Dance, Festivals Grand Finale review (Melbourne International Arts Festival) Portia Conyers-East As Melbourne’s week of climate strikes drew to a close, Hofesh Shechter’s Grand Finale was staged in Melbourne’s State Theatre. …
Live, News & Commentary Taikoz’s Ian Cleworth on the artist lifecycle, collaboration and new show ‘Seven Flowers’ Anders Furze The flower is the mind and the seed is the technique. So said 15th century Japanese playwright, actor and theoretician …
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 …
Books Anna Krien on flexing her literary ‘muscle’ Grant Titmus The acclaimed investigative author switches to fiction – to wide acclaim. Grant Titmus asks her why. * * * Anna …
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 …
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. …
Stage Bruce Gladwin on The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes Daily Review Geelong-based company Back to Back Theatre returns to the Melbourne Festival with its new work “inspired by mistakes, misreadings, misleadings …
Screen Australian streaming: the battle heats up James Bowman TV in Australia hasn’t looked the same since the revolutionary streaming platform Netflix hit our shores in 2015. Fast-forward four …
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? …
