Performing Arts

Music review: Mzaza: The Birth and Death of Stars, Riverside TheatresÂ
Mzaza’s current Australian tour sees the world music favourites deliver a powerful concert experience with strong theatrical elements.

Theatre review: As You Like It, Queen's Gardens, Townsville
Sparkling performances and a strong ensemble mark this Shakespeare production.

Festival review: Jean Paul Gaultier’s Fashion Freak Show, South Bank Piazza
This semi-autobiographical stage show exploring the French fashion designer’s life and career is visually splendid but, ironically, lacking in theatrical…

Theatre review: Hamlet, fortyfivedownstairs
A few directorial choices let down this otherwise fine contemporary interpretation of 'Hamlet'.

Festival review: Renfield, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
A solo show that took full advantage of Edinburgh's Gothic ambience.

Grief, hilarity, classics and culture are celebrated in Belvoir’s 2025 season
Artistic Director Eamon Flack has launched a season of nine plays for Belvoir’s 2025 subscription season.

Bollywood vibes activate NGV for all at the Indian Community Day
Be transported with Bollywood dancing, dhol drumming and DJ sets at NGV’s Indian Community Day.

New Ghost Festival riffs off The Rocks' eerie past this Halloween
Get your ghost on, and head to Australia's oldest precinct to celebrate Halloween this year with a new festival.

Performance Space expands partnership with UNSW
With a vision to elevate experimental arts, two of Sydney’s iconic arts organisations come together in a new residency program.

Musical Review: A Chorus Line, National Theatre
A new remount of a classic musical that still holds up well.