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Karla Hillam moves with the slink and waddle of a ballerina performing Swan Lake on the set of EastEnders. That's supposed to be a compliment, by the way. Emerging from behind the curtain in…
Considered the most significant costume designer in the history of cinema, a new exhibition at the Bendigo Art Gallery from 29 September will feature a large slice of Hollywood history,…
Presented as part of the 2017 Melbourne Fringe, the KIN Collective presents the Melbourne premiere of Pulitzer Prize finalist Will Eno's Title and Deed (Monologue for a Slightly Foreign Man)…
Who is Tahu Matheson? Head of Music at Opera Australia, Conductor and Pianist; about to conduct Griffith Opera on the Beach " Aida in Coolangatta. What would you do differently to what you d…
Earlier this month, the Rob Guest Endowment held auditions in Melbourne and Sydney to search for this year's winner of the Rob Guest Endowment Award. After careful consideration, the 30 Semi…
Nine eclectic artists from across Australia make Perth's inner city precinct Cathedral Square home for 12 days from 26 September 2017 for the fifth installation of the Proximity Festival. Fo…
Laser Beak Man –Â the madcap superhero creation of artist Tim Sharp, who has autism, flew into La Boite's Roundhouse theatre Wednesday night, to the rapture and delight of the Brisba…
Hosted by Trevor Ashley, Sydney's favourite cabaret night SHOW QUEEN is back from Sunday 24 September featuring a hand picked line-up of Australia's most talented and celebrated musical thea…
Most of us like to save or invest in one way or another if we can. While there are lots of ways of accumulating money based on wise investments, from stock and commodities trading through to…
An exhibition of new and recent works by one of Australia's most significant contemporary artists, the Art Gallery of New South Wales presents Mikala Dwyer: a shape of thought currently o…
Who is Deborah Pearson? I am someone who conceives of and executes different kinds of performance events, for lack of a better word. When I first started working I used to describe myself as…
Australia's premier contemporary blues and roots music festival, the Byron Bay Bluesfest have announced their first round of artists for 2018. “Well here it is, the first of our ann…
Class, conflict, and changing technologies come into direct focus in polarising dark new comedy Puntila/Matti at the Kings Cross Theatre from 25 September 2017. This troubling, terrifying…
Slinking out of the Lithuanian Club Bar towards The Main Theatre in readiness for Still The One, I had a feeling unlike that often experienced before a Fringe show. These can often be a nich…
Producers Howard Panter, John Frost and Torben Brookman have announced that the world's favourite rock and roll musical would return to Australia in a fresh new production next year, with Cr…
Sometimes a style that works well in a short spot loses appeal when stretched too far. Unfortunately, this was quite often the case for Idris Stanton’s show Last King of Vaudeville. It…
Best of the Boardwalk –Â ONE NIGHT ONLY sold itself as "the ultimate circus variety show". It also aimed to draw on the best acts of the Boardwalk Republic – a circus-focused h…
Images of an Aboriginal woman in a Jesus t-shirt, ants guarding Australia's coastline and a rose blooming at night, have taken top honours in two of the country's most respected photography …
Who is Lisa Crawley? A New Zealand born, Melbourne based songwriter. A multi-instrumentalist and actress with a passion for table tennis, scrabble and haloumi. What would you do differently …
Step back in time to 1940s rural Australia to meet the play-loving kids who live behind a junk yard in Flying Fruit Fly Circus' exhilarating new show Junk at Arts Centre Melbo…
If you head upstairs at Arts House, you won't be able to miss the man dressed as a playing card. You also won't be able to miss the hefty five-headed microscope, otherwise known as the 'venu…
Before the End is mostly unchanged from an earlier iteration in 2016's Catalyst Festival. The actors begin in darkness, talking and questioning. Eventually, the lights come up as a sunrise o…
The One is lean, rather than sparse. Nothing is wasted, whether it's Georgia King pushing back unkempt hair to near-growl her marriage manifesto, or Mark Storen's crisp guitar work that push…
Although The Dream Dance Company was created by Marko Panzic in 2015, this performance of their 2017 production, Enter the Vortex performed in the Canberra Playhouse as part of a national to…
The National Portrait Gallery has established an admirable practice of commissioning original dance works to reflect and illuminate their various exhibitions. The latest work in this series …
