Musicals, Reviews, Theatre Billy Elliot review (Lyric Theatre, Sydney) Jason Whittaker Imagine singing a song. In tune. Pretending to be an entirely different person. Who speaks (and sings) in a foreign …
Reviews, Stage Fangirls review (Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney) Jason Whittaker That piercing shrill you’ve heard wafting from Surry Hills this week? That would be the singular sound of teenage girls …
Music, Reviews ‘Woman’ by Wallis Bird review Benjamin Woods Irish singer songwriter Wallis Bird’s first release Spoons (2007), and much of her early work, has been compared to Ani …
Festivals, Reviews, Stage A Brimful of Asha review (Melbourne International Arts Festival) Alison Barclay As a theatre director in Toronto, Ravi Jain made absolutely no money the year his mother Asha decided he should …
Festivals, Reviews Kamasi Washington review (Melbourne International Arts Festival) Shae Wiedermann Taking the stage to the tune of James Brown’s Get Up Offa That Thing, Kamasi Washington and his band The …
Festivals, Music, Reviews The Flaming Lips Review (Melbourne International Arts Festival) Arianna Lucente The Flaming Lips are tagged as a band to see before you die, and their Hamer Hall performance proved they …
Festivals, Reviews, Stage Wonders Review (Melbourne International Arts Festival) Alison Barclay In this age of pick’n’mix spirituality Scott Silven’s job description, “enchanting mentalism”, has a profound allure. Well, it seems profound, greater than …
Festivals, Reviews, Stage Diaspora review (Melbourne International Arts Festival) Anders Furze Billing itself as a “science fiction revelation”, Diaspora is a mind-bending exploration of post-humanism that alternately dazzles and confounds. A …
Reviews, Stage The Wharf Revue 2019: Unr-dact-d Review (Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney) Jason Whittaker It felt an awful lot like the long goodbye, this latest edition of the beloved annual Sydney Theatre Company chuckle-fest. …
Festivals, Reviews, Stage Jack Gow: Just A Small Town Boy Review (Melbourne Fringe) Shane Murphy Jack Gow is, as he avows, both anxious and a tad vain. He worrries. A lot. Should he announce himself? …
