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Andrew Fuhrmann

Andrew Fuhrmann

Andrew Fuhrmann is a dance critic for The Age.

Emmaline Carroll Southwell and Freddy Collyer in Beyond the Neck.

A response to the Port Arthur massacre, this is not an easy play to watch

Beyond the Neck underscores the importance of memorialising, reflecting upon, and grappling with the terror and the trauma of public violence at scale.

  • Cameron Woodhead, Sonia Nair, Andrew Fuhrmann, Jessica Nicholas and Tony Way

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Flora unfolds across 12 short chapters.

This sumptuous work features one of the most beautiful entrances you’re ever likely to see

Spectacular and lush, Flora is a major new collaboration between Bangarra and The Australian Ballet.

  • Andrew Fuhrmann, Cameron Woodhead, Tony Way and Bridget Davies
Kesha performs at John Cain Arena on February 22, 2026

With a severed mannequin head and a high-energy gig, Kesha is taking control of her own story

The 38-year-old American singer-songwriter’s The Tits Out Tour feels like a reclamation of her identity and music.

  • Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Andrew Fuhrmann, Cameron Woodhead, Jessica Nicholas, Nadia Bailey and Marcus Teague
Sean Yuen Halley and Anna Fujihara in 月を見る夜 Moongazing. 

Tradition and modernity collide in this story of loneliness

La Mama springs back to life with the opener of its 2026 season, 月を見る夜 Moongazing – a bilingual play written by Maki Morita modelled after the aesthetics of Noh theatre.

  • Sonia Nair, Will Cox, Tony Way, Cameron Woodhead and Andrew Fuhrmann
Victorian Opera perform The Pirates of Penzance.

This is about the best version of Pirates of Penzance you could see

Featuring one of the most parodied songs in the English language, this is the most joyous Gilbert and Sullivan work around.

  • Bridget Davies, Nadia Bailey, Andrew Fuhrmann, Jessica Nicholas and Sonia Nair
Performers Melissa Kahraman, Eddie Orton and Sebastian Li in the show.

Can love conquer all in this collision of tennis and relationship drama?

Australian Open is a queer domestic comedy that serves up aces of absurdity, rapid-fire volleys of wit, and heavy groundstrokes of camp and cringe.

  • Cameron Woodhead, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Jessica Nicholas, Sonia Nair, Andrew Fuhrmann and Will Cox
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Meow Meow unleashes in her show The Red Shoes: “You have to go for all levels of intoxicating.”

An ‘eternal showgirl’ puts a new spin on a grim classic about a woman cursed to dance forever

The original Hans Christian Andersen tale involves a girl enamoured with a pair of red shoes – Meow Meow’s version offers a new spin on things.

  • Thuy On, Nell Geraets, Andrew Fuhrmann, Tony Way and Karl Quinn
John Shearman and Miela Anich in Much Ado About Nothing at MTC.

My heart sank during the opening scene – but then things took a turn

In the opening moments of Much Ado About Nothing at MTC, it looked like we were in for a rough night. But this new spin on a classic is undeniably brilliant.

  • Cameron Woodhead, Bridget Davies, Tony Way, Vyshnavee Wijekumar and Andrew Fuhrmann
Teddy Swims performs at Rod Laver Arena, October 22, 2025..

Rod Laver Arena can barely contain the theatrics of Teddy Swims

The star performer is enchanting, even when rising from a trapdoor on a toilet throne, signing a roll and tossing it into the audience.

  • Kosa Monteith, Jessica Nicholas, Cameron Woodhead, Barney Zwartz and Andrew Fuhrmann
Nikki Shiels (left) as the new wife of Maxim De Winter, and Pamela Rabe as the sinister Mrs Danvers, in Melbourne Theatre Company’s Rebecca.

Scandalous revelations and sudden twists await in this Gothic thriller

Rebecca at Melbourne Theatre Company features a formidable cast and a script that allows the seeds of this legendary romantic thriller to bloom into morbid flower.

  • Andrew Fuhrmann, Jessica Nicholas, Cameron Woodhead and Tony Way