Performing Arts

A show to die for
Chronically ill and disabled people are already familiar with judging risks to their lives. What can they teach the performing…

Theatre review: Secrets
A short, sharp, and sassy dose of humanity served up as bite-sized secrets at The Butterfly Club.

Theatre review: Creativity
This satirical survey about the downgraded status of the arts in higher education feels frighteningly real.

Theatre review: We Will Slam You With Our Wings
Slamming down on the patriarchy as part of Illuminate Adelaide’s City Lights program.

Theatre review: I'm with Her
A conceptually outstanding curation of women’s stories by an award-winning writer.

Opera review: Il Trovatore
Opera Australia's re-imagining of Verdi’s story of love, revenge, persecution and revolution as a dystopian critique of the repression of…

Theatre review: The Sunshine Club
A welcomed restaging of the play; its messaging as fresh and relevant today as when it was first performed over…

Theatre review: Looking for Alibrandi
The Aussie classic bursts to radiant life on stage in this joyous sunbeam of a production.

Not paying royalties for session musos is damaging the music industry
Australia is one of a handful of developed economies that does not support the rights of performers to ongoing royalties,…

First Nations artists on adapting traditions for a contemporary world
Five First Nations artists from Queensland discuss what it means to work on Country and how their practices strengthen Cultural…