Melbourne
Dusty
Dusty is a musical that delivers exactly what the audience expects, a well-made but forgettable night at the theatre.
Anti-Hamlet
Mark Wilson’s ambitious satire hits below and above everyone’s belt.
Annica
Matthias Schack-Arnott proves himself a brilliant aural innovator.
Are you condescending to your audience?
The fashion for museum 'didactics', turns off art audiences who feel its patronising and moralistic undertones.
Educated Youth
A fascinating setting plays backdrop to run-of-the-mill family melodrama.
The Light in the Piazza
The most romantic show you’re likely to see on the Melbourne stage for quite some time.
Lionel Shriver and your inner bigot
Political correctness isn't strangling creativity – it's just inviting us to be aware of our inner bigot.
A Voice for the Silenced
Astonishing music brought back to life seventy years after the music and its composers were almost lost forever.
Kinky Boots
This frothy but imperfect musical is impeccably cast, and performed with such gusto that it's relatively easy to look past…
Melbourne Festival Diary 2016
ArtsHub staff are attending a wide range of Melbourne Festival events this year; here are our impressions of the program…