Melbourne Festival6-22 Oct 2011

Vertical Road, the world-premiere production by British choreographer Akram Khan and his company, was last night announced as the winner of The Age Critics' Award for best new work at this year's Mel…

So, that was MIAF 2010, signing off last night with a huge star-studded Black Arm Band extravaganza in the Myer Music Bowl. The weather gods of Melbourne decree that anyone with the hubris to stage a…

Melbourne Festival has done plenty to impress in the past, and this year’s event – held over the last couple of weeks – has been no exception. To close what has been another success…

The past and future endured a provisional collision, as the practicing perpetrator of punk-derived finesse, John Cale, filled the State Theatre to reprise the incantations of his 1973 album, Paris 19…

Having been well-received in its inaugural year, the Beck’s Festival Bar has returned in 2010, already showcasing impressive performances in the past week from heavy US pysch-rockers Dead Meado…

The Melbourne International Arts Festival closed with an all-star event that provided a final exploration of the theme of spirituality and mortality.…In Seven Songs to Leave Behind, the festiva…

What the hell is going on? This is a question you will ask if you see Heiner Goebbels' Stifter's Dinge. I did. And now I'm trapped between a crazed hope that my friends will go see it too, and my tot…

This year's Melbourne Festival lacked the singular, monumental show that defined director Brett Sheehy's predecessor Kristy Edmunds' approach, but theatregoers of all stripes could find something to …

The best thing about an arts festival is finding yourself completely surprised and moved by something that you would never have otherwise encountered.…Hiroaki Umeda provides one of these moment…

The rain clouds feared earlier in the week held off long enough last night for Sinead O'Connor, John Cale, Rickie Lee Jones, Gurrumul Yunupingu and a host of others to delight a huge crowd in the Sid…