Performing arts
Ballet grows up: The Australian Ballet’s bold new era with Nijinsky
Even people who have never given ballet a moment’s thought often know the name of the “God of Dance”.
- John bailey
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Once my favourite author, David Sedaris has become a first-class prat
I thought it would be impossible for a writer who revels in shock value to get me offside, but then he started talking about wealth.
- Annemarie Fleming
‘I was just looking for a fight’: How The Stranglers’ JJ Burnel calmed down and grew up
Fifty years on the veteran punk outfit is still touring – though with only one original member.
- Scott Ellis
Howzat: a cricket satire wrapped in Australian kitsch and nostalgia
Playful rewrites of pop and rock and country favourites are the main attraction of this irreverent, funny ode to cricket.
- Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Cameron Woodhead and Tony Way
Trump revokes Biden’s security clearance, fires art centre’s board and declares himself its chairman
Here are the US President’s latest head-turning moves and the pushback he encountered in several areas.
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- Barry Humphries
‘I used to be a bit mean about it’: One thing Barry Humphries’ son regrets about their relationship
Oscar Humphries opens up on why the family is selling his late father’s rare art and book collection, and his dad’s love of Oscar Wilde and artist Charles Conder.
- Rob Harris
Why this story of ill-fated lovers is everywhere right now
The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice has inspired countless works of art down the years.
- Nick Galvin
Anger, walkouts: This show was an identity politics dumpster fire
Truth to Power Café has been staged 60 times, but on Wednesday night in Melbourne, it spiralled into a traumatic experience for performers and spectators alike.
- Cameron Woodhead and Andrew Fuhrmann
Erotic, funny and unflinching: The stellar show that lifts the veil on sex work
A Body at Work is a show that takes the audience, with a conspiratorial wink, behind the veil to expose what it’s really like in strip clubs and brothels.
- Cameron Woodhead and Liam Pieper
Leading theatre company announces surprise exit of artistic director
Matthew Lutton, who has been artistic director of Malthouse Theatre for nine years, will depart the role at the end of March.
- Elizabeth Flux
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