Adelaide festival: Her Majesty's TheatreThis work combining snippets of Coleridge's text with songs from The Tiger Lillies and film from Mark Holthusen is less than the sum of its partsJane …
From love in a dark, sad time to a contemporary take on sex in this final instalment of our fringe diary for 2014. Plus: how an audience can make a show so much more special Jane Howard
Humorous take on a particularly strange group of staff, guests and callers at a community radio productionJane Howard
A genuinely quite extraordinary puppet show; Stella gets confronting; and the lads are just unfunnyJane Howard
We bump into Festival Freak, watch two women and a Tasmanian tiger, and listen to stories on a Torrens cruiseJane Howard
Adelaide Fringe festival: The German ClubThe audience gets its chance to connect with events of the day in this show that delivers with humour and warmthJane Howard
A Canadian circus show that's just kidding around; blindfolded women with washing gloves on their feet; and a magician for drunksJane Howard
A female boxer fights for her place in the Olympics in this fearless one-woman show that lands plenty of emotional punchesJane Howard
Aerial stunts take over the streets; an Italian classic gets a theatrical makeover; and 45 minutes of uproarious clowningJane Howard
Swinging a mallet at the Croquet Club; hula hoops and paper umbrellas " and, to finish the night, strip-skippingJane Howard
Floating storytelling, a one-lady rape comedy and Spiegeltent glitz " you're sure to find something you like at the FringeJane Howard
As she gets set to play her ninth Mardi Gras, Australian comic Caroline Reid tells Jane Howard about camp, being offensive " and having to compete with GrindrJane Howard
This dance theatre piece celebrates the joys and struggles of Australian youth, but is lacking in insight and emotional punchJane Howard
There are shocked faces in the audience as they realise that emotions aren't the only thing Yana Alana will be revealing tonight, writes Jane HowardJane Howard
Perth Festival: His Majesty's Theatre DownstairsIn the basement under His Majesty's Theatre we squeeze together in what little space there is alongside a small, wooden verandah. An assortmen…
From Punchdrunk's The House of Winter Lives, designed for small children, to Situation Rooms, about the arms trade, three shows are pushing the boundaries of what theatre can be. We talk to …
Gillian Cosgriff's witty cabaret piece captures the joys and anxieties of a 20-something femaleJane Howard
Directors are tearing apart Shakespeare and Homer to find truths that still feel shocking and freshJane Howard
There's gauze, dramatic music and the audience has to stand: but this circus show is best when it keeps it simple, finds Jane HowardJane Howard
The director of one of Western Australia's three main theatre companies, Barking Gecko's John Sheedy, says that rather than succumb to the tyranny of distance, Perth's artists thrive in its …
From cabaret with personality to the inevitable but delightful dorky storyteller " and who can resist a man in a squid costume?Jane Howard
Tim Crouch is a performer at the top of his game, sharing a text that plays as much with intelligence as slapstickJane Howard
Jane Howard: Forklift exploits the possibilities to be found in flesh melding with metal, but at times loses its narrativeJane Howard
Sophisticated aesthetics, intelligence and rich artistry — the recipe for a good children's show is more complicated than you might thinkJane Howard
Jane Howard: In a festival awash with circus, the tradition and simplicity at the core of this children's show is welcomeJane Howard