Performing Arts

National Play Festival furore
The 2010 National Play Festival’s publicity material has been decried as sexist and demeaning to women.

L'Ormindo
CITY RECITAL HALL ANGEL PLACE: Love conquers all in this delightful confection by Pinchgut Opera.

Melbourne Boys: New Beginnings
NORTHCOTE TOWN HALL: Melbourne Boys: New Beginnings needs to decide whether it's a play or a musical and start from…

Art on the run
BIG WEST FESTIVAL: The vending machine. The lone, graffiti covered companion of the late night train station.

Freshwater Trio
MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE: Melbourne’s young and vivacious Freshwater Trio brought a wonderfully varied program to the fourth year of their…

The Black Arm Band’s 'dirtsong'
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL: Indigenous musical supergroup The Black Arm Band enthralled audiences with their latest work.

Heavy metal in Baghdad
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL: This remarkable piece of DIY filmmaking tells the story of Iraq’s first and only metal band.

Sasha Waltz & Guests – Körper
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL: Körper (body in German) had its world premiere in 2000 at Berlin’s Holocaust Museum. This masterpiece…

Sacred Selections and Shall We?
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL: 'Shall We?' was a one off concert for the Melbourne International Arts Festival, double billed with…

The Dictionary of Imaginary Places
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL: Anna Tregloan is a renowned Melbournian set designer and installation artist who’s work sits between installation…