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? …
News & Commentary On arts and irrigation funding David Pledger Mid-summer, one of the searing images burnt into our collective memory was the millions of dead fish floating in the …
Opera, Reviews, Stage A Little Night Music review (Playhouse, Melbourne) Jason Whittaker A Little Night Music, Stephen Sondheim’s 1973 bodice-ripping musical, has become a favourite of opera companies over the years. And …
Exhibitions, Reviews, Visual Arts Kevin Connor visual arts review (Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne) W H Chong This show of paintings and drawings has the fervour of an artist in their youthful prime, but Connor is 87 …
