Performing Arts
So you want my arts job: Peak Body Executive Director
Katherine Connor from PAC Australia talks us through her role and the demands of an average week.
Comedy review: Wankernomics 2.0: As Per My Last Email, Athenaeum Theatre, MICF 2024
Scribble this on your Post-it note: the boys are back with a new show about marinating in office hell.
Comedy Review: Ting Lim: Well... This Is Awkward, Storyville Melbourne, MICF 2024
A rising Australian/Singaporean comedian struggles with being unkind.
Comedy review: Best of the Edinburgh Fest, Athenaeum Theatre, MICF 2024
Three comedians in one hour. What more do you want?
Comedy review: Josh Thomas, Let's Tidy Up, Arts Centre Melbourne, MICF 2024
A comedy of distraction and divergence that delivers.
Comedy review: Tom Ballard: Good Point Well Made, Rydges One, MICF 2024
Fierce and funny, Ballard delivers a rock solid hour that even babies seem to love...
Comedy review: Julia Masli: ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, Chinese Museum, MICF 2024
So clever and so different – Julia’s performance in ha ha ha ha ha ha ha is a must see…
Funny Tonne – part two, MICF 2024
The second batch of top reviews from the Funny Tonne, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's fledgling reviewers for 2024.
Ballet review: Carmen, Sydney Opera House
A rethinking of 'Carmen' reflects on gender power structures in a brilliant performance for our times.
This week's arts news and trending topics
We break it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.