Reviews
Book review: Clarke, Holly Throsby
A work of crime fiction that spends as much time developing its characters as it does with progressing the plot.
Book review: Berani, Michelle Kadarusman
A heart-warming tale of bravery in Borneo.
Book review: Tell Me Again, Amy Thunig
A moving memoir about identity, endurance and the formative importance of storytelling.
Exhibition review: Adrián Villar Rojas: The End of Imagination
The opening commission for AGNSW’s new Tank is bound to be an attraction, but is disappointingly lacking in deeper nuance.
Theatre review: Caress/Ache
An early play by Suzie Miller uses several interwoven stories to explore the importance of touch.
Exhibition Review: Remark, Tony Albert, Sullivan+Strumpf Melbourne
Albert’s latest solo exhibition places our nation’s racist past under collective scrutiny.
Opera Review: Carmen on Cockatoo Island, Opera Australia
A strong retelling of a timeless tale with always relevant social themes.
Theatre review: Lele
A contemporary reinvention of Antigone, a story of finding your way through honouring those that came before.
Dance review: I am Carisma
A playful and improvisational tribute to a lost friend.
Theatre review: An Indigenous Trilogy, La Mama
Three plays that explore issues of contemporary Indigenous life.