Performing Arts
Performance review: The Dilly Dally of Death and Dying, Trades Hall
An ambitious but slightly confused adventure about being diagnosed with terminal or chronic illness.
Performance and exhibition review: Ground Beneath/Ocean Between, Queen Victoria Museum and Arts Gallery
A dance and video installation of a regional youth dance troupe.
Dance review: Temple of Desire, Malthouse Theatre
This ensemble dance theatre piece from Fringe mainstays Karma Dance summons a visually striking and sensual realm of ethereal beauty.
Circus training centre to open up for sector
One Fell Swoop and Na Djinang among those circus companies looking forward to the appointment of a new site operator.
Musical review: Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Princess Theatre
This musical, while not simply the best, is still pretty good.
Performance review: Promising Young Mensch, Trades Hall
What does it take to be a good person and how does one prevail when innocence is corrupted?
Performance review: GRRRL Power, Trades Hall
A celebration of girl bands over the past 80 years.
Theatre review: This is the dust we’re in, Meat Market Stables
A tribute to Ray Lawler's iconic play, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.
Theatre review: Beowulf: Reforged, Waterside Forge
A must-see hour of storytelling for fans of folklore, fantasy and the storytelling art form itself.
Sondheim’s Follies and Boojum! revival feature in Victorian Opera 2025 season
Artistic Director Stuart Maunder discusses his 2025 season, which includes chamber opera, a lavish musical and a new opera for…