Best of performing arts 2015

The performing arts sector has risen to the challenges of the year by staging some truly exemplary works: here are 10 highlights.
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Image: Circa’s Il Ritorno. Photo by Chris Herzfeld – Camlight Productions 

In concert halls, theatres, tents and temporary spaces from Perth to Brisbane, and Darwin to Hobart, artists of all stripes have staged exceptional works in 2015 – some well-funded, others on the smell of an oily rag, but invariably of remarkable quality. As we look back on the year that was, here are some of our performing arts highlights, as selected by ArtsHub’s national performing arts writer Richard Watts, in concert with some of our most active reviewers.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts