Performing Arts
White Night: Top 10 highlights & some lows
Melbourne's White Night was a cultural event three times more popular than the AFL Grand Final.
Nigel Westlake’s The Glass Soldier
The future of classical music in Australia is in good hands with performers of this calibre.
Celia Pacquola – Delayed
Multi award-winning comedian and klutz Celia Pacquola moved to the UK in 2010. She didn't write any postcards to her…
Opera on a White Night
Victorian Opera celebrated the arrival of its new Artistic Director Richard Mills with a glorious tribute to the operatic voice,…
Musicians blow the whistle on funding cuts
Musicians took to the steps of Parliament House in Melbourne last week to protest funding cuts by the Baillieu government.
At Last, The Etta James Story
This narrative concert about the famous American singer features riveting performances from Vika Bull and band, but is let down…
Stella Prize longlist announced
Australia’s first women’s literary prize has announced the 12 books selected for its longlist.
A History of Everything
An artistic, scholarly, humorous, compassionate and, above all, inspiring attempt to cover 14 billion years of history in 90 minutes.
A Finnish Epic
The Sydney Symphony, conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy, performs the works of Sibelius and Ravel.
The Candy Butchers
Performed by dysfunctional characters, and set in a dilapidated circus, this vaudeville-like show keeps its audience engaged, but rarely enthralled.