Reviews
Review: Britten’s Peter Grimes in Concert, Sydney Symphony Orchestra (NSW)
SSO’s concert performance of Britten’s opera brought out the best of the best – so where was the audience?
Book Review: The Professor and the Parson by Adam Sisman
A detailed biography of a masterful conman and the historian who pursued him.
Book Review: Shoot Through by JM Green
The third instalment in the Stella Hardy series is another solid example of Australian crime writing.
Book Review: Plots and Prayers by Niki Savva
Journalist Niki Savva reveals the inside story on how Malcolm Turnbull was deposed as prime minister.
Review: We Three, Gasworks Arts Park (VIC)
Hayley Lawson-Smith’s retelling of the Nativity is meandering and frustrating.
Review: Handel’s Anthems & Fireworks, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra (NSW/QLD/VIC)
A right royal display of piquant La Réjouissance.
Review: Make Me a Houri, La Mama Courthouse (VIC)
A poetic and hilarious two-hander that challenges reductive ideas of femininity and religion.
Review: Catch Me If You Can, Hayes Theatre (NSW)
With electric choreography and polished performances all around, this musical is one to catch.
Review: Queen’s Land Blak Portraiture, Cairns Art Gallery (QLD)
Familiar works that have shaped the landscape of Indigenous Australian identity are given a Blak lens - simply, this is…
Book Review: The Returns by Philip Salom
Salom is a highly regarded poet so it is not surprising that his writing style reflects his love for words.