Macklemore leads chant for Palestine at Melbourne show
Melbourne live reviews

Macklemore leads chant for Palestine at Melbourne show

The Grammy award-winning rapper lit up the Rod Laver Arena stage in the colours of the Palestinian flag as he performed his controversial new song,Hind’s Hall.

  • byGiselle Au-Nhien Nguyen,Barney Zwartz,Cameron Woodhead,Jessica Nicholas,Tony Way andVyshnavee Wijekumar

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Beauty and horror collide in this famous exploration of ‘madness’
Melbourne live reviews

Beauty and horror collide in this famous exploration of ‘madness’

One of opera’s most famous ‘mad scenes’ is on show in Melbourne Opera’s production of Lucia di Lammermoor.

  • byBridget Davies,Cameron Woodhead,Tony Way andAndrew Fuhrmann
Before Blair Witch,prior to Paranormal,The Woman in Black chilled theatregoers
★★★½
Entertainment

Before Blair Witch,prior to Paranormal,The Woman in Black chilled theatregoers

Theatre’s most successful ghost story enjoys a life after death in this national tour starring John Waters and Daniel MacPherson.

  • byNick Dent
A rare act of impersonation:Heather Mitchell’s enthralling RBG
Melbourne live reviews

A rare act of impersonation:Heather Mitchell’s enthralling RBG

Inhabiting someone as illustrious as US Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg is no mean feat,but Mitchell doesn’t just capture her likeness – she captures her spirit.

  • byCameron Woodhead,Nadia Bailey,Jessica Nicholas andVyshnavee Wijekumar
When this play premiered,its actors were arrested for obscenity. Now it’s back
Melbourne live reviews

When this play premiered,its actors were arrested for obscenity. Now it’s back

A controversial classic,and a smart contemporary response to it,takes the stage at La Mama in an excellent double bill.

  • byCameron Woodhead,Karl Quinn,Tony Way andSonia Nair
Did you hear the one about the girl on the bus with a dead squirrel? Sydney Comedy Fest kick off
★★★
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Did you hear the one about the girl on the bus with a dead squirrel? Sydney Comedy Fest kick off

Our critics give you their verdict on the best shows around town from the Sydney Comedy Festival,singer James Taylor and the latest Hayes Theatre production directed by Blazey Best.

  • byCassie Tongue,James Jennings andDaniel Herborn
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Hugo Weaving is repellent yet compelling in STC’s The President
Sydney Theatre Company

Hugo Weaving is repellent yet compelling in STC’s The President

Irish actor Olwen Fouéré and Australia’s Hugo Weaving command the stage in Sydney Theatre Company’s first time co-production with Dublin’s Gate Theatre.

  • byHarriet Cunningham
Defiant Deborah Conway addresses antisemitism in autobiographical show
★★★½
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Defiant Deborah Conway addresses antisemitism in autobiographical show

As songstress Conway looks back on 40 years as a performer,it becomes clear the music is only the beginning.

  • byNick Dent
Adam Goodes’ AFL exit inspires sporting comedy calling foul on racism
★★★★
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Adam Goodes’ AFL exit inspires sporting comedy calling foul on racism

This Brisbane show is filthy one instance,elegiac and poetic the next – Chariots of Fire meets the frat house.

  • byNick Dent
Who would have thought a cost of living crisis play could be so funny?
★★★★½
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Who would have thought a cost of living crisis play could be so funny?

Our reviewers give their verdict on acts all over town from the No Pay,No Way,Carmen,Chris Isaak and Grease.

  • byJohn Shand,Peter McCallum,Harriet Cunningham,Chantal Nguyen andShamim Razavi
James and the Giant Peach review:School-age critics agree,it’s peachy
★★★★
Brisbane

James and the Giant Peach review:School-age critics agree,it’s peachy

Shake and Stir’s adaptation of Dahl’s fruitful adventure is an ideal holiday distraction.

  • byNick Dent