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Performance review: Pride and Prejudice – An Adaptation in Words and Music, Arts Centre Melbourne

A dramatic reading of the beloved Austen novel, with musical accompaniment.

A middle-aged woman in a dressing gown is standing a few metres away from a young woman dressed in shades of brown in 'The Almighty Sometimes.'
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Theatre review: The Almighty Sometimes, Adelaide Festival Centre

Mental illness in the young displayed with nuance and sensitivity.

A woman, Sahara Beck, wearing a white and black outfit is standing with a microphone. A drag queen in a black leotard, is standing beside her, back to back.
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Performance review: Bite Club: 2nd Serve, Arts Centre Melbourne

The Brief's Factory troupe returns to entertain and scandalise with their circus tricks.

Two men and two wome are seated. All are drinking. All are wearing colourful clothes. The design colours are bright graphic prints.
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Theatre review: The Puzzle, Dunstan Playhouse

State Theatre South Australia celebrates 50 years of the Dunstan Playhouse with a David Williamson world premiere.

Illustration of a cicada in a grey suit in an office.
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Theatre review: Cicada, Wharf 2 Theatre

Shaun Tan's picture book about capitalism and individualism is brought to life via enchanting puppetry.

A young woman, Mabel Li, is lying on her belly on a couch. She is talking to a young man, Oli Pizzey Stratford, who is in a wheelchair, in a scene from MTC's 'Cost of Living'.
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Theatre review: Cost of Living, Southbank Theatre

Making its Melbourne debut, this production explores human connection and the lives of those living with disability.

Two people are seated with sheafs of paper between them on a table in 'Two Strangers Walk Into a Bar'.
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Theatre review: Two Strangers Walk into a Bar..., Sydney Fringe Festival

An immersive experience awaits in this participatory production, which invites questions about human connection. 

In a blue-lit stage, two young men, Nelson Clay and Corey Saylor-Brunskill, are standing on a box-like structure.
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Theatre review: The Box, various Tasmanian venues

A complex story of trying to break out of the "box" of public housing and of identity prejudices.

A man has a switchblade against a woman's throat in the production of 'Sweeney Todd.'
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Opera review: Sweeney Todd, Arts Centre Melbourne

A wickedly delicious production from Victorian Opera and New Zealand Opera.

On a dark stage a blonde woman is seated and a man is standing. They are both dressed casually. There is a board between them that says 'Sentimental writer collecting love stories.'
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Theatre review: Love Stories, QPAC

Trent Dalton's book has been adapted for the stage as part of Brisbane Festival.

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