Festivals, Reviews Perth Festival Postcard 2: Bran Nue Dae, Black Ties, Anthem Humphrey Bower Bran Nue Dae is an iconic work of Indigenous West Australian theatre, and the first Aboriginal musical. It was first …
Live, Reviews Amanda Palmer review (Enmore Theatre, Sydney) Benjamin Woods American singer-songwriter Amanda Palmer is a firm favourite with Australian audiences and the feeling is mutual. She recorded her masterful …
Reviews, Stage Perth Festival Postcard 1: Grounding and ‘Hecate’ Humphrey Bower Perth Festival Director Iain Grandage’s inaugural program reflects his passion for music (of all genres) and Indigenous collaboration (in many …
Reviews, Stage Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam review (Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney) Jason Whittaker The drought has broken, if not out west then certainly in Surry Hills. As the rain tumbled down outside, the …
Books, Reviews Strategic ignorance: Michael Lewis’s The Fifth Risk has terrifying lessons for Australia Rosemary Sorensen Governments ignore information provided by experts at our peril. It’s one thing to ignore or hide reports to delay action. …
Musicals, Stage ‘Chicago’. What’s Gen Z got to to do with it? Charlie Gill Humanity is continuing on its path towards oblivion, hurtling from the present to the future until the inevitable collapse of …
Reviews, Stage Postcard from New York: The Inheritance review Humphrey Bower The Inheritance is a two-part, seven-hour adaptation of E. M. Forster’s novel Howard’s End, set in contemporary New York. It …
Festivals, Reviews 2019 Meredith Music Festival Review Jacob Robinson Meredith Music Festival is about much more than the music. People bring their own couches to perch on the hill, …
Opera, Reviews Postcard from New York: Akhnaten, Philip Glass, Metropolitan Opera Humphrey Bower Akhnaten is the third of Philip Glass’s early trilogy of portrait-operas, following Einstein on the Beach and Satyagraha (the latter …
Opera, Reviews, Screen La Traviata (Opéra National de Paris) review Humphrey Bower NB: this is a review of Opéra National de Paris’ La Traviata, broadcast in Australian cinemas as part of the …
