Reviews
Book review: Ten Steps to Nanette, Hannah Gadsby
A comic's hard-won journey is paved with doubt, misogyny and mental health issues.
Book review: Abracadabra by Robert Dessaix
This book is Robert Dessaix: humorous, insightful, erudite and challenging
Book review: Australia in 50 Plays, Julian Meyrick
A wide survey of the contribution of theatre to our national sense of identity.
Theatre review: Bernhardt/Hamlet
This tribute to the legendary Sarah Bernhardt examines her art, life and loves, alongside her passion to play Hamlet.
Book review: The Eulogy, Jackie Bailey
An autofiction debut that eulogises family and loss with eloquence.
Exhibition review: New Australian Printmaking
A showcase of leading Australian artists' new work in the print medium.
Dance review: Jurrungu Ngan-ga [Straight Talk]
A powerful exploration of Australia's racially skewed records of incarceration and detention.
Performance review: The Wilds
A multi-sensory feast of art, music, food and ice.
Concert review: Songs That Made Me, Jess Hitchcock
A singer at the peak of her game travelling across musical theatre and opera, country and folk, jazz and pop.
Book review: What Fear Was, Ben Walter
A debut collection of stories surveys contemporary environmental and climate terrain.