Victoria

How an exercise in forced intimacy led to a creative collaboration
Two award-winning visual artists who developed a friendship during a class exercise exploring tantra, are presenting work together in an…

Review: Dr Jason Leong – You Stupid or What?!
The engaging and amiable Leong's material ranges from cultural comparisons to wince-inducing medical humour.

The extraordinary theatre of funerals
An Australian artist is exploring the feasibility of creating a new space for people who want alternative options when they…

Artist runs for Lord Mayor
Independent candidate in the by-election for Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Katie Sfetkidis will use her campaign to promote the arts…

ACMI hits the yellow brick road to visionary tomorrow
The Victorian Labor government puts almost $40m into transforming ACMI, in its last budget before an election. The redevelopment will…

Melbourne celebrates 35th annual Green Room Awards
The peer-judged awards recognise excellence in the performing arts on Melbourne stages in 2017.

Review: Angella Dravid's Down the Rabbit Hole
An unflinchingly honest telling of an international tryst gone seriously awry, criminal justice and a fake friendship with a serial…

Review: Ari Eldjárn – Pardon My Icelandic
He’s Iceland’s biggest comedy star, but in a country of 340,000 people, that’s not much of a claim.

Review: Sophie Willan – Branded
Unashamed defiance, rebellion and rudeness is the streak running through this young English comedian’s stand-up show.

Review: Stephen K Amos – Bread and Circuses
Amos has the sort of commanding presence and confidence that could only have come from years of working the circuit.