Festivals, Reviews Eight by Michael van der Aa review (Adelaide Festival) Murray Bramwell When we talk about immersive experience, increasingly we mean Virtual Reality. VR is not only the newest frontier, it the …
Festivals, Live, Reviews Perth Festival Postcard 4: Meow Meow and Rufus Wainwright Humphrey Bower The word ‘cabaret’ originally referred to the ‘little room’ – typically a tavern, pub, café, restaurant or nightclub – in …
Visual Arts Skeleton landscapes: Dale Cox on responding to climate change through art Karen Coombs In January this year, a suburban gallery in Ringwood, Victoria quietly exhibited a large, haunting image of a burning Australian …
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 …
