Reviews
Review: The Curtain, fortyfivedownstairs (VIC)
An empathetic production about a community almost never seen onstage.
Review: Last Words, Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre (VIC)
Joseph Sherman’s play is a brave, outstanding work that confronts the experience of Alzheimer’s.
Review: Tina Havelock Stevens – Thunderhead, PICA/Perth Festival (WA)
Havelock Stevens is one of the more exciting contemporary artists working today, with an astute pulse on the collective psyche.
Review: Beethoven 9, Circa and Cheetham, Arts Centre Melbourne (VIC)
Just as Beethoven’s Ninth blends instrumental music and choral music to thrilling effect, so too the fusion of orchestral music…
Review: Memory Horizon, Heide Museum of Modern Art (VIC)
Carolyn Eskdale presents a thoughtful response to the architectural qualities of Sunday and John Reed’s former residence.
Book review: Spinoza’s Overcoat by Subhash Jaireth
Subhash Jaireth deserves a place alongside other great essayists.
Book review: Lost and Found by Kip Scott
A magnificent book of photographs that speaks volumes.
Review: Spice Night, Seymour Centre/Mardi Gras (NSW)
A joyful and irreverent night of queer and Asian comedy.
Review: Life is Impossible, Old 505 Theatre (NSW)
Broadway fantasy meets wartime socialist activism to mixed success.
Review: Cloudstreet, Perth Festival (WA)
Despite a strong cast, the emotional resonance of Winton’s epic story is buried in the bluster.