Performing arts
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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Getting intimate: Pinchgut wants you to lean forward in this ‘reckless’ move
Historically scaled performance returns intimacy to the concert hall.
- Nick Galvin
Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2026
This year’s laugh fest has kicked off, with more than 2000 performers stepping up to the mic. Here, our writers take a closer look
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Sydney Dance Company artistic director Rafael Bonachela reveals departure date
The Spanish-born choreographer and Kylie Minogue collaborator joined SDC in 2008 and has taken its work to the global dance stage.
- Nick Galvin
Forget Taylor and Kanye – this celebrity feud lasted 40 years
Bette Davis and Joan Crawford clung to their bitter quarrel until Crawford’s death.
- John Shand
Not all kids in ‘special schools’ had bad experiences – but this writer absolutely did
Kath Duncan draws on her own experience for her play, Specials. “I hated it,” she says. “It was a torture chamber.”
- Will Cox
At 70, Catherine does 180 ‘Marine’ push-ups a day and takes to the New York stage each night
Actor Catherine Russell still performs eight shows of New York’s longest-running play a week – and has missed just four performances in four decades.
- Liz Gooch
How this organ superstar picked up 4 million followers on social media
Anna Lapwood has become one of the best recognised classical musicians of her generation playing one of the most unlikely instruments.
- Nick Galvin
State defends Glasshouse name as opposition slams ‘corrupted’ vote
The state said it was ‘lucky’ the public voted in favour of its preference, which had been green lit months before the public was told it owned the decision.
- Catherine Strohfeldt
Premier says why theatre name secretly decided before poll, Indigenous name omitted
The state green-lit the Glasshouse Theatre name for QPAC’s newest venue months before the public got to decide, and left a key recommendation off the ballot.
- Catherine Strohfeldt