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Andrew Fuhrmann

Andrew Fuhrmann

Andrew Fuhrmann is a dance critic for The Age.

Grace Carroll as Juliet and Joseph Caley as Romeo.

Catastrophe and drama collide in this lavish production

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.

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

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The Shepherds at Rising festival

This is the best dance work I’ve seen at this year’s Rising

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.

  • Andrew Fuhrmann, Nick Buckley, Will Cox and Cameron Woodhead
Bloomshed’s Pride and Prejudice offers a slick period parody full of brilliantly executed comic scenes.

This lively adaptation of Pride and Prejudice is hard to resist

Full of brilliantly executed comic scenes, this production is an affectionate homage to Austen’s gift for social satire.

  • Cameron Woodhead, Tony Way, Kosa Monteith, Rose Lu and Andrew Fuhrmann
The Wu-Tang Clan gig at Rod Laver Arena was messy and chaotic, with flashes of brilliance.

This was supposed to be a Wu-Tang gig – so where were the Wu-Tang Clan?

Although this tour was billed as “all living members, together for the final time”, four members were absent, without explanation.

  • Liam Pieper, Cameron Woodhead and Andrew Fuhrmann
Eighteen Lives in rehearsal

It starts with a play-within-a-play. Then things get tricky

Love, loss and duty collide in this genre-bending production of Eighteen Lives.

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