Bell Shakespeare's latest production of The Merchant of Venice is a thought provoking take on one of Shakespeare's most controversial comedies.

Anyone heading along to see the MTC/QTC co-production of Noises Off and expecting anything else other than just a fun, lighter night out at the theatre might be at a loss with this one.

One of Shakespeare's History plays, and the fourth longest in the entire canon, Richard III is a tricky piece and has the potential to just become a mass of talking heads coupled with bloody chaos.

A fabulous hive full of women of colour take centre stage this week at Melbourne's Arts Centre, and you'd better sort out some time to get there.

With their latest season, the Melbourne Theatre Company have taken this frisson-filled Mid-Summers eve, and made it into a multimedia exercise that just doesn’t quite satisfy.

It's a slick, tight performance with jarring, jagged edges that satisfyingly spring out at you from the pitch black.

With the legendary Alfred Hitchcock at the helm and an iconic score by Bernard Herrmann, the movie is one that is so well known, adapting it for the stage could be considered an exercise as treacherous as one of Roger Thornhill’s cliff hanging escapades.

For, revenge is at the core of I, Malvolio and it comes subtly, and in many clever ways.

There’s nothing quite like an ensemble of exceptionally skilled circus artists to make one feel completely physically inadequate one minute, and then struck dumb with awe the next.

The tenth anniversary return season of WICKED to Melbourne’s Regent Theatre pulls no punches. It’s big budget wonderment overflowing with sumptuous costumes, a set design that demands gasps of delight, and singing that makes the goosebumps.