live performance
Performance review: Afrocentric, National Gallery of Victoria
Nightly performances that celebrate the African diaspora in Australia.
Theatre review: Seventeen, Southbank Theatre
The collision of age and youth is explored in this comedic start to MTC's 2024 program.
Theatre review: Pillow Fight, Claremont Showground, Perth
A puppet show about sibling love and rivalry covers a vast terrain of adventures.
Performance review: Malevo, Sydney Opera House
The South American all-male dancing and drumming troupe makes its Australian debut.
Music review: Anoushka Shankar, Sydney Festival
Anoushka Shankar and her band delighted in reworking Hindustani music for an appreciative crowd.
Opera review: Il Tabarro, Sydney Festival
Ambitiously staged aboard a lightship, this production struggled to stay afloat.
Musical review: Grease: The Musical, Her Majesty's Theatre
It's colourful and energetic certainly, but this production does not do anything to update the original flavour.
Opera review: Die Walküre (The Ring Cycle), QPAC
Some very fine singing within a panoply of impressive digital imagery makes 'Die Walküre' a winner on many levels.
Ballet review: Storytime Ballet: Cinderella, Arts Centre Melbourne
A magical storytime ballet that’s a delight for children and adults alike.
Opera review: Das Rheingold (The Ring Cycle), QPAC
Commencing Opera Australia’s 'Der Ring des Nibelungen' cycle in Brisbane, 'Das Rheingold' offers an impressive introduction to the tetralogy.