Performing Arts

Performance review: The Rainbow Tree
An all inclusive look at family and connection in a show created with and about kids in Rainbow families.

What’s it like being an understudy since COVID?
In an era when performer illness is more likely due to COVID, what is it like to be one of…

Vale Kevin Jackson
A much-admired acting teacher, actor, director and critic, Jackson’s influence on the theatre sector was significant.

Opportunities and awards
Commission opportunities in NSW, plus winners of the 2023 Peter Porter Poetry Prize and Sydney Theatre Awards, and more!

Performance review: The Listies Make Some Noise
High-quality children’s entertainment, burps included.

Theatre review: Hamlet, Bogan Shakespeare Productions
Misogyny and incest make way for tinnies and Tim Tams in this bogan adaptation of 'Hamlet'.

Theatre review: Sunday, MTC
The loose boundaries of art and love are explored in this portrait of Heide Museum founder, Sunday Reed.

Opera review: La Bohème, Opera Australia
While Gale Edward's version of the opera goes out with a spectacular bang, this retiring production will endure in people's…

Theatre review: Blue, Belvoir St Theatre
A monologue of a young man navigating life in all its colours.

Theatre review: The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven
A transgender Jesus and a queer retelling of the New Testament makes for a provocative production.