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Sonia Nair

Sonia Nair is a contributor to The Age and Good Food.

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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Peach PRC performs at the Palace foreshore on March 12, 2026

When the performer herself says it’s almost too cold to sing, you have a problem

At Peach PRC’s gig, it’s freezing, and the light rain and cold wind blowing in from St Kilda beach make for harsh conditions to fully embrace the experience.

  • Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Sonia Nair, Cameron Woodhead, Will Cox, Michael Dwyer and Tony Way
Rain Dogs perform at The Tote, February 27, 2026.

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
ColdVoice at the Arts Centre, Melbourne.

Top kid-friendly activities in and around Melbourne next month

From nature walks to music and festivals, there are plenty of activities and events to captivate children

  • Sonia Nair
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
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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
Tomáš Kantor stars in Sugar.

Lust, power and betrayal collide in this story of an aspiring sugar baby

Drawing on a pantheon of pop legends, Tomáš Kantor plays Sugar, a genderqueer demon twink.

  • Sonia Nair, Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Cameron Woodhead, Marcus Teague and Tony Way
Claudia Shnier in her one-woman show Split Ends.

Funny, surreal and fierce comedy exposes insidious effects of partner violence

A woman’s love for a vacuum cleaner takes us on a journey into the torment of being caught in an abusive relationship in Split Ends.

  • Sonia Nair, Thuy On and Cameron Woodhead
What Doesn’t Kill You is on at Trades Hall until October 19

It’s the final weekend of Fringe. Here’s what not to miss

From a show where an audience member is given a tattoo, to the search for a sperm donor, here are our latest Fringe reviews.

  • Cameron Woodhead, Guy Webster, John Bailey, Lefa Singleton Norton, Nell Geraets, Sonia Nair, Tyson Wray, Vyshnavee Wijekumar and Will Cox