Performing Arts

Cheap tickets for opera first-timers
The Susan and Isaac Wakil Foundation has gifted $1.5M to Opera Australia for a new access program in Sydney and…

Swan Lake
An immediate, electrifying performance, accompanied by extravagant costumes, along with high-quality record music.

The Crucible
The Eagle’s Nest’s production of The Crucible is an uneven experience.

Arts depend on pro bono lawyers
Arts Law salutes the work of its pro bono lawyers with its annual awards, in the wake of recent government…

Six ways art can help you find a soulmate
If you're tired of swiping left and right on Tinder, stepping into the gallery might take you one step closer…

Cinderella
This surreal retelling of the classic fairy tale is dark and inventive but lightened by some delightful romantic pas de…

Gala launch of the Melbourne Cabaret Festival
If the launch of the Melbourne Cabaret Festival is anything to go by, Melbourne audiences will be laughing till their…

Arts Captain's Calls suit the plan for a docile, ignorant public
The National Program for Excellence in the Arts threatens to return us to the days when artists were punished with…

The Sugar Syndrome
Complex, insightful and challenging – everything theatre should be.

Mahler 4
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra dish up a sumptuous feast of Prokofiev and Mahler.