Australia
Arts lose an angel
Betty Amsden, the pioneering philanthropist, known as the Arts Angel, has died aged 90.
Macbeth
Shakespeare’s Macbeth gets a gothic reimagining in this visually intriguing production that doesn’t quite hit the mark.
The Encounter
UK based theatre group Complicite present compelling and unsual The Encounter at PIAF.
Tosca: Opera Australia
Tosca was a box office success from the start, first performed in 1900 in Rome. This production promises that success…
10 artists who use water as their medium
Making a splash, these contemporary artists challenge the gallery’s white cube and create a conservator’s nightmare, but people love to…
The Homosexuals, or 'Faggots'
Declan Greene’s latest comedy – a farce about political correctness and contemporary gay life – is slightly off-kilter but still…
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s the Bard!
Just as Shakespeare fused history with popular myths and legends, a new theatre production is mashing up Henry V with…
Shakespeare’s body shaming confronts Melbourne
Being cast as a ‘lump of foul deformity’ is strangely liberating for Kate Mulvany. Bell Shakespeare is equally innovative off…
Why the Sydney Opera House is a little overcooked
Sure it's iconic. But there is a reason we complain about acoustics and argue over rennovation of the Sydney Opera…
Taking the show on the road: the logistics of touring
For a touring production, every sequin, wig and set is packed, tracked and shipped around the country.