Melbourne

Resistance Transmission, Due West Festival/Footscray Community Arts Centre (VIC)
The Riverside Yarns presentation offered intimate and generous storytelling but lacked a centre of gravity.

Remaking a suburb through dance
Indian artistic practices wind through the streets of Wyndham in a new multidisciplinary performance work.

Exit Strategies, Arts House (VIC)
This one-woman show has humour, great design and a killer concept for examining personal and political issues, but it doesn’t…

Brian Cox: A Symphonic Universe, Arts Centre Melbourne (VIC)
A Symphonic Universe brings together rockstar physicist Brian Cox with music that evokes the stars.

Spot, Arts Centre Melbourne (VIC)
A charming, interactive and educational production that’s suitable for all ages.

Two Weddings, One Bride; Opera Australia (VIC)
A pantomime that feels past its peak, though it hits all the right notes for fans of the genre.

Apocalypse Meow, Malthouse Theatre (VIC)
Meow Meow’s silly season show is an odd Christmas panto, steered by a fallen but charismatic diva.

Collecting Comme, National Gallery of Victoria (VIC)
Drawing from more than 40 collections, the NGV’s exhibition showcases the iconoclastic designer’s work and philosophy.

La Mama spared from new fire despite initial alarm
The arts sector woke in a panic on Friday to news that the heritage theatre, gutted by fire in May…

MESS Commissions: Sonorous, The Substation (VIC)
Rosalind Hall and Steve Law's electronic music compositions are a stellar example of the talent coming out of Melbourne Electronic…