Vanessa Francesca
Vanessa Francesca's Latest Articles
Theatre review: As You Like It, MTC
A big cast, a lavish set, and a legacy of high Renaissance pastoral comedy animate MTC's lockdown return.
Book review: How to end a story, Helen Garner
An autofiction revealing the pearls and poignancy of everyday life.
Exhibition review: This is a Poem, Buxton Contemporary
Art and poetry in conversation with one another.
Book review: In Moonland, Miles Allinson
A meditation on the zeitgeist that's full of menace and pathos.
Book review: Empires, Nick Earls, Penguin
A multi-layered and ambitious tale spanning centuries and crossing continents.
Theatre review: King Lear, Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
A nuanced, many-coloured production bears contemporary resonance.