live performance
So you want my arts job: physical comedy and clown teacher
Drawing from over 20 years' experience, Clare Bartholomew divulges what it means to be a physical comedy and clown teacher.
Theatre Review: Dirty Birds, Heath Ledger Theatre, WA
'Dirty Birds' explores the off-centre symmetry of sisterhood in a context of anxious absurdity.
Music review: Chopin and the Mendelssohns, Adelaide Town Hall
The Australian Chamber Orchestra made fine music with pianist Polina Leschenko.
Dance review: The Nutcracker, His Majesty's Theatre, WA
This seasonal favourite tells a timeless tale.
Opera Review: The Marriage of Figaro, State Opera SA
Mozart’s delightful opera buffa gets a modern makeover.
Theatre review: Venus in Fur, Fridays Studio, WA
The play within a play narrative of this production addressed themes of intersecting power and eroticism.
Theatre review: Oil, Wharf 1 Theatre, Sydney
An historical play that explores the fault lines of colonialism, empire and capitalism.
Musical review: Orlando, fortyfivedownstairs
This adaptation of Virginia Woolf's classic novel, 'Orlando', is promising but patchy.
Theatre review: In the Club, Theatre Works
Patricia Cornelius' play tackles consent, coercion and sexual violence in the AFL.
Theatre review: Defoe's Plague, La Mama
A befuddled but promising exploration of the life and work of Daniel Defoe.