Performing Arts

The Oracle: Sydney Opera House
Part of the Spring Dance season at the Sydney Opera House, the new version of 'The Oracle' by Meryl Tankard,…

Accidental Death of an Anarchist: The Sydney Theatre Company
“Scandals are the fertilizer of western democracy,” says playwright Dario Fo in preface to 'Accidental Death of an Anarchist', his…

The Mikado: Opera Australia
Opera Australia have got it just right in this glorious , rollicking romp of their production of 'The Mikado'. Great…

Back to the Bathhouse: Wet on Wellington
Mzzz Erin Tasmania is a stalwart of the Melbourne cabaret circuit and her new show, 'Back to the Bathhouse' delivers…

19:84 Up Late: Eagle's Nest Theatre
While the communist era is a thing of the past, myriad aspects of the Orwellian paradigm subtly and not so…

A Streetcar Named Desire: Sydney Theatre Company</b>
Set in a seedy tenement house in the French Quarter of New Orleans, the play (A Streetcar Named Desire) takes…

The 2009 Ned Kelly Awards: Melbourne Writers Festival
The Festival Club played host on Friday night to the 13th Ned Kelly Crime Writing Awards at this years Melbourne…

In Conversation with Toni Jordan at the Melbourne Writers Festival
Toni Jordan’s first novel Addition was released in early 2008 to international and local acclaim. It’s been the centre of…

Melbourne Writers Festival: The party!
If you’re an emerging writer like me, one of those people trying on tippee toes to see over the great…

Freedom of Speech: Melbourne Writers Festival
Melbourne Writers Festival Alternate Keynote address: Freedom of Speech: Should there be limits? With Ian Buruma.