Performing Arts
A year of innovation and tradition for Musica Viva Australia in 2025
Musica Viva Australia has launched an expansive, evocative season for the coming year, celebrating 80 years of chamber music with…
Sigur Rós announce Australian orchestral tour with ASO, MSO and others
The popular Icelandic post-rock group will perform with a 41-piece chamber orchestra in order to bring their latest album to…
Theatre review: BAD BOY, fortyfivedownstairs
A one-person show exploring toxic masculinity and domestic abuse.
Theatre review: Ten Years to Home, KXT on Broadway
An autobiographical play that traverses the universal themes of migration, identity and belonging.
Opera review: Don Giovanni, Meat Market Stables
The delivery of a BDSM centric interpretation of a classic opera is rough around the edges
Comedy review: Big Nose Big Dreams, Sydney Fringe Festival
A debut solo show from an Egyptian-Australian writer and comic who avoids the usual diaspora stories.
Dance review: We Call It Ballet: Sleeping Beauty, Capitol Theatre
Fluoro-lit ballet that has little to do with the classic fairytale.
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.
Theatre review: The Almighty Sometimes, Adelaide Festival Centre
Mental illness in the young displayed with nuance and sensitivity.
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