Nanci Nott

Nanci Nott is a nerdy creative with particular passions for philosophy and the arts. She has completed a BA in Philosophy, and postgraduate studies in digital and social media. Nanci is currently undertaking an MA in Creative Writing, and is working on a variety of projects ranging from novels to video games. Nanci loves reviewing books, exhibitions, and performances for ArtsHub, and is creative director at Defy Reality Entertainment.

Nanci Nott's Latest Articles

Jessica White, author of Silence is my Habitat. Photo: Tammy de Zilva.
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Silence is my Habitat: Jessica White's essays are a powerful search for connection

In the moving non-fiction collection Silence is my Habitat, Jessica White considers the impact of deafness and environment on her…

A scene from WAAPA's new Australian musical by Eddie Perfect, 'Tivoli Lovely'. An elderly, grey-haired woman in a grey cardigan sits on a sofa in a nursing home as her showgirl memories of life on the Tivoli Circuit come to colourful life behind her.
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Tivoli Lovely review: Eddie Perfect’s new WAAPA musical is outstanding

Developed through WAAPA’s Premier Visiting Artist Fund, Perfect's 'Tivoli Lovely' pays tribute to Australia’s theatrical past.

Paintings by Gisela A. Züchner-Mogall from the exhibition, '360° – A Visual Journey' at Mandurah Performing Arts Centre. Four paintings hanging on a white gallery wall.
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360° – A Visual Journey review: Mandurah exhibition explores repetition, environment, perspective and translation

The eighth solo exhibition from Gisela A. Züchner-Mogall is showing at Mandurah Performing Arts Centre until 21 November.

Tom Delonge. Image: Tom Delonge / Instagram.
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Time Rider review: Blink-182's Tom Delonge serves up sci-fi thriller packed with lore

If Twelve Monkeys and The Terminator could merge with the world’s coolest motorbike, the end result might resemble the novel…

Andrew Pippos, author of The Transformations. Photo: Wes Nel.
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The Transformations review: Andrew Pippos crafts a rich and realistic mid-life awakening

In The Transformations, Andrew Pippos deftly explores a journalist's personal metamorphosis.

Dancers Juan Carlos Osma and Alexa Tuzil in Butterfly Effect. Image: Stef King and VML.
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Butterfly Effect review: WA Ballet's beautifully weaved production

The standing ovation for the world premiere of WA Ballet's Butterfly Effect was fully justified.

Speaking in Tongues. Image: Daniel J Grant.
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Speaking in Tongues review: Bovell's script comes alive in Black Swan's hands

Speaking in Tongues by Black Swan somehow manages to be funny, serious, flippant and profound.

A young Asian woman with her hair in a pony tail. R F Kuang, author of Katabasis.
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Katabasis review: R F Kuang latest book is clever and absurd

It is rare to encounter a story that can be described as both ‘light imaginative escapism’ and ‘dense philosophical exploration’,…

Two panels. On the left is a woman in black with long blonde hair. On the right is the cover of a book, The Revisionists, with a profile of two women.
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The Revisionists review: Michelle Johnston's third novel is a masterpiece

Michelle Johnston's The Revisionists, is a powerful book about the complex responsibilities of journalism.

A group of people in Regency period costume in a parlour room. Plied and and Prejudice.
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Plied and Prejudice review: Austen thrills His Majesty’s Theatre, WA

An evening of Austen with plenty of laughs, Plied and Prejudice may be the most fun you’ll ever have at…

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