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Dumb Things I've Done

Alex Williamson's set felt like a generation sticking its middle finger up at politically correct expectations.

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Frankenstein

Horror, sexual violence, incest and nudity are all graphically on show in an unnerving performance.

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New president appointed to Melbourne Festival

A retired federal judge with strong connections to the worlds of art and sport will head up the Festival’s Board…

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Imaginary superstar rides a new wave of feminism

A daring work partly created by a nine-year-old prompts UK parliamentary attention and the approval of Yoko Ono and Neil…

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This Year's Ashes

Playwright Jane Bodie is renown for her wit, but sometimes it amounts to cleverness over heart.

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Small Findings

Sonia Donellan's work gently prods the viewer towards the revelation that relationships are more than the sum of their parts.

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Samuel Wagan Watson: Smoke Encrypted Whispers

Amplified by music that resonated with the full gamut of emotional response, this was a concert to transform the listener.

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10 emerging comedians to watch

We've found some home-grown comedic gems you'll definitely want to catch at the 2014 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

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Benefit concert of operas brightest stars

Opera Australia's most acclaimed performers will hold a benefit concert to send a young performer to Covent Garden.

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Love and Light

Yvette Coppersmith invites former lovers to construct nude models of herself which she repurposes for this series of paintings.

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