Performing Arts
Performance review: All the Fraudulent Horse Girls, Trades Hall, Melbourne Fringe Festival
A queer coming-of-age production that involved a fever dream of horses and the novelist work of Cormac McCarthy.
Theatre review: Frankenstein, Playhouse Theatre, QPAC
Shake & Stir Theatre Co's adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic tale mixes traditional and modern theatre together to create a…
Performance Review: Paradise or the Impermanence of Ice Cream, Space Theatre, OzAsia Festival
A brilliant monologue brimming with existential angst and traditional Indian ice cream.Â
Opera review: The Visitors, Arts Centre Melbourne
Victorian Opera's adaptation of Jane Harrison's novel and play leads audiences to new ways of thinking about opera and Australia’s…
Moira Finucane honoured with 2023 Fringe Living Legend Award
The ‘gothic queen’ of cabaret has been honoured for her provocative work and long commitment to Fringe.
Arts organisations say they want to be ‘cultural leaders’ – but are they living up to their goals?
Should our leading arts companies take a stand more often?
Breaking news: Critical Stages goes into liquidation
The Board of Critical Stages Touring has placed the company into liquidation, with the company ceasing to trade and staff…
Performance review: Hour of the Wolf, Malthouse
This choose-your-own adventure (again) is the Malthouse's latest immersive production.
Dance review: tiaen tiamen Episode 1, Dunstan Playhouse
Experimental and futuristic, but with its heart grounded in Indigenous culture, this work is the first part of a trilogy…
‘A glorious anomaly’: would the Sydney Opera House be built today?
Why does the Opera House remain an anomaly in Australia's cultural infrastructure landscape? And would it be built today?