Theatre
Performance reviews: Exhumed: The ‘Best’ of Bradley Storer, Leather Lungs: Happy Ending, Baba, Melbourne Fringe Festival
Three impressive shows at Melbourne Fringe Festival: two cabarets that touched on big and personal themes and a moving tribute…
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.
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…
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.
Performance reviews: Enemies of Grooviness Eat Sh!T, WAKE, Melbourne Fringe Festival
Two Fringe feminist shows about women in all their power and vulnerabilities.
Theatre review: Boom, KXT on Broadway
Looking at the bridge between our past and future with a heartfelt Singaporean story that traverses borders.
Australian Performing Arts Forum 2023: an overview and summary
An overview of the recent Australian Performing Arts Forum 2023, held in Meanjin/Brisbane.