live performance
Music reviews: Horizons Chamber Landscapes 2025 and Dialogues in Sound, Adelaide Festival 2025
A concert that offered hope for the world and a rousing musical statement in a gilded Victorian concert hall.
Music review: Daylight Express, Elder Hall, Adelaide Festival 2025
Six exquisitely fashioned gems as part of a two-week series of lunchtime recitals at Elder Hall, The University of Adelaide.
BEASTIES is back with free fun in NSW for 2025
After a first run with an opening night that saw a 45-minute queue form around the block, BEASTIES returns for…
Theatre review: Macbeth, Roundhouse Theatre, La Boite Theatre
Seen via the lens of the prophetic three witches, a reimagined 'Macbeth' offers much promise, but fails in its vision…
RISING launches full festival program for June 2025
Melbourne’s winter festival RISING is “proudly challenging and uncompromisingly inclusive,” according to its co-Artistic Directors.
Performance reviews: Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Camille O’Sullivan: Loveletter, Adelaide Festival
Two Adelaide Festival shows look to the past, but with varying degrees of success.
Performance review: Dropped in It: Crime Scene Improvisation, Adelaide Fringe
An improvised crime scene comedy where one-liners and terrible puns could prove deadlier than any weapon.
Theatre review: Henry 5, The Playhouse, Sydney Opera House
Bell Shakespeare kicks off its 2025 season with this modern and accessible adaptation performed by a fresh-faced cast.
Here You Come Again, the Dolly Parton musical, is dancing down to Australia
Bring your dancing shoes for a celebration of Dolly's biggest hits in a musical promising southern charm and a dazzling…
Raising the Bar 2025: combining your night out with some new ideas
One night, 20 free talks, and a lot to learn.