Performing Arts
Melbourne Writers Festival: The party!
If you’re an emerging writer like me, one of those people trying on tippee toes to see over the great…
Freedom of Speech: Melbourne Writers Festival
Melbourne Writers Festival Alternate Keynote address: Freedom of Speech: Should there be limits? With Ian Buruma.
Children of the Black Skirt: Abbotsford Convent
'Children of the Black Skirt' is a family event, because adults will enjoy the quality performances, and kids will giggle…
Norm and Ahmed and Shafana and Aunt Sarrinah: Downstairs Theatre
Norm and Ahmed, written by Alex Buzo, banned in three Australian states in the 1960s, feels very much as if…
Life’s A Circus: Theatre Works
It’s not very often that a new Australian musical is written these days, especially in the times of the US…
Miracle: BalletLab
BalletLab's latest work 'Miracle' is simultaneously riveting, bewildering, mesmerizing and ear-piercing!
Space re Place
For anyone who has completed or nearing the end of formal education in a creative sector discipline the prospect of…
A Streetcar Named Desire: The Old Mill Theatre
In 'A Streetcar Named Desire' playing at the Old Mill Theatre, all the performances were mixed.
The Melbourne Magic Festival: Northcote Town Hall
In the past 12 months magic has been steadily gaining an audience. Tim Ellis and Sue-Anne Webster produced the Melbourne…
The future of Australian theatre
Last month, for the first time in 20 years, theatre practitioners from across the country descended on Melbourne to explore…