Performing arts
Here’s to being taken on an ‘emotional rollercoaster’ at a St Kilda car park
Performed outdoors on Thursday night, this gig by The Streets is anything but a nostalgic wink.
- Michael Dwyer, Sonia Nair, Tony Way and Cameron Woodhead
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The floor is sticky, it smells bad, and a pint is $10. It’s perfect
Rain Dogs performed at The Tote in a gig that dripped with atmosphere and sweat.
- Will Cox, Martin Boulton, Tony Way and Sonia Nair
Adelaide Festival nearly imploded in its lead-up. So, how did things play out?
Chaos engulfed the South Australian capital’s main event before it started. Now, the city is heaving, the sun is shining and there is an air of expectation.
- Kerrie O'Brien
Pulp just gave us the best one-two opening punch I’ve ever seen at a live show
Last night there was both a blood moon and Pulp’s return to Melbourne. I know which one I’ll remember better.
- Will Cox
Ed Sheeran provides intimate one-man performance to a stadium of thousands
It’s an experience you don’t usually get at a concert, let alone a 2½-hour stadium show. Despite being the only person on-stage, Sheeran keeps everyone engaged.
- Nell Geraets
How a man playing a frog was one of the best performances I’ve seen
In a festival that brings together a performance by Baker Boy and an adaptation of a Kafka classic, the standout work came as a surprise.
- Elizabeth Flux
‘You’re the SBS guy!’ How Robbie became the ‘voice that Australia trusts’
They warn you, woo you, they’re in your homes, on your commute …Voice-over artists are a familiar part of our lives – yet inhabit a strange working world.
- Myffy Rigby
This is a red-letter event for any committed theatregoer worth their salt
Red Stitch is offering the vanishingly rare opportunity to see Ray Lawler’s Doll Trilogy, which gives deeper context to the beloved Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.
- Cameron Woodhead, Tony Way, Jessica Nicholas and Marcus Teague
Tattoos in ballet were a taboo. That didn’t stop him
Now a Principal Artist with The Australian Ballet, Marcus Morelli’s individualist streak emerged at a young age.
- Nadia Bailey
This instrument cost $3m. Here’s the sound you get for your money
After five years, violist Stefanie Farrands has finally found her “soulmate” in the form of an exquisite instrument.
- Nick Galvin