Victoria
Theatre’s demise has never been so entertaining
Performance collective post and Hong Kong Repertory Theatre have cut up the Western theatrical canon and reassembled it as irreverent,…
Review: Going Down, The Butterfly Club (VIC)
Modern-day social media spiritual guru The Truru returns in another satire.
Review: Japanese Modernism, NGV International (VIC)
Curated as a kind of ‘cabinet of curiosity’, the NGV’s exhibition celebrates a lively and energetic period of Japanese history.
Review: The Winter’s Tale, La Mama Theatre/Asia TOPA (VIC)
An enjoyable version of Shakespeare’s plot-heavy potboiler moves the action to 1920s Hong Kong and 1970s Australia.
Review: Sva Kranti, Footscray Community Arts Centre/Asia TOPA (VIC)
Mallika Sarabhai’s mixed-media performance is a call to action against injustice everywhere.
Review: A O Lang Pho, Arts Centre Melbourne/Asia TOPA (VIC)
Vietnamese Bamboo Circus’s stunning show embeds impressive physical skills in a vivid, cohesive narrative.
Review: Dragon Ladies Don’t Weep, Arts Centre Melbourne/Asia TOPA (VIC)
Margaret Leng Tan cuts a figure of elegance, grace and ferocity in this blend of piano, storytelling and projection art.
Review: Agatha Gothe-Snape – The Outcome is Certain, Monash University Museum of Art (VIC)
Through text, colour and technology, Gothe-Snape’s retrospective considers how the canon is written, rewritten and unwritten.
Review: Are You Ready to Take the Law Into Your Own Hands, Arts House/Asia TOPA (VIC)
Asia TOPA presents a high-energy musical delight with extraordinary use of video.
Review: The Curtain, fortyfivedownstairs (VIC)
An empathetic production about a community almost never seen onstage.