Beth Orton’s voice is ruined – and just as spectacular as ever

Beth Orton’s voice is ruined – and just as spectacular as ever

Performing at the Melbourne Recital Centre on Tuesday night,Orton’s control of her voice and all its flaws drew most of the audience to its feet.

  • byKarl Quinn,Cameron Woodhead,Tony Way andSonia Nair

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Singer Martha on what it’s like to be a Wainwright:‘We talk,yell,cry it out or whatever’

Singer Martha on what it’s like to be a Wainwright:‘We talk,yell,cry it out or whatever’

After her revealing memoir about her famous musical family,singer Martha Wainwright brings her disarming candour to Australian stages in May.

  • byJohn Shand
A smile so hideous it inspired the Joker:The Grinning Man comes to Melbourne

A smile so hideous it inspired the Joker:The Grinning Man comes to Melbourne

Eight years after becoming a huge cult hit in the West End,the musical The Grinning Man is heading Down Under.

  • byWill Cox
It’s the final weekend of the comedy festival:Here are the shows not to miss

It’s the final weekend of the comedy festival:Here are the shows not to miss

From an existentially challenging joke about bin bags to the Norwegian clown who won Britain’s Got Talent,here are our latest reviews.

  • byLefa Singleton Norton,John Bailey,Sonia Nair,Mikey Cahill,Hannah Francis,Tyson Wray,Cher Tan,Cameron Woodhead,Donna Demaio,Vyshnavee Wijekumar andGuy Webster
Sarah Keyworth takes top gong at Melbourne comedy festival awards

Sarah Keyworth takes top gong at Melbourne comedy festival awards

English comedian Sarah Keyworth has reigned supreme at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival,winning the Most Outstanding Show award on Saturday.

  • byTyson Wray
The best heckles,riskiest jokes and most tender moments from this year’s comedy festival

The best heckles,riskiest jokes and most tender moments from this year’s comedy festival

After a huge month packed with shows,our team of reviewers has come together to pick out the best (and strangest) moments from this year’s comedy festival.

  • byGuy Webster,Hannah Francis,John Bailey,Lefa Singleton Norton,Mikey Cahill,Sonia Nair,Tyson Wray andVyshnavee Wijekumar
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The forgotten follow-up to Romper Stomper that is finally getting its moment in the sun

The forgotten follow-up to Romper Stomper that is finally getting its moment in the sun

“We got the last use of old-time Melbourne.” Newly remastered,1995’s Metal Skin offers up a wild story of drag racing,sex and satanism in the western suburbs.

  • byWill Cox
Whiteley,Brack,Perceval. At 96,this art collector is farewelling his favourite works

Whiteley,Brack,Perceval. At 96,this art collector is farewelling his favourite works

While Peter Clemenger’s children will inherit some of the artworks he spent decades collecting with his wife,Joan,others were too big – and too important – to hand down.

  • byElizabeth Flux
This 95-year-old is the NGV’s next blockbuster artist

This 95-year-old is the NGV’s next blockbuster artist

The most comprehensive survey of Yayoi Kusama’s work ever to be brought to Australia will include childhood sketchbooks and the famed immersive mirror rooms.

  • byNadia Bailey
This striking film is Tomb Raider in Tuscany,and you won’t want to miss it
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This striking film is Tomb Raider in Tuscany,and you won’t want to miss it

With a cast that includes Isabella Rossellini,La Chimera is a stunning,dream-like film where pretty much anything can happen.

  • byJake Wilson
Puppeteering and tiny tombstones? This festival has it all

Puppeteering and tiny tombstones? This festival has it all

From lurid family histories to Excel-lent stand-up,this year’s comedy festival is in full swing. Keep an eye on our ever-growing list of reviews here.

  • bySonia Nair,Lefa Singleton Norton,Hannah Francis,Tyson Wray,Stephen A Russell,Cameron Woodhead,Vyshnavee Wijekumar,Donna Demaio andJohn Bailey