Reviews
THEN, White Rabbit Gallery (NSW)
Tracking the first decade of the White Rabbit Gallery, THEN is an exhibition that reveals lessons in time.
The Cherry Picker’s Daughter by Aunty Kerry Reed-Gilbert
Reed-Gilbert’s memoir is a touching if somewhat disjointed ode to the fearless woman who raised her against all odds.
Playing Face, Civic Theatre Newcastle (NSW)
An absurdist piece of metatheatre that touches on relationships, identity, performativity, and the games that people play.
The Producers, Gungahlin College Theatre (ACT)
Daryl Somers, Jason Bensen and cast show that The Producers is a story meant for the stage.
Act of Grace by Anna Krien
Krien’s debut novel explores trauma, reparations, and atonement, in all its psychological and political dimensions.
Disenchanted, Subiaco Arts Centre (WA)
A little touch of New York City, right here in the little smoke.
Bernie Dieter’s Little Death Club, Wonderland Spiegeltent (VIC)
A smutty and delightful performance that makes other cabarets look tame.
An Idea Needing to Be Made, Heide Museum of Modern Art (VIC)
Heide brings together 12 ceramic artists and an architectural group to ponder the notion of the vessel.
On Drugs by Chris Fleming
Academic Chris Fleming’s memoir is confronting, interesting, reassuring and offers insight into who and what drug addicts are.
Primavera 2019: Young Australian Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art (NSW)
This year’s Primavera is a real shake-up, and wake-up, in the hands of Archibald-winning artist Mitch Cairns as curator.