The 'age-quake' shaking up dance; Dvořák’s opera Rusalka; the connections between poetry and music; plus Marina Prior, Xavier de Maistre and Olivier Latry feature this month.

Rear Window meets Cabaret in this joyous and sometimes achingly romantic exposé of desire, intimacy and love.

Ahead of an Adelaide Festival performance of their two song cycles, Nigel Westlake and Lior talk about their collaborative process and what comes first: the words or music.

Bananaland has a strong message, powerful moments, a sensational central performance – and room for development.

What do our festivals have on offer in the year ahead?

Queensland Theatre's 2024 begins with a new staging of a pre-war classic and ends with a new Australian musical.

The choice of venue and music alone tells you that Circa is aiming for something far more lofty than the oohs and ahs of the big top.

Johannes Fritzsch and Michael Gow lead Queensland Conservatorium performers to triumph in an engaging and innovative retelling of an old tale.

This rich portrait of a marriage in which one of the people is transitioning, asks if love is really unconditional.

This new dance-theatre work transfixes the audience with its creation of an apocalyptic, drowning world swamped in overpowering heat.

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Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall's musical Bananaland opens at Brisbane Festival. They say write what you know, so that's what they did.