Victoria

Review: People Suck: A Musical Airing of Grievances
With the potential to become something of a cult-classic, People Suck does well to deliver an entertaining piece of theatre.

New home for independent arts as Melbourne Fringe takes over Trades Hall
After 17 years at North Melbourne Town Hall, the Fringe is taking over the license of the Trades Hall bar.…

Review: 33 Variations, Comedy Theatre
Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Golden Star winning actress Ellen Burstyn makes her Australian stage debut, a centrepiece of the show…

Why Victoria needs a real Centre for Youth Literature
Since the State Library of Victoria has "retired" the Centre for Youth Literature, Mike Shuttleworth argues that we should look…

Book Review: Exploded View by Carrie Tiffany
The strange and dangerous psychological space Tiffany inhabits focuses on small details that make up the whole.

Book Review: What I Like About Me by Jenna Guillaume
Guillaume's debut YA novel chooses to uplift rather than shoot teenagers in a barrel. And that's laudable.

Book Review: Writing the Country by Griffith Review
A diverse range of styles, voices and topics explore Australia in the Anthropocene age.

Curtain soon to close on right Royal exhibition at Bendigo Art Gallery
Now in its final weeks, Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits traces the history of the monarchy through the eyes…

Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Princess Theatre, Melbourne
Presented as two full-length plays, which audiences can see on consecutive nights or back to back on the same day,…

Review: Swell 4.0 – Music as Medicine
A live-music experience that puts you front and centre of making, listening, sharing and reminiscing about music that moves.