Raphael Solarsh
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Review: The House of Bernarda Alba at Arts Centre Melbourne
Money, pride and survival clash in an Australian outback twist on a powerful family drama.
Review: De Stroyed at fortyfivedownstairs
The writing, life and person of Simone de Beauvoir reimagined and expanded in a nuanced exploration of the vicissitudes of…
Review: Archie Roach Dancing with my Spirit feat. Tiddas
Living Treasures of Australian Music tell their stories with heart and sing their songs with soul.
Review: Hungry Ghosts by Jean Tong
A complex life split between homeland and adopted home where big issues tangle themselves with the everyday.
Review: The Calling – Adam Simmons
In The Calling, Simmons, with the aid of Sally Blackwood shows a far more developed sense of narrative. The raw…
Review: Angella Dravid's Down the Rabbit Hole
An unflinchingly honest telling of an international tryst gone seriously awry, criminal justice and a fake friendship with a serial…
Review: The Children, MTC
Flawless performances carry a seesawing story of intergenerational responsibility and the hubris of modernity.
Good Muslim Boy
Drama, laughter and perhaps a strange symmetry between worlds and people who at first seem so far apart.
Travelling Tales
An exquisite musical journey that takes you from sun down amongst natural beauty to first light after a sleepless city…
Last Year's Eve
A beautifully told story of immigration that speaks simply and powerfully to a disturbing current reality.