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Funny, educational, and always what it says on the packaging -- quite interesting -- <em>QI Live</em> brings the BBC comedy show to the stages of Australia, hosted by the international treasure Stephen Fry. <b>Matt Smith</b> headed along to the Melbourne show.

Review: QI Live with Stephen Fry

Funny, educational, and always what it says on the packaging -- quite interesting -- QI Live brings the BBC comedy show to the stages of Australia, hosted by the international treasure Stephen Fry. Matt Smith headed along to the Melbourne show.

Richard Mills composed and conducted <em>The Love of the Nightingale</em>, a homegrown and slightly oddball buccaneering opera, writes <b>Llloyd Bradford Skye</b>.

The Love of the Nightingale -- Opera Theatre, Sydney

Richard Mills composed and conducted The Love of the Nightingale, a homegrown and slightly oddball buccaneering opera, writes Llloyd Bradford Skye.

This luminous production, directed by Shannon Murphy and designed by Rita Carmody, is a romcom of tragic proportions, writes <b>Lloyd Bradford Skye</b>.

This Year's Ashes -- Griffin Theatre, Sydney

This luminous production, directed by Shannon Murphy and designed by Rita Carmody, is a romcom of tragic proportions, writes Lloyd Bradford Skye.

This dance work, a new creation from choreographer/director Byron Perry, works well as a brief little satire on the human bias toward imaging the world in dualist categories, writes <b>Andrew Fuhrmann</b>.

Double Think -- Art House, Melbourne Festival

This dance work, a new creation from choreographer/director Byron Perry, works well as a brief little satire on the human bias toward imaging the world in dualist categories, writes Andrew Fuhrmann.

<em>Bloodland</em>, from one of the country's most distinguished indigenous artists, explores people who find themselves torn between the Western way and the Aboriginal cultures from whey they derive, writes <b>Lloyd Bradford Skye</b>.

Bloodland -- Wharf 1, Sydney

Bloodland, from one of the country's most distinguished indigenous artists, explores people who find themselves torn between the Western way and the Aboriginal cultures from whey they derive, writes Lloyd Bradford Skye.

In many ways <em>Summer of the Seventeenth Doll</em> defines and embodies the theatrical notion of naturalism and it’s little wonder it’s still holds as perhaps the most significant of all Australian plays to date, writes <b>Lloyd Bradford Syke</b>.

Review: Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

In many ways Summer of the Seventeenth Doll defines and embodies the theatrical notion of naturalism and it’s little wonder it’s still holds as perhaps the most significant of all Australian plays to date, writes Lloyd Bradford Syke.

"Hey you’re a cartoonist, why don’t YOU enter the Climate Change Poetry Slam?" And with those words, my career as a performance poet began.

Slam poetry for a good cause

"Hey you’re a cartoonist, why don’t YOU enter the Climate Change Poetry Slam?" And with those words, my career as a performance poet began.

Who couldn’t love Don Juan? Who hasn’t loved him? He was the libertine all women privately crave and all men crave to be, writes <b>Lloyd Bradford Skye</b>.

Don Giovanni -- Opera Theatre, Sydney

Who couldn’t love Don Juan? Who hasn’t loved him? He was the libertine all women privately crave and all men crave to be, writes Lloyd Bradford Skye.

Veteran comedian Greg Fleet's <em>Bring it</em> definitely brings laughs, and Fleet is skilled enough to deliver the material with his eyes closed, but the show's flow and structure is all over the place, writes <b>Siobhan Argent</b>.

Review: Greg Fleet's Bring It (Melbourne Fringe Festival)

Veteran comedian Greg Fleet's Bring it definitely brings laughs, and Fleet is skilled enough to deliver the material with his eyes closed, but the show's flow and structure is all over the place, writes Siobhan Argent.

Armed with a keytar, Jon Elder revels in delivering songs on twentys-omething topics laid over with late baby-boomer sensibilities, writes <b>Vince Chadwick</b>.

Review: Jon Elder's The Keytar Kid -- Melbourne Fringe Festival

Armed with a keytar, Jon Elder revels in delivering songs on twentys-omething topics laid over with late baby-boomer sensibilities, writes Vince Chadwick.