Reviews
Theatre review: Rhinestone Rex and Miss Monica, Bille Brown Theatre, Queensland
David Williamson's 'opposites attract' romantic comedy offers plenty of laughs and drama.
Book review: A Beautiful Family, Jennifer Trevelyan
Written from a child's point of view, this debut canvases our protagonist's confusion as she tries to make sense of…
Book review: The Name of the Sister, Gail Jones
Gail Jones' latest novel is a mesh of literary and crime genres.
Book review: One Hundred Years of Betty, Debra Oswald
What life lessons has Betty learned after living for a century?
Book review: Of Monsters and Mainframes, Barbara Truelove
A brilliantly queer and imaginative blending of sci-fi and fantastical monsters.
Opera review: Samson & Delilah, Palais Theatre
Engaging musical performance meets middling narrative delivery in this traditional interpretation of an ancient story.
Exhibition review: Elizabeth Colbert, Objective Abstraction group exhibition, Tacit Gallery
Tacit’s final exhibition is brilliant yet bittersweet.
Music review: Beth Gibbons, RISING, Hamer Hall
The celestial vocal stylings of Portishead's lead singer shone in a concert drawn from her first solo album.
Dance review: Ballet Preljocaj: Swan Lake, Lyric Theatre, QPAC
Ballet Preljocaj’s 'Swan Lake' offers a radical reimagining of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece in a finely crafted, beautifully delivered production.
Theatre review: Ripening, Gasworks Arts Park
A heartfelt look at the intense experience of navigating pregnancy and childbirth in today’s Western medical system.