Performing Arts

Mike McLeish: Message to my Girls
McLeish talks – and sings – about parenting, delivering a show that is frequently amusing but also a little loose.

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Mahler 4 & Sibelius 6
The sharp swells in the volume were exact and full of impact; the momentum and inertia were always spot on.

Spanky in Candice McQueen: Nasty!
Spanky sizzles on stage as trash-chic immortal goddess Candice McQueen, bringing her special brand of nasty to the cabaret show.

My Name is Truda Vitz
This semi-fictional one-woman play is about everything, but says nothing.

Richard III
Mark Kilmurry's Richard is a delightfully beguiling, witty rascal.

Darwin Festival 2014: 100% Darwin
A staple on any top-ender and true Territorian's arts calendar, the 2014 Darwin Festival will be rolling into town in…

Romeo & Juliet
At times the cast seemed to move and breathe in one complex yet elegant organic whole.

Giving Up The Ghosts
A stark, restrained exploration of death’s desperate allure.

MTC to pay more to State Government than it receives
An anomaly is forcing Victoria’s state theatre company to pay payroll tax at a rate that wipes out its state…

The Best of NAIDOC Week 2014
NAIDOC week is officially next week but the range of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander events lasts through July.