Reviews
Soul of Possum review: a First Nations perspective on first contact
With Soul of Possum, playwright Brodie Murray balances a coming of age story against a moment of first contact –…
The Furphy Anthology 2025 review: celebrating emerging Australian writing
The Furphy Anthology gathers the best short stories from almost 800 entries to this year's Furphy Literary Award.
Born on a Thursday review: violence, force and fervour
Jack Kearney’s simmering Born on a Thursday draws us into a typical Western Sydney home in 1998.
Stories You Wear: Magpie Goose review, Museum of Brisbane
The First Nations’ wearable art exhibition, Magpie Goose, weaves themes of community, culture and Country.
Ron Mueck: Encounter review: empathy in difficult times
Moving from the intimate to the monumental, the Art Gallery of NSW steps into Ron Mueck’s world and it is…
Christmas Actually review: come on and let it show
Christmas Actually is a rollicking good time sure to have audience members dancing in the aisles.
After the Rain: 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial review – Tony Albert setting wrongs right
This Triennial by Tony Albert is all heart, but it also asks the big questions.
Kaylene Whiskey review: offering super-powered conversations
Move over Dolly and Cher. Kaylene Whiskey’s survey at the National Portrait Gallery is more layered than you think.
Orpheus & Eurydice review: a magisterial marvel
Opera Australia’s collaboration with Circa breathes dazzling new life into Gluck’s mythology-mining Orpheus & Eurydice.
Iksha II review: myth made human at Seymour Centre
With brilliant dancers and bold ideas, Iksha II attempted to reframe the legendary figure of Ravana from The Ramayana.