Australia

Review: My Country by David Marr, Black Inc.
David Marr’s anthology, My Country, burns the names of those who fall under his crosshairs into their political headstones.

Review: Twelfth Night, Southbank Theatre
MTC’s take on Shakespeare’s tale of desire, love and disguise has a stellar cast but is worth going to for…

Review: Broadway Bound, New Theatre
Laughter and intensity are blended in the third part of Neil Simon's trilogy.

Review: Cook and the Pacific, National Library of Australia
Two exhibitions offer a layered narrative of Captain Cook’s Pacific encounters, one that has plenty of space for First Nations…

Review: Patina, OzAsia Festival
Adelaide audiences experience a musical evening in Indonesia with this world premiere performance.

Review: The Gods of Strangers, Dunstan Playhouse
Stuffed full of alternative Australian voices ready to challenge a mostly Anglo Saxon theatrical tradition – The God of Strangers…

Review: The Nutcracker, His Majesty's Theatre
Carina Roberts as Clara and Claire Voss as the Snow Queen and Sugar Plum Fairy were as light on their…

Applause: latest funding and awards announced
2018 NSW Visual Art Emerging Fellowship awarded; five Brisbane filmmakers share $50,000 in funding; finalists for the National Photographic Portrait…

Review: Rock Bang, Malthouse Theatre
This show rocks and bangs but first of all, let’s get this straight: this is not your average circus, this…

ICYMI: A wrap of this week’s arts news
New program announcements, annual reports demonstrate the arts matter, 11 million visitors, education initiatives and more in this week's wrap…