Performing Arts
Performance review: New Reality, Immigration Museum
Multidisciplinary performance that paid homage to Chinese roots while exploring themes of identity, belonging and self-worth.
Festival review: The Unconformity, Queenstown
The Unconformity is a festival that interacts with the Queenstown landscape in unexpected ways.
The Barossa is more than just wine
An in-depth look at two volunteer organisations in the Barossa region that are elevating their local arts community.
Setting in motion: what Ireland’s basic income pilot could mean for Australia
The success of the national campaign that established Ireland’s Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme offers a range of…
Dance review: CEASE/FIRE, C Shed, Fremantle, WA
A dance work which sharpens our eyes to difficult themes of war and its consequences, choreographed by May Greenberg and…
Asylum seekers meet Shakespeare in bold new take on The Tempest
Written by playwright Helen Machalias, ‘This Rough Magic’ uses Shakespeare as a lens through which to explore our nation’s treatment…
Performance review: Nighttime Righttime, Carriageworks
Presented as part of Performance Space’s Liveworks Festival, ‘Nighttime Righttime’ was a syncopated medley of the wonderfully odd.
Theatre review: In the Club, Theatre Works
Patricia Cornelius' play tackles consent, coercion and sexual violence in the AFL.
Theatre review: Defoe's Plague, La Mama
A befuddled but promising exploration of the life and work of Daniel Defoe.
Theatre review: Everything but the Kitchen Sink Fest, The Flight Path Theatre
Four producers, four shows and the questionable relevance of the fourth wall in this inner west theatre festival.Â