Performing Arts
Musical review: Ruthless! the Musical, MC Showroom, midsumma festival
Interwoven tales of raging ambition for theatre stardom, with songs, sequins and satire.
Theatre review: Anatomy of a Suicide, Meat Market Stables
Alice Birch's prize-winning play is presented in Melbourne for the first time.
Theatre review: Macbeth, Royal Botanic Gardens
An expedited but faithful adaptation in the Botanic Gardens.
Panti Bliss on fighting fascism, changing culture and the art of drag
Rory O’Neill, aka Irish drag star Panti Bliss, discusses career longevity and how standing up to the far right inspired…
Dance Review: CARCAÇA, State Theatre Centre, Perth Festival
While this high-octane, percussive dance work lacks a coherent conceptual thread, the individual energies of its cast carry it through.
Arts news watch: this week's trending topics
We report it – you read it. Keep you eye on this week's top arts news stories.
Circus review: Small Acts of Resistance, Women’s Circus Gasworks Arts Park
Strong, simple, effective social circus, celebrating strength on every level.
Local talent program supports alt-rock, interrogates conspiracies and opens up shared spaces
Merrigong Theatre Company announces the 2025 MERRIGONGX Artists' Program with an eccentric line-up.
Performance review: An Evening Without Kate Bush, Fairfax Studio, midsumma festival
For those who love Kate Bush, but also for those who don't... yet.
Daring to dive into the honeycomb
Abraham Lincoln once said, 'If you want to gather honey, don’t kick over the beehive.' In its brand redevelopment project,…