Spikes,sparkles and submission:This is a show all about innuendo and suggestion

Spikes,sparkles and submission:This is a show all about innuendo and suggestion

For Wet Hard Long,choreographer Jenni Large has created a darkly ironic work filled with extraordinary strength,stamina and technical skill.

  • byAndrew Fuhrmann,Jessica Nicholas,Michael Dwyer,Vyshnavee Wijekumar andTony Way

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It might be a tale as old as time,but this musical is pure delight

It might be a tale as old as time,but this musical is pure delight

Musical theatre lovers with fond memories of seeing Beauty and the Beast as children will find them refreshed in this production (and kids will love it too).

  • byCameron Woodhead,Tony Way andJessica Nicholas
A Beatle urged him to stick with tabla. Now he’s the top living player

A Beatle urged him to stick with tabla. Now he’s the top living player

This year alone Zakir Hussain has taken home three Grammys and appeared in a Dev Patel film – now he’s heading to Australia.

  • byJessica Nicholas
This play about Julia Gillard will hold your attention,regardless of your politics

This play about Julia Gillard will hold your attention,regardless of your politics

It’s worth seeing this show just to watch Justine Clarke transform into Gillard and,in a thrilling display,deliver the misogyny speech in full.

  • byCameron Woodhead,Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen,Andrew Fuhrmann andJessica Nicholas
Stellar performances (almost) make up for soulless venue:Tosca

Stellar performances (almost) make up for soulless venue:Tosca

Opera Australia staging of Puccini’s opera at Margaret Court Arena mostly paid off,plus New Zealand jazz pianist Jonathan Crayford hits Melbourne.

  • byBridget Davies andJessica Nicholas
An amusing take on the perils of living in a share house - in your 30s

An amusing take on the perils of living in a share house - in your 30s

Share-housing in your thirties is so in right now,Jude Perl has created a musical about it.

  • byGiselle Au-Nhien Nguyen,Barney Zwartz,Cameron Woodhead,Jessica Nicholas,Tony Way andVyshnavee Wijekumar
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A rare act of impersonation:Heather Mitchell’s enthralling RBG

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
This revolutionary feminist was executed at 31. Her ideas never died

This revolutionary feminist was executed at 31. Her ideas never died

Farewell Lady Autumn at La Mama is inspired by the life of Qiu Jin,who was executed after being implicated in a failed assassination plot.

  • byCameron Woodhead,Kosa Monteith,Jessica Nicholas,Barney Zwartz andTyson Wray
It was too hot to dance until the Balkan punk band gave us no choice

It was too hot to dance until the Balkan punk band gave us no choice

An uninvited band,mixed messages,and a closed stage:the WOMADelaide festival dancing through its challenges.

  • byJessica Nicholas
Amy Hack is captivating as Yentl in this transgressive tale’s return

Amy Hack is captivating as Yentl in this transgressive tale’s return

This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes Yentl at the Malthouse,a revival of The Sound of Music in St Kilda,the stage adaptation of The Hate Race,Sampha at Margaret Court Arena,Shonen Knife,and a fiery triple bill at the Melbourne Recital Centre.

  • bySonia Nair,Cher Tan,Jessica Nicholas,Michael Dwyer andCameron Woodhead
Flop to smash hit:Sumptuous,talent-packed Bernstein musical goes the whole ham

Flop to smash hit:Sumptuous,talent-packed Bernstein musical goes the whole ham

This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes four five-star shows within one week – including one that hasn’t been seen on our stages since the ’80s.

  • byBridget Davies,Jessica Nicholas,Cameron Woodhead,Tony Way andAndrew Fuhrmann