Performing Arts
Splendour in the Grass won't return in 2025, showing a festival sector in crisis
Splendour in the Grass has confirmed it won't return again in 2025. Questions abound about the sustainability of the Australian…
Federation Square 'Open Air at the Square' experiences are back this summer
The program features silent cinema and blockbuster films on the big screen, as well as musical performances.
Beyond race, is Country: the MTC's '37'
The restaging of Nathan Maynard's hit play from last year is an important contribution to the ongoing discussion of racism…
Performance review: The Hanky Code, FRINGE WORLD
What does a hanky have to do with your sexual journey?
Theatre review: Wuthering Heights, Roslyn Packer Theatre
Acclaimed British director Emma Rice brings a divisive adaptation of ‘Wuthering Heights’ to Sydney.
Performance Review: QRAVE, Abbotsford Convent, midsumma festival
A combined performance and exhibition presenting queer histories.
Performance review: Shirley Valentine, Athenaeum Theatre
Willy Russell’s classic play of an oppressed woman’s mid-life self-discovery is as relevant today as it was in 1986.
Providing a pathway to the ultimate art form – Opera for All
The Opera for All concerts are being seen all over the globe. This week it was Melbourne's turn.
Theatre review: Aria, Ensemble Theatre
Putting the kibosh (again) on his ‘retirement’, renowned Australian playwright David Williamson delivers a timely and compelling study of narcissism.
Theatre review: 37, Southbank Theatre, The Sumner
Race, community and identity in AFL.