Performing Arts
The Comedy of Errors review: a riotous modern take on Shakespeare's comedy
Sport for Jove's production of The Comedy of Errors gives the Bard's absurd comedy a few modern twists.
Best 10 Australian albums and EPs of 2025
It's been a great year for Australian albums and EPs – here are 10 of the very best.
The best and worst theatre in 2025
Melbourne-based theatre critic Kate Mulqueen rounds up her best and worst shows of 2025.
Castlemaine State Festival
Castlemaine State Festival 2026
Australia’s longest-running regional arts festival celebrates its 50th anniversary with ten days of music, performance, exhibitions, talks, workshops and site-specific…
The 10 funniest comedy shows I saw in 2025
From hit festival shows to streaming specials, here are the comedy shows that stood above the rest in 2025.
Bell Shakespeare
Ambition and the Aftermath
A riveting conversation series about ambition in Shakespeare’s plays and in our contemporary world
What can opera offer young people?
Opera is traditionally associated with older demographics. Why should Gen Z and millennials care about it, and what can opera…
Bell Shakespeare
Play In A Day: Volpone, Or, The Fox
Actors and director have one day together as an ensemble before standing script-in-hand in front of an audience, the bare-bones…
Bell Shakespeare
Play In A Day: Henry VI Part 2
Actors and director have one day together as an ensemble before standing script-in-hand in front of an audience, the bare-bones…
Bell Shakespeare
Ambition and the Aftermath
A riveting conversation series about ambition in Shakespeare’s plays and in our contemporary world.