Reviews
Theatre review: Oil, Black Swan
Directed by Adam Mitchell, Ella Hickson’s theatrical masterpiece is the highlight of Black Swan's 2022 season.
Book review: Safar, Sarah Malik
An illustrated book exploring travel through a series of interviews with Muslim women from diverse backgrounds.
Performance review: Almost a Mirror, Chapel off Chapel
If you could make the soundtrack to your life a mixtape, what songs would you choose?
Theatre review: A Christmas Carol
Forget about the other Melbourne theatre shows on offer, with David Wenham as Scrooge, this is the one to catch!
Theatre review: D*ck Pics in the Garden of Eden
What happens post exile to Adam and Eve?
Book review: A Year with Wendy Whiteley, Ashleigh Wilson
A biography of an artist and iconoclast in her own right.
Book review: Bohemian Negligence, Bertie Blackman
A gentle reflection on an unconventional childhood from the daughter of a great Australian artist.
Exhibition review: A Puzzlement and Las Hormigas/The Ants
Two impressive exhibitions exploring memory, identity, and culture.
Ballet Review: Swan Lake, West Australian Ballet
Iconic, accomplished, and ambitiously inventive, this is a Swan Lake for Western Australia.
Book review: Wildlife in the Balance, Simon Mustoe
This clear-eyed book explores how all creatures, great and small, are essential to our collective futures.