s a rainy day in the suburb of Flaming Tree Grove. Ray arrives home to his anxious wife,…

Menopause the musical
PLAYHOUSE THEATRE: Try and fit MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL in and have a night off from Christmas parties - celebrate menopause…

National Play Festival furore
The 2010 National Play Festival’s publicity material has been decried as sexist and demeaning to women.

L'Ormindo
CITY RECITAL HALL ANGEL PLACE: Love conquers all in this delightful confection by Pinchgut Opera.

Melbourne Boys: New Beginnings
NORTHCOTE TOWN HALL: Melbourne Boys: New Beginnings needs to decide whether it's a play or a musical and start from…

Art on the run
BIG WEST FESTIVAL: The vending machine. The lone, graffiti covered companion of the late night train station.

Freshwater Trio
MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE: Melbourne’s young and vivacious Freshwater Trio brought a wonderfully varied program to the fourth year of their…

The Black Arm Band’s 'dirtsong'
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL: Indigenous musical supergroup The Black Arm Band enthralled audiences with their latest work.