Reviews
Review: Hofesh Shechter’s Grand Finale, Sydney Opera House (NSW)
A weighty, admirable yet bleak work for the end of days.
Review: WASO’s Summer Classics, Perth Concert Hall (WA)
West Australian Symphony Orchestra’s program takes the audience on a romantic trail through various countries and eras.
Review: Assembled - Robert Klippel, TarraWarra Museum of Art (VIC)
Robert Klippel changed the landscape of Australian sculpture, and his work continues to shift our perspectives and celebrate bold individualism.
Book review: Heide by Pi O
The third instalment in Melbourne poet Π.O’s trilogy is a playful journey through Australian art history.
Review: Do You Know Me, Guerilla Fest (WA)
Promenade performance in Guerrilla Fest presents diverse experiences of homelessness in Perth.
Review: Between Appearances: the art of Louise Weaver, Buxton Contemporary (VIC)
Weaver is an artist who looks beyond the surface, who uses materiality and familiarity to usher the viewer into a…
Review: Eyes Wide Woke, Midsumma Festival (VIC)
What starts as a funny and relatable exposé of middle-class hypocrisy becomes uncomfortably screamy, shouty and stereotypical.
Review: The Life of Us, Hayes Theatre (NSW)
An absorbing and intimate new Australian musical exploring long-distance love.
Review: The Boy I Paid For, Midsumma Festival (VIC)
There are moments of gentle humour and intimacy in this production but the story is indulgent and implausible.
Film review: Present Laughter, National Theatre Live
A deliciously camp version of the Noël Coward play, direct to Australian screens from the London stage.