Ned Hirst
Ned Hirst's Latest Articles
Theatre review: Home Chat, Genesian Theatre Company
Lies and subterfuge in Noël Coward play about (possible) adultery.
Theatre review: The Boomkak Panto, Belvoir Street Theatre
An exuberantly silly panto with bonus sing-a-along.
Book review: The Best Australian Science Writing 2021
A diverse array of styles and subject matters that may challenge your ideas of what constitutes science writing.
Theatre review: Fire in the Meth Lab
A tale of chaos, drugs and brotherly affection.
Book review: The Dogs, John Hughes
An ambitious and complex novel of love, life and death from a Miles Franklin shortlisted author.
Book review: Two Afternoons in the Kabul Stadium, Tim Bonyhady
A visual history of 20th-century Afghanistan.
Book review: Second City, edited by Catriona Menzies-Pike and Luke Carman, Giramondo
A plurality of voices in and around Western Sydney dispels preconceived ideas and prejudices about the region.