A trailblazing Brit celebrating a decade in the business, a phenomenal debut album, a thrilling modern take on a Seneca horror story, a hypnotic solo dance piece, and the ultimate blonde on stage: 2012 was a vivid and inspiring year for arts and entertainment. Garrett Bithell selects the best offerings.

Along with their classic dance floor-filling gems, UK dance duo The Freemason will be serving up a host of new material at Sydney’s Aloha, writes Reg Domingo.

Looking for somewhere to go New Year’s Eve in Melbourne? Read on...

Headlined by some of the sexiest, most daring artists ever to perform in Australia, Empire will be one performance not to miss as it promises to smash through the borders of comedy, circus, variety and burlesque when it makes its Australian premiere at the splendid Spiegeltent in early 2013.

Looking for somewhere to go over Xmas and New Year? Anthony Smith has a few suggestions...

Anthony Smith previews the events in arts and on the scene coming up in 2013.

Queensland's Healthy Communities is looking for talented LGBT performers for its Arts Project 2013.

Trevor Ashley loves playing dress ups. He has perhaps made his riskiest move yet by donning a red afro. As a ten-year-old orphan who can’t afford a weave and who lives in the Sutherland Shire, well, what can I say; it’s a hard knock life.

This time last year Sydney was buzzing at the prospect of The Illusionists hitting the stage. They’re back, bigger and better, in Adelaide in 2013. Peter Burdon spoke to The Escapologist, Andrew Basso.

In 2012, more than 800,000 people (yes!) walked about in The Garden of Unearthly Delights. With the line-up planned for 2013, it promises to be another bumper year. Peter Burdon looks at some of the highlights.

DJ Ruby Rose will be in Brisbane on New Year’s Day performing a DJ set at the Stokehouse restaurant & bar in South Bank, which will be converted into a chill-out space with lounges to relax and sip cocktails from 1pm-7pm.

It's a car that has made its name across the globe and today it has been announced that Chitty Chitty Bang Bang the musical is heading to Adelaide.

Highly skilled and delightfully twisted, Cantina will set up shop at The Famous Spiegeltent for the duration of Sydney Festival 2013, writes Garrett Bithell.

One of Melbourne’s popular cabaret and comedy venues and long standing Midsumma venue needs help in moving premises or face closure.

SYDNEY: Get Together, a party that brings guys and girls under one roof, returns on New Year’s Day at a brand new waterfront location, writes Reg Domingo.