Reviews

Book review: Great Australian Rascals, Rogues and Ratbags, Jim Haynes
True crime characters in Australia's history.

Book review: Compulsion, Kate Scott
A decadent tale of sex, drugs and, yes, music.

Book review: Emma After, Anthony O'Connor
A unique and humorous YA ghost story.

Performance review: HTRK, Sydney Festival
The cult Melbourne duo's hallucinogenic music is dreamy and melancholic.

Performance review: Much Ado About Nothing, Australian Shakespeare Company
Shakespeare set within a rock concert on the lawns of the Royal Botanic Gardens.

Exhibition review: Shuo Shu 说书 (Storytelling), White Rabbit Gallery
A new exhibition at White Rabbit Gallery opens our minds to the ways we use text and contemporary storytelling.

Exhibition review: Spowers & Syme, S.H. Ervin Gallery
A quiet exhibition that rewards deeply, this show of Spowers & Syme maps a significant moment in printmaking in Australia.

Theatre review: Urinetown, Hayes Theatre Co
A self-referential musical about a musical that explores all the classic tropes of the genre.

Book review: Reasons not to Worry, Brigid Delaney
How to deal with modern life through the teachings of the ancient Greco-Roman Stoic philosophers.

Performance Review: The Tempest
Shakespeare, but not as you know it!