Will Cox
Will Cox writes fiction and arts criticism. He's based in Merri-bek.
The story of ballet’s lost dancer is returning to the stage. His life was extraordinary
The Australian Ballet’s 2025 season will kick off with the return of Nijinsky, a ballet that delves into the mind and legacy of one of history’s finest dancers.
- by Will Cox
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This surreal work asks: Can you become a French actor without speaking French?
“Language is unstable. It’s just a fiction.” In her new work, Apologia, writer and performer Nicola Gunn is taking on the barriers language puts between us.
- by Will Cox
One of Melbourne’s most underrated bands return home and blow off the roof
At first, indie duo Good Morning and the Melbourne Recital Centre seemed like an unusual match. But then the music started.
- by Will Cox, Andrew Fuhrmann and Brodie Lancaster
Shane Jacobson and Todd McKenney work a charm as The Odd Couple
It’s the slob versus the neat freak in this Neil Simon classic, in a delightful comic pairing.
- by Cameron Woodhead, Will Cox and Tony Way
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.
- by Will Cox
Everyone feared this festival would implode, but there’s Alice Cooper waving a boa constrictor on stage
Despite the rough lead-up and dropping half of its acts, Pandemonium music festival didn’t live up to its name – and was ultimately a pretty good time.
- by Will Cox
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.
- by Will Cox
Melbourne undies on stage at Tom Jones? It’s still not unusual
Tom Jones has been touring for six decades, but his arena show was anything but nostalgia.
- by Will Cox, Cameron Woodhead and Tony Way
‘The people own that’: Eddie Perfect says State Theatre should not be renamed
In a social media post the acclaimed performer asked “why the Ian Potter Foundation feels the need to put his name on a theatre that belongs to all of us”.
- by Will Cox
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State Theatre to be renamed for Ian Potter after record $15 million donation
As the curtains close on the State Theatre’s final production for at least three years, the Arts Centre has announced that it will return with a new name.
- by Will Cox
Where (and how) to watch this year’s Oscars nominees
Ten films are vying for best picture. Here’s how to cram any you might have skipped, and the correct order to watch them, ahead of the 96th Academy Awards.
- by Will Cox
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