Performing Arts
Dying: A Memoir review: a generous gift
Benjamin Law’s adaptation of his friend Cory Taylor’s dying wish flies high
Kindred People: Monash University announces new Indigenous-led festival for 2026
New festival Kindred People aspires to ‘energetically encourage' the sharing of Indigenous knowledges.
Whitefella Yella Tree review: first contact and first love collide
The award-winning Whitefella Yella Tree returns to tell a heart wrenching and vital coming-of-age story.
Malacañang Made Us review: cancel culture meets martial law
Malacañang Made Us, presented by Queensland Theatre Company, shows how one act of resistance can ripple across generations.
Fly Girl review: girl power reaches soaring new heights
The little-known story of Deborah Lawrie, Australia’s first female commercial airline pilot, is presented with equal parts comedy and drama…
New performance venues in Melbourne and Brisbane
A revitalised indie theatre complex in Brisbane’s Petrie Terrace is one of several new performance venues.
The Colleano Heart review: a remarkable Aboriginal success story
Shapeshifting for decades to avoid detection as Aboriginal, The Colleano Heart follows a remarkable family of circus performers who won…
Banquet review: captivating circus tackles the big issues
This innovative performance uses circus arts to explore class themes, but who's invited to the banquet?
Fell review: Luke George’s performance leaves you hanging
Performed in a working saw mill, Luke George rivets audiences in a highly physical and poetic work for The Unconformity…
The Unconformity review: a festival that finds its own way
One of Australia's most remote arts festivals has no problem drawing audiences for its unique embedded, and genuine, program.