Australia

Book review: Danged Black Thing, Eugen Bacon
A sweep of short stories written in poetic and sometimes opaque language.

Theatre review: Eddie Perfect, Introspection, QPAC
An all-rounder entertainer performs with charm and passion.

Circus Oz: Company members respond
68 Circus Oz company members have issued a rebuttal to the Board statement released earlier this month.

Music review: Mikelangelo & The Black Sea Gentlemen, Canberra Theatre Centre
A gloriously hilarious, musically astonishing and emotionally heart-punching memorial to the late David Branson.

Time to learn how to stop (working)
Timely reminders of why rest is vital to our best creative work.

Circus Oz: a crisis in a crisis
Tully Barnett, Julian Meyrick and Justin O'Connor explore the current crisis at Circus Oz in a broader context of arts…

Theatre review: Circus in a Teacup, QPAC
Earnest but misguided production that required more direction and clarity.

Most popular reviews in 2021
What were our most-read reviews of the year?

Theatres band together on no vax no entry
A group of Sydney theatres has decided on their own COVID policies in the interest of safety.

Exhibition review: Bark Ladies, NGV International
The wider perception of ‘a bark show’ has been locked in the past for too long.These paintings leap out in…