Reviews
Theatre review: The Amateurs, Red Stitch
Parallelisms explored between plagues past and present, and the shift between the Dark Ages and the Enlightenment.
Concert review: Electric Fields + MSO
First Nation's electro pop gets the full orchestral treatment.
Theatre review: Cicada
Barking Gecko Theatre transforms Shaun Tan’s unforgettable picture book into a transcendental puppet show.
Theatre review: From Campfire to Stage Light
A captivating Indigenous life story told through words and music.
Book review: Words are Eagles, Gregory Day
An exploration into the cultural complexities of writing about nature in Australia.
Dance review: Counterpointe
The Australian Ballet delivers a mix of old and new.
Theatre review: Peer Gynt
A live orchestra accompanies this famous but infrequently performed production with words by Henrik Ibsen and score by Edvard Grieg.
Exhibition review: After Fairweather
Ian Fairweather’s legacy through the eyes of contemporary First Nations and diaspora artists.
Book review: Of Marsupials and Men, Alistair Paton
A historical exploration of the study of Australia’s wildlife, and path to extinction.
Macfarlane Commissions upend painting's stereotypes
Third iteration of ACCA’s Macfarlane commissions stages a monumental show with a record-breaking number of artists who reinterpret an age-old…