One of the USA’s great performance artists, and a famed interpreter of Billie Holiday, Joey Arias is coming to Adelaide with a suitcase full of drag and a whole lot of love!

SYDNEY: Paddington’s Maunsell Wickes gallery is celebrating Head On, Australia’s largest photography festival, with a diverse group exhibition featuring celebrated photographer William Yang, writes Garrett Bithell. 

Beth Orton returns to Australia for the first time since the release of Sugaring Season, her first album in six years. By Garrett Bithell.

Tom Holloway’s tough nugget of a play is about stolen children and generational damage. It takes an unflinching look at a dark chapter in this country’s history, examining how past governments colluded with Britain in state child theft.

Tomás Ford is bringing his electro cabaret to Brisneyland and he spoke to Andrew Shaw about wowing Edinburgh, scaring Adelaide and supporting Gary Numan.

Brisbane book club Queer Readers hosted hip-and-happening writer Benjamin Law for its April meeting, report Alistair Sutton and Lucy Gunner.

Adelaide-based company Australian Dance Theatre is returning to Sydney Theatre with a bold, high-octane deconstruction of the classic ballet Giselle. Choreographer and artistic director Garry Stewart speaks to Garrett Bithell about G. 

SYDNEY: In Shakespeare’s Henry 4 plays the real protagonist is a young man coming of age. Prince Hal’s transition from feckless youth to crowned monarch is played out against a backdrop of civil unrest.

ADELAIDE: It’s that time of year again – time to gird your loins and pack your supper basket for Feast Festival’s fabulous annual Quiz Night. Margie Fischer tells all.

SYDNEY: Trevor Ashley is back with 27 dresses, 14 wigs and a string of classic tunes to channel some of the greatest divas in showbiz with the return of I’m Every Woman.

Bell Shakespeare’s latest production fuses Henry IV Parts one and two into one play, set against the backdrop of the modern-day London riots, writes Garrett Bithell.

Events coming up for your Brisbane scene & arts diary...

Sydney's New Theatre is tackling Patrick White’s delightfully vulgar investigation of the human condition, The Ham Funeral, writes Garrett Bithell. 

Tegan and Sara’s new release Heartthrob sees the indie-rock duo broach pop territory while retaining their street cred, writes Lachlan Bennett.

Fetching young men in slim maroon suits bring a palpable energy to the auditorium even before the theatre lights dim. They play acoustic guitars, a washboard and double bass. A skiffle band never looked or sounded cooler, well, not since Paul McCartney met John Lennon and joined The Quarrymen in the mid-1950s.