By stripping back the competition artifice and intensifying the raunch factor, Burn the Floor presents ballroom dancing at its titillating best. Director and famed choreographer Jason Gilkison speaks to Garrett Bithell ahead of the Sydney season. 

SYDNEY: Neil LaBute once said he relished being the “naughty child of playwriting”. Well, he can certainly ruin a night out for a hapless theatre-goer. Imagine the humiliation of being escorted from the theatre after verbally assaulting a performer because you forgot you were watching a play. Now, I so wish I could tell you this happened last Sunday in Potts Point but alas, it was during the Broadway run of this play. It is, however, a testament to LaBute’s writing. He knows what boils the blood and he can solidly construct a play. Of course, his true gift is his unerring ear for dialogue. 

Peter Burdon speaks to Leigh Warren about his latest dance production Pari Passu

ADELAIDE: Indigenous elder, convicted criminal, gifted artist, drug addict and gay: The music from Jack Charles’ award-winning stage production Jack Charles v The Crown is a Cabaret Festival exclusive.

SYDNEY: Internationally renowned German artist Stefan Thiel explores gay culture and modern relationships through striking silhouettes and cut outs.

Actor Paul Denny features in the darkly comic reasons to be pretty, by US playwright Neil LaBute. Denny spoke with Andrew Shaw.

If I was faced with the pressure of singlehandedly entertaining a sold-out Allphones Arena, which has a capacity of 21,000, I think I would instantaneously combust. Poof! Just like that, I’d be no more.

The Sydney Convicts have been training hard in preparation for the Bingham Cup and you can see them in all their glory before the tournament at Rugger Bugger: Champion.

SYDNEY: Strange Interlude was written by a drunkard who turned the American theatre scene on its head in the first half of the last century. He could think and drink.

One of the stars of the upcoming Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Emma Dean, talks to Maeve Marsden.

Bleach-blonde maverick Paris Will speaks to CHERRIE ahead of her Adelaide Cabaret Festival performance.

Celebrate Mother’s Day with seven of Australia’s most exciting female operatic voices.

London's Jazzwise magazine described Australian Josh Kyle (pictured) as "standing out in a town full of singers". Josh released his debut album Possibilities as a part of the London International Jazz Festival in 2011.

Rob Chuter is the director of All That I Will Ever Be, a play about people behaving badly written by Alan Ball, the man behind TV’s True Blood and Six Feet Under. Chuter spoke to Andrew Shaw about hustlers, drugs and Kylie covers.

Get ready for another night of thrills (and no doubt some spills) as the VRDL home teams take on their third bout of the season.