Reviews
Review: Samsara, Arts Centre Melbourne/Asia TOPA (VIC)
Both sumptuous and ascetic, Samsara is a contemporary dance duet that embodies the best elements of India and China’s special…
Review: Misfit – Collage and Queer Practice, National Art School/Mardi Gras (NSW)
The exceptionality of queer experience is on glorious display here with jagged wit.
Review: Mouthpiece, Adelaide Festival (SA)
Kieran Hurley’s thrilling drama interrogates poverty porn clichés, the rules of playwriting, and asks who has the right to tell…
Review: The Hitmen, Theatre Works (VIC)
The Hitmen is a grotesque comedy with a quirky Australian flavour.
Review: Cold Blood, Adelaide Festival (SA)
Technically adept and visually striking, this Belgian production uses miniature sets, live video editing and the performers’ fingers to bring…
Review: Dimanche, Adelaide Festival (SA)
Inventive puppetry tells a story of environmental collapse in a family-friendly show that ventures into bleak territory.
Review: The Doctor, Adelaide Festival (SA)
Exquisitely written and performed, this drama about identity, gender, faith and science is mesmerising and utterly of the moment.
Review: Going Down, The Butterfly Club (VIC)
Modern-day social media spiritual guru The Truru returns in another satire.
Review: Japanese Modernism, NGV International (VIC)
Curated as a kind of ‘cabinet of curiosity’, the NGV’s exhibition celebrates a lively and energetic period of Japanese history.
Review: The Winter’s Tale, La Mama Theatre/Asia TOPA (VIC)
An enjoyable version of Shakespeare’s plot-heavy potboiler moves the action to 1920s Hong Kong and 1970s Australia.