live performance
Performance review: Mysteries: Creation and Passion
As a two-part experience, somewhere between performance art and theatre, Mysteries has potential, but ultimately still feels like a work-in-progress.
Performance review: Almost a Mirror, Chapel off Chapel
If you could make the soundtrack to your life a mixtape, what songs would you choose?
Theatre review: A Christmas Carol
Forget about the other Melbourne theatre shows on offer, with David Wenham as Scrooge, this is the one to catch!
Musical review: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
A new version leans into its own sense of fun and ridiculousness.
Performance review: SWAMP
Australian wildlife as played out in dark and violent puppetry.
Theatre review: Twelfth Night
The non-binary nature of human love is explored in Shakespeare's classic play.
So you want my arts job: Performance photographer
More than just clicking the shutter, Pia Johnson shares how performance photography captures the magic of a live show.
Why musicians are jumping into variety shows
Maybe it’s time for variety shows to make a comeback, and SUPERGROUP is just one example heading in this direction.
Concert review: Jublilation
An impressive program of complex musical emotions.
Safety first at festival time like no other
Insights from producers at Sydney Festival and Mona Foma reflect the fortitude required to stage works during Omicron.