live performance

Musical review: Bananaland, QPAC, Brisbane Festival
A brand new Australian musical comedy hits the right notes at the Brisbane Festival and offers a glorious, fun-packed night…

Ballet review: Swan Lake, Arts Centre Melbourne
The Australian Ballet’s revival of Anne Woolliams’ 1977 'Swan Lake' is sure to delight devoted classical ballet lovers.

Dance review: LOVE/LOVE/LOVE/ LOVE/LOVE, PACT Theatre, Sydney Fringe Festival
It's time to share the love.

Theatre review: By the Bog of Cats, Irish Club of WA
Set in the bogs of rural Ireland, this is a compelling and uncompromising play about betrayal and vengeance.

Performance review: Jurrungu Ngan-Ga (Straight Talk), State Theatre Centre of WA
A dance performance that takes us into the brutality of prisons and detention centres.

Music review: Don’t Get Around Much Anymore: David Theak Meets WAYJO, Mandurah Performing Arts Centre
Music that transported appreciative audiences to bygone eras with rousing melodies.Â

Comedy reviews: Weird Al's Cousin, Garry Starr, Sydney Fringe Festival
Two very different solo acts revelling in silliness and provoking laughter.

Theatre review: Myra in Space, fortyfivedownstairs
An exploration of the experiences of older women lifted off to great heights.

Theatre review: Cry Baby, La Mama
For chic Melburnians who are sad and want to talk about it.

Performance review: The Nervous Atmosphere, Arts House
A solo performance that uses music and text to examine what it's like to be struck by lightning.