Reviews
Review: Attila, Opera Australia, Sydney Opera House (NSW)
Far from static, this grand Verdi opera is full of revenge, massive sets, feuding, and is brought to life with…
Review: Saigon, Arts Centre Melbourne/Asia TOPA (VIC)
Saigon captures the way in which the diaspora is obsessed with its grief and dispossessed of its past.
Review: To Kill a Cassowary, JUTE Theatre Company (QLD)
Set in Far North Queensland, this comedy written by Laurie Trott was the perfect play to open the Bulmba-ja Arts…
Review: Emerald City, Southbank Theatre (VIC)
David Williamson’s hilarious 1987 satire receives a rip-roaring revival by Melbourne Theatre Company and Sam Strong.
Review: Howl, R.C.C. 2020, Art Gallery of South Australia
A parade celebrating famously subversive art becomes a parody of subversion.
Review: Not Today’s Yesterday, Kingston Arts/Asia TOPA (VIC)
This one-woman show is a politically charged and seductive performance, wrapped up in the innocence of a fairytale.
Book review: Agent Running in the Field by John le Carré
A great spy story from a master of the craft.
Review: Ben Folds with The Queensland Symphony Orchestra, QPAC (QLD)
Folds travels the geography of the piano at high speed, contributing convincing grabs of colour, spidery finger flurries and gliss
Review: Penelope Sleeps, Carriageworks (NSW)
An intriguing, highly elliptical account of Penelope's experience of waiting for her husband, Odysseus, to return from the Trojan War.
Review: John Prince Siddon: All Mixed Up, Perth Festival (WA)
An electrifying solo exhibition by Walmajarri artist John Prince Siddon, All Mixed Up lives up to its title in spectacular…