7,123 stories by "Arts Review"
Who is Francis Greenslade? Would be a great title for a prime time TV show. I'm available to host if the producers can't find any other Francis Greenslades. What would you do differently to …
Global Creatures has announced that Baz Luhrmann's revolutionary film Moulin Rouge! will come to the theatrical stage as a new musical with a book by John Logan, directed by Alex Timbers.Â�…
Who is Elana Stone? These questions are so existential! Perhaps I could just copy/paste my tinder profile here: I am a short, funny, glasses wearing Velma look-alike who sings and play…
Following its world premiere in Sydney and sell-out seasons across the country, Bangarra's new triple-bill, OUR land people stories, opens at Arts Centre Melbourne for a limited sea…
The global phenomenon, MAMMA MIA! will tour Australia in 2017 – 2018 commencing its national tour in Canberra in November 2017, before moving on to five other capital cities. The annou…
Do you remember when you were young in school going on an excursion to see a play, and finding it to be the most hilarious and entertaining thing you have ever seen? Keep that mindset and yo…
As the saying goes, ‘Art imitates life’. A prime example is The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui, Bertolt Brecht's 1941 allegory for the rise of Adolf Hitler to the position of Germa…
Sara Morawetz has been announced as the winner of the 2016 churchie national emerging art prize ('the churchie') for her artwork, How the stars stand (All sols) and (Dear NASA…). Create…
With sell out performances across the globe, the international phenomenon Pixel takes audiences to a whole new world, where the beautiful artistry of contemporary dance leaps into the …
Circus has always shamelessly borrowed from other performance forms. It has coopted all types of music to sit alongside its signature brass band sound, so that music and circus are synonymou…
The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, The Farmer Wants a Wife, Dating in the Dark… Australia loves a dating TV show, and now independent theatre company, Pursued by Bear are giving Melbou…
The idea of documenting one’s self is not a new idea. Throughout history artists have documented the beauty and the decay of their own form, with artists such as Van Gogh and Rembrandt…
A collaboration between four dancers and six musicians from the Canberra Symphony Orchestra, Strings Attached was the inaugural presentation of a new Canberra-based professional contemporary…
The Lorne Festival Of Performing Arts kicks off this weekend for a three day celebration of performing arts across all genres igniting the Surf Coast town of Lorne with a carnivales…
Who is Zoe Knighton? A Cellist with Flinders Quartet and allround music enthusiast. I love anything to do with the creation of great music. What would you do differently to what you do now? …
Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC) Artistic Director Brett Sheehy AO has revealed the Company’s 2017 Season " a collection of works from around the world that celebrate the art of g…
Who is Rebecca Hetherington? She is an actor, a singer, and a dancer. She's a family girl, and an animal lover. What would you do differently to what you do now? Bake more. I love it, and I …
Who is George Banders? Actor. Writer. Director. “Basically just a chilled out entertainer” What would you do differently to what you do now? Probably be a professional magician o…
After two wonderful years, Music in the Round returns to the Abbotsford Convent this Father's Day – Sunday 4 September 2016. Presented by the Abbotsford Convent Foundation (ACF), Music…
There are different kinds of trips. Those to somewhere new bring a novelty that takes us out of ourselves. Those to where we've been before achieve the reverse when familiarity causes half-f…
This is the third Mozart opera adapted and directed by Michael Gow for Opera Australia on Tour, and certainly his best to date. For this production Gow has written an English translation. He…
Continuing its tradition of presenting powerful and compelling work on the Melbourne stage, fortyfivedownstairs in association with The Artisan Collective present the premiere season of…
Director and choreographer Lee Serle melds audience and artists in the interactive, immersive and participatory performance piece Multimodal, occupying THE SUBSTATION, Newport from 30 Aug…
Who is Tessa Waters? I am a multi-award winning comedian from Melbourne / The World who creates highly physical and hilarious work that have toured around the world. I am currently eating an…
Twenty seven contemporary artworks spanning metal laser etchings, video and sound projection, sculpture, printed canvas and other innovative art practices have been selected to embellish the…
