live performance
Comedy review: Tom Moran is a Big Fat Filthy Disgusting Liar, Trades Hall
Why has Tom Moran lied all throughout his life? The comedian-performer reflects on his penchant for fib-telling.
Theatre review: Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence, Trades Hall
Competition to get to the netball top - Shakespearean ambition as cabaret.
Theatre review: Classifried! The MKUltra Sitcom, The Butterfly Club
The theatre audience becomes a sitcom audience in this comedic offering.
Eat your art out at Melbourne Fringe Festival 2024
A food theme adds spice to many of this year’s acts.
Theatre review: Ten Years to Home, KXT on Broadway
An autobiographical play that traverses the universal themes of migration, identity and belonging.
Opera review: Don Giovanni, Meat Market Stables
The delivery of a BDSM centric interpretation of a classic opera is rough around the edges
Comedy review: Big Nose Big Dreams, Sydney Fringe Festival
A debut solo show from an Egyptian-Australian writer and comic who avoids the usual diaspora stories.
Dance review: We Call It Ballet: Sleeping Beauty, Capitol Theatre
Fluoro-lit ballet that has little to do with the classic fairytale.
Performance review: Pride and Prejudice – An Adaptation in Words and Music, Arts Centre Melbourne
A dramatic reading of the beloved Austen novel, with musical accompaniment.
Theatre review: The Almighty Sometimes, Adelaide Festival Centre
Mental illness in the young displayed with nuance and sensitivity.