With subversive scripts and a spotlight on local talent, this former principal boy is busy revolutionising pantomime " but there's still room for bawdy gags Few people have their spindle-pri…
Is there anyone, anywhere, ever, who hasn't kept shtum about something not precisely true when put under pressure? Mostly it doesn't matter but in the earnest chamber musical Dear Evan Ha…
The unwieldy name of Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's bio-ballet carries the intimation that not everyone will know who Chanel was. Tell that to Brisbane, where Coco Chanel: the Life of a Fashion …
Francesco Ventriglia became artistic director of Alberta Ballet in January 2024. Now 46, he has worked as a dancer, artistic director and choreographer in Italy, New Zealand, Uruguay, Austra…
Andrew Lloyd Webber is rarely absent from a stage somewhere and it's safe to say his work will outlive the scoffers, of whom there are many. Oh well, he can always cry all the way to the ban…
We have Opera Australia's 2025 program in front of us now, launched this week without the presence of its key architect, former artistic director Jo Davies. As all opera-lovers know, Davies …
The author discusses his story "Autobahn."
When announcing her 2023 season for Royal New Zealand Ballet, then-artistic director Patricia Barker described the returning Romeo & Juliet as "a glorious production made for th…
Opera Australia chose an unusual day on which to announce it had parted ways with its artistic director, Jo Davies. Tomorrow " Saturday, August 31 " is the Sydney opening night for Sunset…
In what will be David Hallberg's fifth year as artistic director of The Australian Ballet, the company's 2025 program offers new works by William Forsythe and Stephanie Lake, the return of J…
When Atoosa Sepehr fled Iran overnight for a new life in London, family recipes helped her stave off homesickness. Now her story has been turned into a drama " with mouthwatering onstage coo…
Solace is a beautiful, onomatopoeic word. It sits softly in the mouth and the taste of its meaning lingers. It promises comfort, although has little to do with being comfortable. This is com…
Former Royal Ballet superstar Leanne Benjamin arrived at Queensland Ballet in mid-January as the company's sixth artistic director. On August 2 she leaves the building. In a statement releas…
Queensland Ballet's commitment to its Bespoke program is important and necessary for the company, for choreographers and for the QB dancers. Bespoke isn't the only place where new work happe…
How on earth do you keep a bunch of toddlers and babies quiet for more than half an hour? (Well, as quiet as toddlers and babies can be.) Club Origami seems to have the answer. This or…
George Balanchine's Jewels was premiered by the Australian Ballet as part of the company's 60th anniversary celebrations last year and very welcome it was too. It's unlike anythi…
When Bangarra Dance Theatre takes to the stage it is, without fail, in a spirit of generosity. That was true under the long-standing leadership of Stephen Page and feels true with Frances Ri…
Love is love. If you want just three words to sum up Romeo and Juliet Suite, they're the ones. Benjamin Millepied's thrilling dance work, set to selections from Prokofiev's mighty ballet…
The name BIG Live doesn't exactly scream ballet but that's what the organisation does. BIG stands for Ballet International Gala, the arena in which BIG Live started operations in 2022. There…
Ty King-Wall finished his ballet career at the top, retiring from The Australian Ballet as a principal artist. By the time he stopped dancing in 2022 he had two young children, one born just…
Thomas E.S. Kelly's SILENCE has been well travelled since its premiere at the Brisbane Festival in 2020. That's a measure of how well it's been received, which is excellent, and the en…
It was a memorable few days for Royal New Zealand Ballet dancers Ana Gallardo Lobaina and Joshua Guillemot-Rodgerson. When they made their debuts as Odette/Odile and Siegfried at the May…
There is a great deal of joy in Liam Scarlett's deliciously funny, sensual A Midsummer Night's Dream. And " always " a great deal of sadness that his life was so short. Yesterday, April 1…
Johan Inger sees Carmen as a nightmare, which it is. In his darker-than-dark version of a story that just won't go away, the Swedish choreographer gets inside the head of the woman's murdere…
In 2018 Greg Horsman choreographed a version of La Bayadère for a trio of commissioners, Queensland Ballet, West Australian Ballet and Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet. His setting was …