The ACO’s trademark transparency and kinetic energy in an ideal showcase.

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' play sees a celebrated Black family confront scandal, silence and the high cost of preserving reputation.

Four world premieres at The Quarry balance visual invention, conceptual ambition and uneven dramatic payoff.

Fascinating for aficionados, but Bach's Motets are not especially entertaining in aggregate.

A technological spectacle, Children of the Resistors spotlights Sydney’s experimental talent emerging from the underground at Oxford Art Factory.

A student party with a strict dress code exposes the chaos, contradictions and heartbreaks of today's dating culture.

Inspired by Shakespeare, Salut! Baroque proves that music is the food of love. 

One star pays tribute to another in this unabashedly celebratory account of a life lived hard.

The very model of a modern Gilbert & Sullivan production: nostalgic yet fresh and funny, with cast and orchestra on song.

A surreal farce follows one woman’s ill-fated mission to woo a colleague by half-heartedly adopting a pet octopus.

Ambition, cultural capital and cheap wine collide in a David Wiliamson comedy that leaves the ladder in place.

Elijah Moshinsky’s iconic production still works its magic, with stunning voices and a sublime reading of the score by maestro Tahu Matheson.