Performing Arts

Performance Review: QRAVE, Abbotsford Convent, midsumma festival
A combined performance and exhibition presenting queer histories.

Performance review: Shirley Valentine, Athenaeum Theatre
Willy Russell’s classic play of an oppressed woman’s mid-life self-discovery is as relevant today as it was in 1986.

Providing a pathway to the ultimate art form – Opera for All
The Opera for All concerts are being seen all over the globe. This week it was Melbourne's turn.

Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Shakespeare's The Tempest
Helpmann Award-winning actor John Bell joins Queensland Symphony Orchestra to help weave the tale of Shakespeare's The Tempest with the…

Queensland Performing Arts Centre
The Dictionary of Lost Words
Pip Williams’ award-winning New York Times bestseller The Dictionary of Lost Words is brought to vivid life in this wildly…

Theatre review: Aria, Ensemble Theatre
Putting the kibosh (again) on his ‘retirement’, renowned Australian playwright David Williamson delivers a timely and compelling study of narcissism.

Theatre review: 37, Southbank Theatre, The Sumner
Race, community and identity in AFL.

National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA)
Recreational Circus Classes at NICA
Circus for all ages, fitness and skill levels!

Arts news watch: this week's trending topics
We report it – you read it. Keep your eye on this week's top arts news stories.

National Library of Australia
Exhibition - The Excellencies of Musick: Highlights from the Jamie and Michael Kassler Collection
Enter the musical world of Stuart and Georgian Britain, a world of concert-going, music-makers and thinkers, of printers and publishers.