Performing Arts

Performance review: Overflow, Arts Centre Melbourne
A discomforting but illuminating exploration of the trans and gender-diverse experience.

Theatre review: Marriage, Midsumma Festival
How does the institution of marriage affect the queer community?

Musical theatre review: Groundhog Day the Musical, Princess Theatre
Worth seeing again... and again... and again...?

This week's arts news and trending topics
We break it - you read it. This week's top Arts news stories.

Comedy review: Blinded by the Whites, Daniel Muggleton, FRINGE WORLD, WA
A comic who covers a wide range of topics, from gender and intergenerational differences to political and economic issues.

Theatre review: Saplings, Sydney Festival
Stories of young people in the youth justice system.

Performance review: Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett, FRINGE WORLD, WA
A sexy and subversive celebration of difference.

Performance review: Appeasing Nergal, FRINGE WORLD, WA
Three circus performers try to entertain themselves during lockdown.

Performance reviews: Smashed: The Nightcap, The Chosen Haram and Peter Cat Recording Co., Sydney Festival
A smorgasbord of cabaret, theatre and live music at the Sydney Festival.

Theatre review: A Body at Work, La Mama
A dynamite debut solo from Frankie van Kan that delves into the world of strip clubs and sex work.