Reviews
Book Review: My Name Is Monster by Katie Hale
Hale’s debut novel is an examination of power and changing mother-daughter relationships.
Book Review: See What You Made Me Do by Jess Hill
Hill’s must-read book combines detailed research, candid testimonies and an incisive analysis of how abuse perpetrators and victims think.
Review: Julian Rosefeldt: In the Land of Drought, NGV (VIC)
A surreal, visually arresting meditation on the future of our planet.
Review: Life of Galileo, Belvoir (NSW)
Belvoir’s fresh and captivating production transposes Brecht’s play to a contemporary setting that wrestles with climate change and our place…
Review: Nicole Car in Recital, QPAC (QLD)
Intelligent, beautiful singing and playing from masters of their craft, Nicole Car, Étienne Dupuis and Jayson Gillham.
Book Review: From Here On, Monsters by Elizabeth Bryer
Bryer’s debut novel is a challenging and artful work that plays with parallels.
Review: Medea, Black Swan State Theatre Company (WA)
Kate Mulvany and Anne-Louise Sarks’s reimagining of the Greek tragedy turns its eye to Medea’s young sons.
Review: The Imaginarium, The Sideshow (QLD)
Six acts look at the problem of single-use plastic from different angles.
Review: ’night, Mother, Chapel Off Chapel (VIC)
Iron Lung’s all-female production foregrounds Marsha Norman’s taut script and impressive performances from the cast.
Review: A Midnight Visit, Broad Encounters (VIC)
The Poe-inspired immersive adventure is more campy than creepy – and it’s all the better for it.