live performance

Theatre review: By the Bog of Cats, Irish Club of WA
Set in the bogs of rural Ireland, this is a compelling and uncompromising play about betrayal and vengeance.

Performance review: Jurrungu Ngan-Ga (Straight Talk), State Theatre Centre of WA
A dance performance that takes us into the brutality of prisons and detention centres.

Music review: Don’t Get Around Much Anymore: David Theak Meets WAYJO, Mandurah Performing Arts Centre
Music that transported appreciative audiences to bygone eras with rousing melodies.Â

Comedy reviews: Weird Al's Cousin, Garry Starr, Sydney Fringe Festival
Two very different solo acts revelling in silliness and provoking laughter.

Theatre review: Myra in Space, fortyfivedownstairs
An exploration of the experiences of older women lifted off to great heights.

Theatre review: Cry Baby, La Mama
For chic Melburnians who are sad and want to talk about it.

Performance review: The Nervous Atmosphere, Arts House
A solo performance that uses music and text to examine what it's like to be struck by lightning.

Theatre review: Measure for Measure, Queens Gardens, Townsville
Style and substance succeed in this little-staged Shakespeare play.

Exhibition review: Don Quixote, Sutton Gallery
An exhibition based on The Australian Ballet's adaptation of Don Quixote.

Performance review: Tubular Bells for Two, Arts Centre Melbourne
The seminal album as played by two blokes with over 20 instruments.