Reviews
Book review: Hovering, Rhett Davis
A transformative tale of overlapping realities and temporal strangeness set in south-eastern Australia.
Exhibition review: Eucalyptusdom, Powerhouse Museum
An exhibition exploring both the museum's and Australia's relationship to the iconic gum tree.
Theatre review: Murder Mystery: Labassa Mansion
Crime and pun-ishment – a beautiful Melbourne mansion plays host to a double entendre-filled murder mystery event.
Theatre review: Hamlet, Bell Shakespeare
A surprisingly respectful adaptation that allows the original words to shine.
Exhibition review: Solastalgia, Broadhurst gallery
Four Australian women artists explore the changes and disruptions of climate change.
Exhibition Review: Isaac Julien and Helen Fuller, Samstag Museum of Art
A local ceramicist in tandem with an international UK video installation artist in standalone exhibitions.
Theatre review: Admissions, MTC
A comedy of manners about race and higher education.
Book review: The Shortest History of Democracy, John Keane
A solid attempt to make sense of what's happening on the local and international political stage.
Theatre review: The Messenger, Brown's Mart Theatre
An adaptation of Markus Zusak's novel has a mixed reception.
Opera Review: La Juive, Opera Australia
There are few entry points for new audiences to this opera, which is unfortunately bleak for our times.