Andrew Fuhrmann is a dance critic for The Age.
John Cranko’s 1962 Romeo and Juliet is most admired – among those who do admire it – for the ensemble grandeur of its large set-piece scenes.
The show runs for little more than an hour – with an ensemble of just four dancers – but nonetheless gives the impression of an epic drama.
Full of brilliantly executed comic scenes, this production is an affectionate homage to Austen’s gift for social satire.
Although this tour was billed as “all living members, together for the final time”, four members were absent, without explanation.
Love, loss and duty collide in this genre-bending production of Eighteen Lives.
Spectacular and lush, Flora is a major new collaboration between Bangarra and The Australian Ballet.
The 38-year-old American singer-songwriter’s The Tits Out Tour feels like a reclamation of her identity and music.
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.
Featuring one of the most parodied songs in the English language, this is the most joyous Gilbert and Sullivan work around.
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.