Gold-standard disco hits delivered with panache by a sparkling SSO and guests.

The Australian Festival of Chamber Music commissions US-based composer Sam Wu to create a major new work celebrating the 150th anniversary of Cairns-Gimuy.

"It lives!" A vividly entertaining mashup of The Smiths and Mary Shelley lights up the Sydney Festival's cabaret room.

Ambition and autobiography collide powerfully at times, but indulgence blunts the work's emotional and political impact.

Set in modern-day Seoul, Simon Stone’s The Cherry Orchard finds new urgency in Chekhov’s portrait of a society on the brink.

A tribute to Dharug culture is touching but uneven.

Hundreds surrender to the bliss of all-embracing dance, music and togetherness.

A generalisation-busting provocation of the most joyous kind – kinetic, embracing and celebratory.

"A deeply regrettable outcome": Just hours after Adelaide Writers' Week director Louise Adler resigned, the entire event has been shelved.

Having got to grips with the city he now calls home, Sydney Festival Director Kris Nelson is fast closing in on a decent night's sleep.

A spontaneous conversation between two artists results in a unique, shared experience. 

Musically ravishing scenes of idyllic pastoral life, nymphs, fairies, love and courtly wit open the Mornington-Peninsula-based festival in fine style.