Reviews, Stage First Love is the Revolution review (Griffin Theatre, Sydney) Jason Whittaker Have any two lovers been as star-cross’d as Basti and Rdeca? Fourteen-year-old Basti (short for Sebastian) has a broken heart …
Dance, Reviews, Stage Sylvia review (The Australian Ballet) Martin Portus Many have praised Leo Delibes’ dramatic score for Sylvia – Tchaikovsky loved it – but no choreographer has quite got …
Reviews, Screen Last Christmas review: a memorable holiday movie Vicki Englund A Christmas movie written by Emma Thompson and filled with George Michael songs? How could you go wrong? Well, luckily …
Books, Reviews Indoor Jungle book review Chenny Wulandari Urban dwellers looking to build a green oasis in the comfort of their home should look no further than Indoor …
Dance, Reviews, Stage Bonachela/Obarzanek review (Sydney Dance Company) Martin Portus Thanks to all those pushy, once brazen young baby-boomers, many Australian arts organisations are now marking their 40th or even …
Books, Reviews Find Me book review: a flawed followup to Call Me By Your Name Anders Furze There’s a moment in Find Me, André Aciman’s sequel to his 2007 novel Call Me By Your Name, that reveals …
Festivals, Reviews, Stage Light review (OzAsia Festival, Adelaide) Murray Bramwell “The Theft of Penang, Birth of Adelaide and the Rise of the British Empire.” This is the revisionist history of …
Festivals, Reviews EYES/LIES review (OzAsia Festival, Adelaide) Murray Bramwell The name of the impressively original Belgian theatre company, Ontroerend Goed, the program notes tell us, roughly translates as “Feel …
Music, Reviews Nitin Sawhney review (Hamer Hall, Melbourne) Will Clarke 2019 marks the 20th anniversary of Nitin Sawhney’s seminal album Beyond Skin. The original album is a stunning mix of …
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 …
