Reviews
Techno Circus, Adelaide Festival Centre/OzAsia Festival (SA)
A fabulous family-friendly cornucopia of music, mime, and special effects.
Game Masters, National Film and Sound Archive (ACT)
ACMI’s popular interactive exhibition comes to Canberra, showcasing the diversity and creativity of games.
Motel Sydney, The Sydney Boulevard Hotel (NSW)
Tim Ross and Kit Warhurst’s live show is a comic Grand Designs with music and a healthy dash of nostalgia.
The Lucid Shell/Concerning Blue, Moonah Arts Centre (TAS)
Maria MacDermott’s work plays with interactions between human forms and other organic matter, while another exhibition has four ceramicists exploring…
Control, Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre (VIC)
Keziah Warner’s play shows that the stage, in its analogue austerity, has something to add to sci-fi.
THEN, White Rabbit Gallery (NSW)
Tracking the first decade of the White Rabbit Gallery, THEN is an exhibition that reveals lessons in time.
The Cherry Picker’s Daughter by Aunty Kerry Reed-Gilbert
Reed-Gilbert’s memoir is a touching if somewhat disjointed ode to the fearless woman who raised her against all odds.
Playing Face, Civic Theatre Newcastle (NSW)
An absurdist piece of metatheatre that touches on relationships, identity, performativity, and the games that people play.
The Producers, Gungahlin College Theatre (ACT)
Daryl Somers, Jason Bensen and cast show that The Producers is a story meant for the stage.
Act of Grace by Anna Krien
Krien’s debut novel explores trauma, reparations, and atonement, in all its psychological and political dimensions.